Giuseppe Insana - 墨白

This section presents a selection of original compositions. Copyright Giuseppe Insana. All rights reserved.
You can also check Rhythms and Exercises for free study material (recordings, pdf scores and midi files), Polyrhythm grooves for additional material concerning polyrhythms, Songs for songs and covers in which I play the drums, or go back to the Drums page.

Longing for drums

A groove composed on a midi keyboard during the long intermission when I had no drum kit. Note: surround channels.
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Tabla triplets

Polyrhythmic fun with tabla and other asian percussions in a ⁵⁄₄ + ¹⁵⁄₈ meter.
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A battle of two snares

An impertinent piccolo inserts itself in a relaxed snare drum practice and picks a fight with the main snare.
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Indastria ticking

Two pieces with simple grooves utilising an industrial rock sound and several hi-hat and ride embellishments

Recording: [PDF grooves] [MIDI grooves]

Recording: [PDF partial score] [MIDI partial score]

Speedy dubtal

Another foray into blending genres and sounds without any pretense.
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Bouncy Bangs

A zippy piece with syncopated groove and pitch bended ethnic percussions.
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Kururin Variations

A composition in four movements with several orchestrations and variations of a ⁷⁄₄ groove based on a 8-16-16 8-8 16-16-8 rhythm. Composed and performed in December 2021.
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Malkata Chervena Kalinka [Малката червена калинка] (The little red ladybug)

A composition in ⁷⁄₈, organised in three movements. Composed and performed in January 2022.
Recordings:

1) Малката:
2) Червена:
3) Калинка: