Rule of 3

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Viet Cuong

Viet Cuong


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General Info

Year: 2021
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Blue Dot Composer Collective
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00   |   Score Only (print) - $30.00


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Errata

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Program Notes

Three Little Pigs. Three Musketeers. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It seems that many things are better in threes. And that's precisely what a writing principle called the "rule of three" suggests. Popular sayings like "stop, drop, and roll," "veni, vidi, vici," and "snap, crackle, and pop," all feel -- to quote Goldilocks -- just right, and threes in music can be similarly satisfying. For example, pop songs usually have three choruses, major and minor chords have three notes, and at the start of his iconic Fifth Symphony, fate knocks on Beethoven's door with three Gs before the melody descends to an E-flat.

Rule of Three sets out to prove that things are indeed better in threes. The piece features a trio of percussionists who play a 3/4 drum set beat over a melody that becomes the subject of a three-part canon. It is structured in three sections, with the middle section highlighting triangles, naturally. And, if you listen closely, you will hear that even the soloists' collective drum set beat is constructed of a three-part canon.

This piece was commissioned by Jennifer Bergeron and the Walsh Middle School Band for their performance at the 2021 Midwest Clinic.

- Program Note from Walsh Middle School Honor Band concert program, 17 December 2021


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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

  • Syzygy (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)


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