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Ritmo

The piece ritmo uses layering and looping of motifs played by the horn, trombone, and tuba to create a dense texture accompanying a trumpet melody, with the tuba playing a variation of a Latin clave rhythm, giving the piece its name.

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Ritmo

The piece ritmo uses layering and looping of motifs played by the horn, trombone, and tuba to create a dense texture accompanying a trumpet melody, with the tuba playing a variation of a Latin clave rhythm, giving the piece its name.

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r i t m o 
 
oliver abrams 
for brass quintet 
 
 
   
r i t m o 
 
oliver abrams 
 
for two b-flat trumpets, french horn, tenor trombone, and tuba 

 
ritmo  uses  layering  and  looping  of  two  measure  motifs  in  the horn, 
tenor  trombone,  and  tuba  to  achieve  a  dense,  polyphonic  texture 
that  grows  and  changes  over  time  in  order  to  accompany  a  vibrant 
melody  shared  by  the  two  trumpets.  the  tuba’s  motif  is  a  variation 
on  the  claves  rhythm  seen  often  in  latin  dance music, thus the name 
of the piece (​ritmo​means rhythm in spanish).  
 
ritmo  ​was  first  recorded  by  a  student  brass  quintet  at  the 
interlochen  arts  camp  in  the  summer  of  2019,  using  a  bass 
trombone  instead  of  a  tuba.  the  duration  of  ritmo is approximately 
three minutes and forty nine seconds (3’49”).  
 

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