Tequila (Doggen)

General Info

Arranger: Yentl Doggen
Difficulty: Early Intermediate
Cost: $13.49

Instrumentation

Player 1: Xylophone 1
Player 2: Xylophone 2
Player 3: Marimba 1
Player 4: Marimba 2
Player 5: Vibraphone
Player 6: Glockenspiel
Player 7: Piano
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Drum Set
Player 10A: Agogo Bells
Player 10B: Congas
Player 11: Cha Cha Bells

Description

Tequila for Percussion Ensemble is an arrangement of the well-known song, Tequila. The original music was written by Chuck Rio and later recorded by the Champs. Tequila, the instrumental Latin-influenced song released in 1958, became a number-one hit in the pop charts and is still famous in modern music culture. The Percussion Ensemble version is written as a tribute to ‘Ne Cola’. In my earlier years in the Drum- & Percussionband Paal, our conductor, Steven Ribus, wrote Ne Cola on the recognised melody of Tequila. As all performers were underaged, we said Ne Cola, which translates to A Coke, instead of Tequila.

My brother, Siebe Doggen, who at that time had just started studying music in high school, came up with the idea of adding Tequila to our playlist. Since I didn’t have an arrangement, we started writing the first percussion ensemble arrangement together. Later, after a few performances, I made final adjustments to the arrangement to make it more suitable for commercial purposes. The percussion ensemble version of Tequila is written for 13 players and can easily be extended to 18 players if needed. In the middle of the song, there is space for solo’s in the mallets on F minor’s (blues)scale. Ideally, all players can have their input in the solo part.

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