Andrés Valero-Castells

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In this piece the composer pretends to give an indication or demonstration of scanning all the musical resources or possibilities that a snare drum has. In addition to the richness of its dynamics, is also necessary point up the timbrical variety supported and emphasized by certain voice effects) and the expressive versatitlity projected by its articulation huge possibilities. Furthermore, the different pitch that can be obtained playing at different areas of the drumhead and even more multiplied by four different sizes drumheads and snare drums that offer us different melodic facilities that are extremely pointed up at bars 112 to 119. On this passage is claimed the snare drum 'melodic' facet by a quotation of one of the biggest melodist composer in the Music History; it consists in create an auditive approach or illusion taken from the beginning of Franz Shubert´s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D944 'The Great'. The title contains a clear onomatopoeic allusion according to the beginning of the piece´s compositive material.