Test-claire (snare Drum)

“Test-Claire is a piece for solo Snare Drum by Jacques Delécluse. Written in memory of Robert Tourte, it lasts approximately 2 minutes and uses ternary rhythms. Test-Claire requires the mastering of trills which appears often throughout the work. The author, Jacques Delécluse, is a soloist at the Paris Orchestra and a professor at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. He has conceived a keyboard-percussion instrument that holds his name, and is also the author of a series of seven books “À la manière de” for Drums and Piano.”