Tricks of the Trade

Danny Raymond & Rion Smith

2 Players

Advanced Concert Percussion

Instrumentation: • Drumset (4-piece with 2 crashes, ride, hi-hat, and optional auxiliary snare) • Marching snare drum

Tricks of the Trade is a challenging, high-energy duet between drumset and marching snare drum by Danny Raymond and Rion Smith. This unique setup brings the elements of style and feel to the forefront through grooves such as drum-and-bass, funk, and rock. As the title suggests, there are opportunities to trade licks, which creates a timing challenge and produces an exciting palette of sound. The other major feature of this piece is its soloistic aspects. While the composers’ improvised solos have been transcribed in this edition, players are encouraged to improvise their own. This allows for unique performances of this unique piece.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.