Bulldog

Price: $45.00
Difficulty: Med-Advanced
Duration: 4:00

Title: Bulldog
Price: $45.00
Difficulty: Med-Advanced
Duration: 4:00

Instrumentation:

Percussion 1: Bongos, low drum (tom or muffled bass drum), wood slat, china cymbal
Percussion 2: 4 toms (graduated low to hi), earth plate, wood slat
Percussion 3: Snare drum (or high-pitched drum), tom, wood slat
Percussion 4: Bongos, medium drum, wood slat, kick drum

Description:

Bulldog is inspired by Shosti and our jam time. The content of the piece is based on paradiddles in various forms, and includes rhythmic grooves and patterns that represent things I associate with the bulldog “freestyle”. Within paradiddle groupings of different lengths, there are variations of voicing, sticking, and patterns. One versatile thing about paradiddle language are the funky grooves that emerge when extracting one voice/hand, especially when juxtaposing over a contrasting but steady pulse. Like an English bulldog, the piece is intended to be fun, sturdy, thick, short and sweet!

Bulldog (2021) was commissioned by Third Coast Percussion.