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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
Dynamic Solos for Mallets offers an appealing array of performance pieces designed to foster a musical approach to keyboard playing. Students are exposed to the use of dynamics in a gradual, coherent fashion, making it easy to understand their use as one of the essential vehicles for expression in music. Fundamental techniques in analysis are also stressed in order to fortify reading skills. Ideal for solo as well as concert use, these catchy works are written in a style that is sure to captivate students, as well as their audiences. A fantastic addition to your curriculum!
 
Dynamic Solos for Mallets offers an appealing array of performance pieces designed to foster a musical approach to keyboard playing. Students are exposed to the use of dynamics in a gradual, coherent fashion, making it easy to understand their use as one of the essential vehicles for expression in music. Fundamental techniques in analysis are also stressed in order to fortify reading skills. Ideal for solo as well as concert use, these catchy works are written in a style that is sure to captivate students, as well as their audiences. A fantastic addition to your curriculum!
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== Recent Performance ==
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=== High Octane ===
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== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
 
== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==

Latest revision as of 01:26, 3 September 2025

Brian Slawson

General Info

Publisher: Alfred Music
Series: Alfred's Percussion Performance Series
ISBN: 978-0-7390-9651-2
Difficulty: Elementary
Cost: $8.99

Instrumentation

Glockenspiel / Xylophone / Vibraphone / Marimba

Song List

1. Countdown
2. High Octane
3. Blast Off
4. Air in G Minor
5. Double-Stop Chop
6. Lullaby
7. Day Dreamer
8. The Proud Peacock
9. Chime Time
10. Yodeler
11. Rock Doctor
12. Buccaneer
13. Rolls for Lost Souls
14. Hefty Lefty
15. Bourée
16. Distant Drums
17. Tonto
18. Doo-Wop Diddy
19. Ludwig's Lament
20. Tickle Toe

Description

Dynamic Solos for Mallets offers an appealing array of performance pieces designed to foster a musical approach to keyboard playing. Students are exposed to the use of dynamics in a gradual, coherent fashion, making it easy to understand their use as one of the essential vehicles for expression in music. Fundamental techniques in analysis are also stressed in order to fortify reading skills. Ideal for solo as well as concert use, these catchy works are written in a style that is sure to captivate students, as well as their audiences. A fantastic addition to your curriculum!

Recent Performance

High Octane

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solos

Two-Beat Tango
Cricket
Animal Cracker Rag

Chamber Percussion Ensemble

Candlesticks - 8 Players
Füm Drum - 9 Players
Odd Duck - 4 Players
Song of All Seasons - 8 Players
Pelican - 9 Players
Rockbox - 9 Players
Tangito - 9 Players
Top Tank - 3 Players
Winterland - 8 Players

Large Percussion Ensemble

Angels in the Moonlight
Animals
Bongito - 13 Players
Book Bash - 10 Players
Christmas Day
Dreams From the Dark Forest - 13 Players
Jokers Wild - 13 Players
La Vida de la Noche (Percussion Ensemble) - 15 Players
Little Lullabies
Nanigo Navidad - 11 Players
Opa! - 10 Players
Pistoleros - 13 Players
Roundup - 10 Players
Santa's Strut - 11 Players
Strum - 10 Players
Tale of the Dragon - 12 Players
Tank Time - 10 Players
The Three Buccaneers
When You Hear the Drum - 10 Players

Mallet Ensemble

A Little Malletmusik
El Paso Waltz
La Vida de la Noche (Mallet Ensemble)

Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument

An American Dream - Percussion Ensemble & Trumpet

Indeterminate Percussion Ensemble

Pop Drop - 3 or more Players
Yes & No - 5 or 6 Players

Reference