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techno-pop

Medium: Percussion Ensemble (7 players)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: October 2006
Duration: 3:25
Difficulty: Grade III

Instrumentation:
Player 1 (xylophone, bells)
Player 2 (vibraphone)
Player 3 (marimba)*
Player 4 (marimba)*
Player 5 (4 concert toms)
Player 6 (vibraslap, wind chimes, suspended cymbal, cowbell, tambourine)
Player 7 (drum set)

* Players 3 & 4 may perform on one 4.3-octave (low-A) marimba

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Part of The EDGE Series for percussion ensemble from C. Alan Publications, to be released in Fall 2007. Techno-Pop was inspired by techno music, a type of purely electronic dance music that originated in Detroit, MI in the '80s. Techno has since found its way into dance clubs and raves all over.