This piece employs French rudimental concepts in a multi-drum setup. The recurring theme is based on the snare drum motif in Edgard Varèse’s “Ionisation.”

Instrumentation:

-28” concert Bass Drum (played with a soft pedal) | Meinl foot cabasa (available from Steve Weiss Music) | Mounted foot tambourine (played with a pedal) | High pitched tamborin (small Brazillian drum, not a tambourine) | Snare drum | 16” floor tom (tuned moderately low to emulate a lion’s roar)