1015 – 4 Impromptus for Trombone, Piano and Percussion

Roger Harvey

Difficulty: Difficult

Price: £20.00

7mins duration

Programme notes:

1.  Parade, is a slightly disjointed march

2.  Canonic Scherzo is energetic, begins in unison but breaks into  3 part canon, firstly with the parts a whole bar apart  but then in closer succession.

3. Signals in Double Echo  is simply a single progression of  calls, as if played in a resonant acoustic, echoed twice, the second echo being a little more distant than the first.

4. Dance has an irregular beat pattern almost throughout in an Eastern European manner.

Performance notes:

1. Play in a bright rhythmic style. Make sure that the melody at A and B  is the lead voice with the marching rhythm secondary.

2. Accentuate the beginnings of each canonic phrase.

3  Make sure that the 2nd and 3rd voices i.e. piano and vibes are successively quieter than the first.

4. Practice the rhythm seperately first to get it firmly ingrained. Practice also playing on the first note of each pattern, as at D. Keep the whole style bright throughout - tenuto lines mean a longish stress but not slurred.