Four-mallet Marimba Playing
Zbiór jest swego rodzaju szkołą na marimbę; to podręcznik doskonalący dla muzyków na różnym stopniu zaawansowania. Zawiera wiele utworów muzycznych, począwszy od etiud przeznaczonych dla początkujących i średniozaawansowancyh wykonawców, aż po materiał recitalowy odpowiedni dla marimbistów średniozaawansowanych i zaawansowanych. Znajdziemy tu: przykłady wzięte ze współczesnych dzieł solowych i kameralnych, wraz z komantarzem i wskazówkami wykonawczymi; 50 ćwiczeń rozwijających technikę 4-pałkową i muzykalność; 18 utworów klasycznych i współczesnych przeznaczonych na recitale i konkursy, autorstwa Beethovena, Handla, Chopina Debussy'ego, Leonarda Bersteina, Duke'a Ellingtona i innych; przydatne wskazówki dotyczące wyboru pałek, uderzeń, wydobycia dźwięku, frazowania i innych istotnych kwestii.
This book contains a lot of music, from musical etudes designed for beginning and intermediate players, to recital material appropriate for intermediate and advanced marimbists. It includes: examples taken from contemporary solo and chamber works, with commentary and performance tips; 50 studies to develop four-mallet technique in a musical way; 18 classic and contemporary solos for recitals, auditions or juries, written by Beethoven, Handel, Chopin, Debussy, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and others; and helpful guidelines for mallet selection, grip, strokes, tone production, rolls, stickings, phrasing and other important topics.
Lista utworów:
Maybe [Hasse, Jean]
Sarabande [Handel, George Frideric]
Ragamuffin [Hedges, Michael]
Quincy [Friedman, David]
Prelude In D Flat 'Raindrop' Op.28 No.15 [Chopin, Frederic]
Morning Glory [Ellington, Duke]
Solfeggietto [Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel]
Los Paraguas [Chueca, Federico]
For Susanna Kyle [Bernstein, Leonard]
Danses De Travers No.1 [Satie, Erik]
Wallflower [Trueman, Dan]
Bow Bells [Hasse, Jean]
Bagatelle In B Minor/Major Op.126 No.4 [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
Allegro [Anonymous]
A La Orilla De Un Palmar
Climbing Mountain [Darling, Mason]
Allegretto [Anonymous]
Spis treści:
Preface
Introduction
Section One - Basics
A. Choosing Mallets
B. Traditional Four-Mallet Grip
C. Basic Beating Spots
D. Basic Strokes and Tone Production
E. Basics of Four-Mallet Stickings
F. Scales
G. Basic Rolls
H. Learning the Keyboard Layout
I. Basics of Good Rhythm and "Feel"
J. Basics of Good Phrasing
K. Sight-Reading
L. How to Practice
Section Two - 50 Short Four-Mallet Studies composed by Nancy Zeltsman
Section Three - Refinements
A. Refining Strokes and Tone Production
B. Relationship of Sticking Choices to Phrasing
C. Refining Rolls
D. One -Handed Rolls
E. Refining Mallet Selection
F. Builiding a Personal Repertoire
G. How to Practice
Section Four - 18 Intermediate-to-Advanced Adapted Solos
1. "Climbing Mountain" by Mason Daring (F)
2. "Maybe" by Jean Hasse
3. "Bow Bells" by Jean Hasse (A)
4. "Allegro" by Anonymous (A/5)
5. "Sarabande" by George Frederick Handel (A/5)
6. "Allegretto" by Anonymous (A/E)
7. "Solfeggietto" by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (F/5)
8. "Danses de travers No. 1" by Erik Satie (A/5)
9. "The snow is dancing" by Claude Debussy (A/5)
10. "For Susanna Kyle" by Leonard Bernstein
11. "Prelude, op.28, No.15" by Frederic Chopin
12. "Los paraguas" by Federico Chueca (A/5)
13. "Bagatelle No. 4, Op.126" by Ludwig van Beethoven
14. "Morning Glory" by Duke Ellington
15. "Quincy" dy David Friedman
16. "Wallflower" by Dan Trueman (F)
17. "A La Orilla de un Palmar" (Traditional Mexican)
18. "Ragamuffin" by Michael Hedges
Section Five - Advanced Solos and Chamber Music: Excerpts and Commentary
Solos
"Three Moves for Marimba" by Paul Lansky
"See Ya Thursday" by Steven Mackey
"Merlin" by Andrew Thomas (F)
Works for violin and marimba
"threedance" (+tabla / triangle) by Robert Aldridge (A)
"Phantasmata" by Gunther Schuller
"Tumblers" (+computer) by Alejandro Vinao (E)
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