Foggy Nights-SAMPLE

Foggy Nights by Alejandro Gonzalez © 2024 Tapspace Publications, LLC (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

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TSPCE25-009

PROGRAM NOTES

Foggy Nights was written to have an up-beat energetic feel while introducting 3-mallet playing (two mallets in the right hand and one in the left). It gives the performers the ominous feeling of being out under a full moon on a super foggy evening exploring a new world. I encourage audiences and students to use their imagination to conjure this imagery while listening to or playing Foggy Nights

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Alejandro Gonzalez

PERFORMANCE NOTES

This piece is essentially a mallet trio but can be expanded to include various percussion parts and extra keyboards as instruments and players allow. See the opposite page for more details.

Part 2 requires 3-mallet playing (two mallets in the right hand and one in the left). Mallet stickings are provided as suggestions, but feel free to alter them to the player’s skills and comfort.

While Part 3 is notated in treble clef, it is to be played an octave lower than written throughout the piece.

PLAYERS, INSTRUMENTATION, SETUP

MINIMUM SETUP

At minimum, Foggy Nights can be performed as a mallet trio with this required instrumentation:

• Part 1 — Glockenspiel (or vibraphone)

• Parts 2 & 3 — Shared marimba (low A)

SUGGESTED SETUP

For a more comprehensive experience, the following optional percussion parts may be added:

• Part 4 (2-player option) — P1: snare drum, 2 toms (medium & low), suspended cymbal; P2: bass drum

• Part 4 (1-player option) — drumset (snare drum, 2 toms, cymbal, kick drum)

• Part 5 (1 or 2 players) — triangle, tambourine (If Part 5 is played by one player, the triangle should be mounted to allow for quick changes between tambourine and triangle. At times the hand striking the tambourine must also hold the triangle beater.)

To further round out the musical ensemble, consider adding more mallet keyboard parts and/or piano if the instruments and players are available:

• Part 1 — Vibraphone(s), piano

• Part 2 — Xylophone, additional marimba(s), piano

Approx. playing time: 2'30"

FOGGY NIGHTS

P a r t 1

g l o c k e n s p i e l

v b r a p h o n e

P a r t 2

x y o p h o n e

u p p e r m a r i m b a

P a r t 3

l o w e r m a r i m b a ( l o w A )

P a r t 4 ( o p t )

( 1 o r 2 p l a y e r s )

s u s p e n d e d c y m b a l

s n a r e d r u m 2 t o m s

b a s s d r u m

P a r t 5 ( o p t )

( 1 o r 2 p l a y e r s )

t r a n g l e , t a m b o u r n e