Circle
Speaking of playing mallets in high school, Jonathan asked if I remembered any of the parts I played in marching band. One percussion feature we did was "Hoedown". Hoedown was a piece by Aaron Copland, based on American barn dance music. Emerson Lake & Palmer did a cover of it, which raised it back into the consciousness of the 80's.
Funny that when I got the vibes this time around, I started playing folk dance music on it. So here's the circle -
I play folk dance vibes, learned mallets in marching band, where we did an adaptation of an ELP cover of a Copland composition inspired by folk dance music.
(edit, 8/31/05- The official Apple Crisp Musicologist clarifies: Hoedown is part of "Rodeo,", and not a piece in its own right.)
Funny that when I got the vibes this time around, I started playing folk dance music on it. So here's the circle -
I play folk dance vibes, learned mallets in marching band, where we did an adaptation of an ELP cover of a Copland composition inspired by folk dance music.
(edit, 8/31/05- The official Apple Crisp Musicologist clarifies: Hoedown is part of "Rodeo,", and not a piece in its own right.)
1 Comments:
I'm not sure what licensing/copyright is like on Hoedown, but I think it would be totally awesome to hear you play it on the vibes! It's one of my favorite bits of Copeland.
By j, at 7:20 PM
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