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Rudimental Rascals

Rudimental Rascals, dedicated “to Solo and Ensemble Festival Adjudicators Everywhere,” includes some great musical jokes. The tempo marking is “a shaky 108”; the piece begins with an audible count-off in the wrong rhythm; the players strike themselves and each other; a stick is dropped. But it’s not just fun! The piece is also challenging technically and musically.

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Rupert Kettle was born in 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, studied and worked in New York City from 1958 to 1968. His percussion instrument teachers from 1950 to 1958 were Walter Walski, Donald Patterson and James Salmon.

Rudimental Rascals, dedicated “to Solo and Ensemble Festival Adjudicators Everywhere,” includes some great musical jokes. The tempo marking is “a shaky 108”; the piece begins with an audible count-off in the wrong rhythm; the players strike themselves and each other; a stick is dropped. But it’s not just fun! The piece is also challenging technically and musically.

Difficulty

Advanced

Performance Type

Duet