Marimba: Creating Technique Through Music

Mark Ford

General Info

Year: 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Innovative
Cost: Book Cost - $26.00   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00

Overview

One of the common problems with method books is that they focus so much on technique exercises that students do not practice the techniques in actual music - leading to a lack of practical application of technique!

Marimba: Technique Through Music by Mark Ford provides an answer to this, focusing on etudes and solos to work on technique rather than exercises. This text features solos categorized based on the technique: Double Vertical, Single Alternating, Double Lateral, and Single Independent strokes.

Each technique features several solo works that range in difficulty, and there are several solos that combine techniques at the end of the text. This is a great tool for students who get bogged down in exercises, providing entertaining, fun to play solos that will maximize technique!

Chapters

Table of Contents
Introduction
Stroke Concepts
Getting Started
Chordal Applications
Single Independent Strokes
Fry

       Oakland

Single Alternating Strokes

       Manhattan

       Bonnie Brae

Double Lateral Strokes
Whitby

       White Hollow

       Green Run

Double Vertical Strokes
Kain

       Tucker

       Montecristo

Chorales
Wellington

       Azalea

       Coventry

Combined Strokes
Birchbrook

       West Oak

       Stoneman

Listening and Educational Resources

Works for Percussion by this Author

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