Fifty Fifty for Bongos - 2 Min.; gespielt mit Finger, Drumsticks und Mini Maraca; geschr. für Evelyn Glennie, schwer

Brief yet virtuosic, Farr packs a range of playing techniques into Fifty Fifty, with the player initially having to alternate between striking with a finger and mini maraca in the left hand, all the while sustaining a roll with the right. The simmering suspense of the opening bars breaks out into a passage of rapid-fire and odd-metered drumstick work peppered with propulsive accents and nested tuplets. A relatively spacious middle section follows, its subverted, syncopated shuffle accentuated by the returning mini maraca. The work then pushes toward its conclusion with a return to the drumstick-driven material, which now requires the player to negotiate controlled dynamic swells and dips en route to its fortississimo climax at bar 50.