Palmas Rojas

Fowler, Tommy

About the work

Based on the Spanish Flamenco Palmas style of hand clapping, this piece also uses finger snaps and percussive vocal effects. The piece was written after a conversation with Chris Brannick of Ensemble Bash – which led to the idea of a percussion piece with no instruments.

First Performance: Ensemble Bash, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Oct 1998

Technical notes

The piece involves a variety of fingersnaps, nadclaps, and vocal effects.