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SOLO PERCUSSION 4 groups (sets) of instrumensets 3 percussion players Percussion Set 1 Timpani (with pedal for tuning) Crotales Vibraphone 2 Bongos 3 Congas 1 Bass Drum (Grand Cassa) Percussion Set 2 Glockenspiel Xylophone Sleigh Bells Tam-Tam Percussion Set 3 Marimba 4 Suspended Cymbals (1 small; 2 medium; 3 large; 4 extra large) 2 Timbales 2 Tom toms Snare Drum Percussion Set 4 Tubular Bells 2 Wood Block 2 Cow Bells 5 Temple Block Tambourine
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Musical Material The musical material comprises stylized rhythmic-mellodic patterns representing Canadian rich and various cultural heritage with a dazzling array of cultural sonic idioms from around the country that include First Nation’s heritage, first settlers form Westerna Europe, and imigrants from Eastern Europe, South and Central America, and Asia. A comprehensive information and recordings of First Nation music can be found at Library and Archives Canada website (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca). First Nation The First Nations’ music and dances from the Athapaskan speaking peoples in northwest, Haida and Squamish along the Pacific coast, Blackfoot, Kainai in the plains, Anishinaabe and Iroquois around the Great Lakes down to the Beothuk and Abenaki along the Atlantic coast. Europe Folk songs and dances from Britain, France, Ukranine, and Macedonia Asia Folk music from China, India, and Philippines
Central and South America Folk music from Haiti, Colombia, and Jamaica
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