Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.942726
Composed by Frank Pugh. Standards. Score and parts. 24 pages. Frank Pugh #6018905. Published by Frank Pugh (A0.942726).
I wrote Nuevo-Nueve for an ensemble of nine new first-time percussion students. Nuevo meaning new or different, and Nueve meaning nine, seemed to be a good title for the piece. Going along with the concept of nine, the song is written in nine bar phrases and has a total of 99 measures as well. It uses simple and repetitive patterns to introduce students to the instruments that are utilized in the piece. Out of the nine students that I originally wrote it for, six were wind players and the other three had never read music. They had great success with it (and a lot of fun, too!).
The first four parts are all listed as generic mallet parts, and all work pretty well with whatever mallet instruments that you have available. Part 3 and 4 double each other, but part 4 is in bass clef. They are written on the same sheet. If you have the equipment for it, I recommend the following instrumentation:
Part 1: bells or marimba
Part 2: vibraphone
Part 3: marimba
Part 4: (optional, bass clef, doubles part 3): bass guitar, keyboard, or mallet controller
Part 5: hi-hat cymbal, suspended cymbal, mounted tambourine
Part 6: guiro, castanets, maracas, two pitched toms
Part 7: drum set
Part 8: suspended cymbal, china cymbal, splash cymbal, triangle
Part 9: concert bass drum, cabasa
Be sure to check out my other small ensemble arrangements here on Sheet Music Plus, and thanks for taking a look!