24 Bits: Hip-Hop Studies & Etudes for solo or mixed ensemble
24 Bits for Beginning players (4 scores) by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
$30.00

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

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24 Bits for Advance players (11 scores) by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
$65.00

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

24 Bits for Intermediate players (9 scores) by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
$60.00

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

24 Bits Complete Collection (24 scores) by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
$155.00

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.

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