{"product_id":"tappan-hip-knot-murphy","title":"Tappan: Hip Knot","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Philip Tappan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eConcert Band\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hip Knot\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHip Knot\u003c\/em\u003e (Grade 4) began in early 2022 as part of a compositional exchange between colleagues, each tasked with writing a work for wind ensemble inspired by hip hop, interpreted through an individual lens. Rather than imitating the genre on the surface, this piece explores hip hop as a set of processes—sampling, rhythmic flow, and groove—and translates those ideas into a concert band context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentral to the work is the concept of sampling. A brief quotation from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss is fragmented and recontextualized, functioning as a classical analogue to sampled material in hip hop production. Additional rhythmic layers draw inspiration from the percussive language of hip hop: triangle patterns reference textures heard in recordings by Tupac Shakur, while \"record scratching\" is abstracted into rapid sixteenth-note figures distributed across the wind ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA persistent groove underpins much of the piece, though it is continually deconstructed and reassigned across instrumental families. At one point, the rhythmic profile of Step Into a World (Rapture's Delight) by KRS-One is transcribed and reimagined during the development section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormally, Hip Knot follows a loose arch (A–B–A–B–Development–A–Coda). The A sections are built on a pentatonic melodic language, while the B material derives from the Strauss quotation. Throughout, these elements are less concerned with traditional development and more with juxtaposition, layering, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHip Knot is best understood as a study—an exploration of how hip hop's structural and rhythmic ideas can inhabit a wind ensemble medium. Its aim is not stylistic replication, but translation: placing two musical worlds into conversation and discovering where they meaningfully intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Murphy Music Press","offers":[{"title":"Score \u0026 Set of Parts","offer_id":45360553394255,"sku":"W-1,666","price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Full Score","offer_id":45360580591695,"sku":"W-1,666A","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/3d471ea139f009d3371e3e5acbcedbb9.png?v=1780065030","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/tappan-hip-knot-murphy","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}