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Religious Soundscapes

Percussion

Percussion (9:01)

Production by Lauren Pond
Interpretive texts by Veronica Salinas

Rhythm in unison

(stomp)

STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP

A shaker.
Gradually faster. Faster gradually faster.

Shake shake shake
shakeshakeshakeshake
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
(voice chants)
(voice chants)
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOM
Shake shake shake
shakeshakeshakeshake
Bells ring,
signify a change in the air,
Air horn billows blowing sound
Voices whoop and holler ecstatically
(hand drums)
(ululation)
Krishna hand bells ring
“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna”
Drums beating, keeping pulse
Bum-tabumbum BUM-ta-bumbum Bum-tabumbum BUM-ta-bumbum
(tambourine)
dakadakadakadakaDAkadaKAdakadaka
dakadakadakadakaDAkadaKAdakadaka
(tambourine)
“Oh when the saints go marching in”
Methodist church clapping,
“Oh Lord I want to be in that number!”
Resounding, joyous.

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