Maqsumed
Frame Drum Quartet
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In the spirit of Steve Reich’s Music for Pieces of Wood, Maqsumed (as in “consumed”) for frame drum quartet employs a system of building up fragments of permuted rhythms derived from the traditional Arabic rhythm Maqsum. This piece may be performed using any frame drum (tar, bendir, bodhran, riq, etc.) or combinations of drums as desired. The piece may also be played on doumbek or any sounding source capable of producing the three sounds (dum, tak, slap). Maqsumed is available as a download only and includes an MP3 recording by the Winthrop University Percussion Ensemble