Siberian Stomp Set Type:Digital Score

Siberian Stomp Set Type:Digital ScoreA foot stomping romp of rustic Russian energy, Siberian Stomp features the driving rhythms and pentatonic scales of the music of the southern Siberian Republics of Altai, Khakassia, Tuva, and Buryatia. The Morin Khuur, Mongolia's two string horsehead fiddle is also part of the southern Siberian musical tradition. The bowed parts in Siberian Stomp imitate the Morin Khuur, while the pizzicato parts imitate the plucked instruments of the region. The

This fiery Russian Dance

cello doubles bass

The piece begins with a sweeping

Fragments of the melody to come tease the listeners' ear in the engaging introduction

Includes an optional hand drum part

the composition has a “mysterious march through the darkness” feel that students will enjoy playing

mystical melodies surface in glowing harmonies

It has a grand and celebratory sound

The beautifully haunting melody is passed through every section

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a variety of articulations

Barefoot Boogie is a lively piece written in the boogie-woogie style that developed originally for piano in African American communities around the 1870s and progressed through larger ensembles over time