TUBZ
part of the Noveltysicles collection for percussion ensemble
Publisher: Row-Loff Productions (2005)
Composed: 2002
Duration: 2’30”
Difficulty: Easy
Instrumentation (6+ players): tubz, chairs
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The ideal piece for all those band directors who can’t keep their percussionists from drumming on the furniture! This novelty ensemble (part of the Noveltysicles collection from Row-Loff Productions) uses chairs played on with Tubz–like plastic paper towel rolls–in an exciting and visually entertaining selection. Players play the fronts, seats, and backs of chairs, along with their own and each others’ Tubz. Certainly an audience favorite and a perfect piece for working rhythms and ensemble awareness with beginning to intermediate percussionists.