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Lost In The Beauty Of It All
by Wind & Fire: Mark Holland
& N. Scott Robinson
- Cedar 'n' Sage
Music CS 7517 (2013)
$15.00 = Shipping - 15 tracks - 52" of music!
Produced by Mark Holland & N. Scott Robinson
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Second
recording featuring Native American & world flute
player Mark Holland (on Native American single & dual
chamber flutes, Anasazi flute, bansuri, quena, bone flute,
animal horn flute, vocals, & sound effects) and world
percussionist N.
Scott Robinson on 42 instruments (on kanjira, lap
style frame drum, freehand frame drum, tar, berimbau,
mbira dza vadzimu in Dambatsoko & Dongonda tunings,
sanza, kalimba, udus, hadgini, hang, caxixi, 4 tracks
of vocals, donso ngoni, Milltone metal slit drum, water
percussion, woodpecker frame drums, cricket calls, starling
call, idi/ideh & Togo seed rattles, foot maraca, Kimerism
tongue gongs, nipple gong & water gong, Paiste tam-tam,
Chinese Chau gong, spring drums, gourd scrape, gourd water
drums, djembe with grass brushes, triangles, dan moi).
Guest musician: K.S.
Resmi (iTanpura & Carnatic vocal).
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Wind
& Fire
by Mark Holland & N. Scott Robinson
on Cedar 'n' Sage Music CS 7514 (2009)
16 tracks, 73" of music.
Produced by Mark Holland & N. Scott
Robinson
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N. Scott Robinson's first recorded work
with Wind & Fire featuring Mark Holland. Released
April 2009 and features Mark Holland on 20 Native American
flutes (single & dual chambers & Anasazi) &
3 world flutes (Andean quena, Chinese dizi & Indian
bansuri). N. Scott Robinson is featured on 30 different
instruments including kanjira, bodhran, ghaval, riqq,
3 berimbau, tabla, sruti box, didjeridu, donso ngoni,
mbira dza vadzimu, sanza, udu, Tuvan overtone singing,
Milltone metal slit drum, caxixi, hindewhu, vocals, konnakol,
delay, hi-hat, and a variety of colorful percussion. Guest
musicians: Cory Edwards - piano & Ranya Iqbal - cello.
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Things
That Happen Fast
by N. Scott Robinson on New World View Music NWVM-CD 02
Out of Print
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N. Scott Robinson's
second solo CD features more composed pieces, adventurous solos,
and interesting combinations of instruments. He is joined
by gifted percussionist Nolan Warden, world horn player
Joe Kaminski, hammer dulcimer virtuoso Malcolm Dalglish,
and vocalist Moira Smiley. Ethnic world-jazz style.
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World
View
by N. Scott Robinson on New World View Music NWVM CD-01
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N. Scott Robinson's
debut solo CD features performances on sanza, riq, frame drum,
ghaval, tabla, overtone singing, berimbau, donso ngoni,
steel pan, congas, cymbals, bells, and percussion. He
is joined by Michael Ghegan, Glen Fittin, Kevin Coyle,
Robert "Tigger" Benford, Larry Barbee, Vince
Giardina, Endo Yoshiharu, Naoyuki "Taro" Irie,
and Ichiro Yamamoto. Ethnic world-jazz style.
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Scores
NOTE:
To hear audio samples of scores, click on each of the MP3
Samples below. SCORE SAMPLES are examples of the notation
at the beginning of each score. MP3 SAMPLES are examples of each
piece from a different section than the score sample. VIDEO SAMPLES
are performances by various ensembles.
The first four tambourine pieces
below can also be performed as: Suite for Tambourines
(2 players, 15 minutes):
I. Mirage - II. Shaken, Not
Stirred - III. Il Mano - IV. Bear Talk
If
you perform any of these pieces, please send
N. Scott Robinson a program.
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Mirage
- Score, CD &
2 Parts
Duet for riq (Arab tambourines)
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- MP3 Sample
- Video
Sample
A duo for the riq
(Arab tambourine) that involves different grips and playing
positions with shaking, soft position, jingle strokes,
and interlocking rhythms. Great way to end a concert!
A recording of this piece is featured on N. Scott Robinson's
1st CD World View. Score, extra score, 2 parts
& CD. Duration: 5-6 minutes. Level: Beginner/intermediate.
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Score
Sample
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Shaken,
Not Stirred - Score
& CD
Solo for riq (Arab tambourine)
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A solo for the
riq (Arab tambourine) that involves different grips and
playing positions with shaking, soft position, jingle
strokes, cross-rhythms. A recording of this piece is featured
on N. Scott Robinson's 2nd CD Things That Happen Fast.
Score & CD. Duration: 3-4 minutes. Level: Advanced.
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Score
Sample
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Il
Mano - Score
& CD
Solo for tamburello (southern Italian tambourine or Mediterr-Asian
tambourine)
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Challenging solo in
7 beats for tamburello (southern Italian tambourine),
which also makes use of Mediterr-Asian tambourine techniques
(Italian tamburello, Arab riq soft position, and Indian
kanjira pitch bends). A recording of this piece is featured
on N. Scott Robinson's 2nd CD Things That Happen Fast.
Score & CD. Duration: 2-3 minutes. Level: Advanced.
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Score Sample
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Bear
Talk - Score,
CD & 2 Parts
Duet for pandeiro (Brazilian tambourines)
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Duo for 2 pandeiro
(Brazilian tambourines). This piece utilizes the older
turning playing style of samba and the lifting playing
style of capoeira, with interlocking rhythms in 2, 9,
and 5 beats. Excellent recital piece. A recording of this
piece is featured on N. Scott Robinson's 2nd CD Things
That Happen Fast. Score, extra score, 2 parts &
CD. Duration: 3-4 minutes. Level: Intermediate/advanced.
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Score Sample
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Handful
- Score
& CD
Solo for bendir (Moroccan buzzing frame drum) & foot
maraca
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Solo piece for the
bendir with foot maraca part. In 3 beats with passages
for virtuoso extended technique. This piece uses multiple
simultaneous layers of 3 beat rhythm cycles (3/2, 3/4,
and 2:3), fast Indian subdivisions, and a section in Brazilian
samba feel in 3 beats. A recording of this piece is featured
on N. Scott Robinson's 2nd CD Things That Happen Fast.
Score & CD. Duration: 3-5 minutes. Level: Advanced.
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Score Sample
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Sankofa
- Score
& 7 Parts
For West African Style Drums, Rattles & Bells
(3 congas, djembe, toke
bell, gankogui, shekere)
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Sample
West African style polyrhythmic
piece for 7 percussionists. Great entry level piece for
learning ensemble interlocking and West African style
polyrhythmic playing. Score & 7 parts. Duration: 5
minutes. Level: Beginner/intermediate. Sankofa
can be performed in direct segue from the piece below
Ghanaba Celebration. Commissioned by
Tim Sestrick for the Gettysburg College Contemporary &
World Percussion Ensemble.
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Score
Sample
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Ghanaba
Celebration - Score
& 3 Parts
Chant for Percussion Ensemble (voices & hand clapping
- 3 parts)
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Sample
West African style polyrhythmic
piece for percussion ensemble divided into 3 sections.
Great entry level piece for learning ensemble interlocking
with a West African style chant. An excellent piece to
start or end a concert with the ensemble walking on or
off stage while performing. Score & 3 parts. Duration:
5 minutes. Level: Beginner/intermediate. Ghanaba Celebration
can be performed with a direct segue to the piece above
Sankofa. Commissioned by Tim Sestrick
for the Gettysburg College Contemporary & World Percussion
Ensemble.
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Score
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Trio
for Ogun - Score,
CD & 6 Parts
Sextet for 3 congas & 3 conch shells
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Sample
This piece can be performed
by 3 conga players (quinto, conga, and tumba), or as a
sextet with the addition of 3 conch shells. This piece
is in a Steve Reich minimalist style and has sections
for stick and hand and hands only for the conga parts.
Rhythmic phrases in 6 and 8 beats with conch shell/trumpet
rhythmic counter-melodies. The drum parts interlock to
form a a melody. A recording of this piece is featured
on N. Scott Robinson's 2nd CD Things That Happen Fast.
Score, 6 parts & CD. Duration: 7-8 minutes. Level:
Intermediate/advanced.
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Global
Positions -
Score
Solo for ghaval (Azerbaijani tambourine)
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Sample
A solo for the Azerbaijani
tambourine called ghaval. This piece makes use of modern
cross-cultural frame drum techniques, European, Oriental,
and knee playing positions, snapping, South Indian techniques,
cross-rhythms, independence, and shaking. Score. Duration:
4-5 Minutes. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Commissioned
& premiered by Robert E. Parks, Jr. in Kentucky in
2004.
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Score Sample
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Well
in Hand - Score
& Study Score
Solo for kanjira (South Indian tambourine)
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Solo for kanjira (South
Indian tambourine) that makes use of some traditional
South Indian rhythmic phrasing from Carnatic music. An
etude for learning kanjira technique! Score & Study
Score (with syllables). Duration: 3-4 minutes. Level:
Advanced.
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Orisha
Offering - Score
& 3 Parts
Trio for 3 congas with 3 hands & 3 brushes
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Sample
This piece can be performed
by 3 (or 6 by doubling each part) conga players (quinto,
conga, and tumba). This piece is in a Steve Reich minimalist
style and features a unique technique throughout - 1 brush
in 1 hand with 1 hand bare. Rhythmic phrases in 9, 11,
and 8 beats interlock to form melodies. Score & 3
parts. Duration: 7-8 minutes. Level: Intermediate/advanced.
Commissioned by Jim Campbell. World premeire by University
of Kentucky Percussion Ensemble at PASIC 2004 in Nashville,
TN.
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Interior
Design - Score
& 2 Parts
Ensemble for frame drums (tar & lap style bodhran)
& solkattu
(can be performed with
2, 4, 6 or 8 players)
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Ensemble piece for frame
drums (14" or 15" Egyptian tars & 18",
20" or 22" lap style bodhran) and solkattu (South
Indian rhythmic solfege). Challenging patterns of 5 within
a larger structure of 5 beats are a feature in this piece
as well as contrapuntal frame drumming in 10, 8, and 7
beats. Score & 2 parts. Duration: 6-7 minutes. Level:
Intermediate. Commissioned by Dr. Julia Gaines.
World premeire by University of Missouri-Columbia World
Percussion Ensemble, April 2006.
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Score
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Carnatic
Variations - Score
& 2 Parts
Ensemble for frame drums (tars & ap style bodhrans)
& solkattu
(can be performed with
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or more players)
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Ensemble piece for frame
drums (14" or 15" Egyptian tars & 18",
20" or 22" lap style bodhrans) and solkattu
(South Indian rhythmic solfege). Challenging patterns
of 5 within a larger structure of 5 beats and Carnatic
reduction phrases are a feature in this piece as well
as contrapuntal frame drumming in 5 beats. Score &
2 parts. Duration: 6-7 minutes. Level: Intermediate/advanced.
Commissioned by Dr. B. Michael Williams. World premeire
by Winthrop University Percussion Ensemble, April 2009
in South Carolina.
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Score
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Video
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Hand
Drumming: Exercises for
Unifying Technique (for udu)
by N. Scott Robinson
on Wright Hand Drum Co. WHD-001
$26.95 + shipping (NTSC
only)
Out of Print
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In this video, N. Scott
Robinson presents his concept of Unifying Technique for
Hand Drumming and demonstrates how to apply this idea
to the udu drums made by the Wright
Hand Drum Co.
This video is eighty
minutes long and is divided into four sections:
Part 1 - Sounds, Strokes & Rhythm
Part 2 - India and Extended Technique
Part 3 - Rhythms of Brazil, The Caribbean,
Cuba, and West Africa
Part 4 - Performance by world music group
Cushetunk
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