Instrumentation: Various; performed as solo or mixed ensemble
Length: 120 mins / ~ 5 minutes per Etude*
PDF Price:
24 Bits for Beginning players (4 scores) $30
PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment.
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes are short musical vignettes demonstrating various aspects of hip-hop music that were initially written for students at the Harlem School of the Arts where I served as chair of the Music Theory and Composition Department. My model for Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes were Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier and Philip Glass' Music in 12 Parts. Each one explores various aspects of Hip-Hop music, from rhythm to melody to harmony to form, and each one is composed in a highly original and personal manner. Hip-hop music constantly changes and evolves and these works try to capture a moment in the form and genre of hip-hop music and culture. -DBR
PHOTO BY JOHN WALDER
Instrumentation: Various; performed as solo or mixed ensemble
Length: 120 mins / ~ 5 minutes per Etude*
PDF Price:
24 Bits for Advance players (11 scores) $65
PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment.
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes are short musical vignettes demonstrating various aspects of hip-hop music that were initially written for students at the Harlem School of the Arts where I served as chair of the Music Theory and Composition Department. My model for Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes were Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier and Philip Glass' Music in 12 Parts. Each one explores various aspects of Hip-Hop music, from rhythm to melody to harmony to form, and each one is composed in a highly original and personal manner. Hip-hop music constantly changes and evolves and these works try to capture a moment in the form and genre of hip-hop music and culture. -DBR
Instrumentation: Various; performed as solo or mixed ensemble
Length: 120 mins / ~ 5 minutes per Etude*
PDF Price:
24 Bits for Intermediate players (9 scores) $60
PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment.
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes are short musical vignettes demonstrating various aspects of hip-hop music that were initially written for students at the Harlem School of the Arts where I served as chair of the Music Theory and Composition Department. My model for Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes were Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier and Philip Glass' Music in 12 Parts. Each one explores various aspects of Hip-Hop music, from rhythm to melody to harmony to form, and each one is composed in a highly original and personal manner. Hip-hop music constantly changes and evolves and these works try to capture a moment in the form and genre of hip-hop music and culture. -DBR
Instrumentation: Various; performed as solo or mixed ensemble
Length: 120 mins / ~ 5 minutes per Etude*
PDF Price:
24 Bits Complete Collection (24 scores) $155+
PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment.
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes are short musical vignettes demonstrating various aspects of hip-hop music that were initially written for students at the Harlem School of the Arts where I served as chair of the Music Theory and Composition Department. My model for Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes were Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier and Philip Glass' Music in 12 Parts. Each one explores various aspects of Hip-Hop music, from rhythm to melody to harmony to form, and each one is composed in a highly original and personal manner. Hip-hop music constantly changes and evolves and these works try to capture a moment in the form and genre of hip-hop music and culture. -DBR
24 Bits: Hip-Hop Studies & Etudes (2006)
by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Instrumentation: Various; performed as solo or mixed ensemble
Length: 120 mins / ~ 5 minutes per Etude*
PDF Price:
24 Bits for Beginning players (4 scores) $30
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 1. C Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 2. A Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 12. D Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 15. G Major
24 Bits for Intermediate players (9 scores) $60
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 4. B-Flat Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 5. D Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 7. E-Flat Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 8. C Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 9. E Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 10. C# Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 11. F Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 16. E Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 18. F Minor
24 Bits for Advance players (11 scores)$65
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 3. Db Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 6. B Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 13. F# Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 14. D# Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 17. Ab Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 19. A Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 20. F# Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 21. Bb Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 22. G Minor
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 23. B Major
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes 24. G# Minor
24 Bits Complete Collection (24 scores)$155
All of the above
PDF sheet music will be delivered a few minutes after making payment.
COMPOSER’S NOTE:
Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes are short musical vignettes demonstrating various aspects of hip-hop music that were initially written for students at the Harlem School of the Arts where I served as chair of the Music Theory and Composition Department. My model for Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes were Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier and Philip Glass' Music in 12 Parts. Each one explores various aspects of Hip-Hop music, from rhythm to melody to harmony to form, and each one is composed in a highly original and personal manner. Hip-hop music constantly changes and evolves and these works try to capture a moment in the form and genre of hip-hop music and culture. -DBR
*A collection of 24 pieces sold in 3 different bundles: for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. The scores are in C and are open instrumentation. Each score can be performed by soloists or mixed ensembles. Players choose which line(s) to play, instrumentation, number of players (1 to 100!) - its up to you. Choose a bundle based on your performance level or buy all 3 for the complete collection.
Notable Past Performances:
DBR & THE MISSION, world tour, various dates, 2006-2012
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, CO 2013
Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival, Oregon 2018
Sounds Modern, Fort Worth, TX 2020
New Jersey Symphony, Newark, NJ 2022
Many professional and amateur musicians have performed and recorded DBR’s Hip-Hop Studies & Etudes with various instrumentation.
Check out this YouTube playlist for more.
About the composer:
Composer’s website
Composer’s biography
Listen:
“Hip-Hop Studies & Etudes in D# Minor, D Minor and B Minor” appear on Revolutionary Rhythm by Jade Simmons, piano
Score samples:
24 Bits for Beginning players
24 Bits for Intermediate players
24 Bits for Advanced players

