Difficulty: Collegiate
Duration: 6 minutes
Price: $30.00
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You will be e-mailed an attachment with score + audio track within 24 hours of your purchase.

PHYSICAL COPIES AVAILABLE at:
LONE STAR PERCUSSION or STEVE WEISS MUSIC

Requirements:
– audio device for playback (iPod, iPad, computer, etc.)
– headphones
– headphone splitter (left channel is click track, right channel is backing track)
– amplification for playback
– snare drum

Spur can be performed two different ways:
1. With the panned audio track, using a headphone splitter (the simple way).
2. If you are tech savvy, you can use software like Ableton Live to play the piece in full stereo

Commissioned by a consortium lead by Korry Friend. Spur is scored for solo snare drum with audio tape accompaniment, and was written with Jacques Delecluse in mind. His snare drum etudes are some of my favorite pieces ever written. They are so thoughtful and nuanced; I wanted to compose a piece through a similar lens while simultaneously blending my own compositional language.