Soul Duet

 Performance Notes

 Soul Duet is an up-tempo duet for two snare drums, in cut time.  This piece is suited for advanced middle school to high school level percussionists.  Rhythmically, Soul Duet has ample 1/8^th notes and rests, ¼ note triplets and rests and single 1/8^th and ¼ note syncopation.  Rolls should be felt as 1/8^th notes.  Therefore, a roll on a ¼ note will be a 5-stroke, a roll on a ½ note will be a 9-stroke and a roll on a dotted ½ will be a 13-stroke.

 Soul Duet is introduced with snare 1 performing the main 2-bar theme, unaccompanied.  Snare 2 accompanies snare 1 at measure 9 with steady 1/8^th notes on the rim.  Snares are in unison 4 bars before they arrive at letter A.  Volume is then decreased as both snares continue in unison, performing accented 1/8^th notes.  At letter B, snare 2 performs a repetitive, accented 2-bar phrase.  Snare 1 accompanies with accented 1/8^th notes on the rim that, intermittently, contrasts the accents played by snare 2.  At letter C, snare 1 continues with a variation of this 2-bar phrase while snare 2 now contrasts the accents played by snare  Snare 1 also contrasts by hits on the snare head.  Snares return to unison 4 bars before letter D, where trade-offs occur.

 The first 4 bars at letter F function as a segue back into the main theme, which is now performed by both snares, in unison.

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