X-Mas in Goa, performed by Fernando Rocha and Shawn Mativetsky

X-Mas in Goa is a duo for pandeiro and tabla, and was composed by Randy Gloss (of the group, Hands On'Semble) on one of his trips to India.

The tabla writing is mainly traditional, while the highly virtuosic pandeiro part makes use of both traditional and extended techniques. The piece opens with an improvised pandeiro solo, followed by two composed sections. After a short improvised tabla solo, the piece ends with a third composed section, based on the traditional Indian concepts of kaida and palta (theme and variations).

Performed by Fernando Rocha (pandeiro) and Shawn Mativetsky (tabla) in Montreal in September 2007.

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Music

Tags:

• pandeiro
• tabla
• randy
• gloss
• fernando
• rocha
• shawn
• mativetsky
• percussion
• x-mas
• xmas
• goa
• duo
• hands