Tribadacious (2007) - Dave Gerhart

I wrote Tribadacious as an homage to one of my teachers, Brad Dutz, and his composition Ewe Day. Tribadacious was written for four (or more) Ewe drums to be played by two players and is the first movement of a set of three pieces. The syncopated gestures and different tone colors (rim, dead strokes, drum shell and open tones) are all inspired by the African drumming from the Ewe Tribe (Ghana).