Mi Milagro
General Info
Year of Published: 2015
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:02:40
Cost: $32.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Marimba (Shared)
Player 2: Marimba (Shared)
Player 3: Marimba (Shared)
Player 4: Bongos
Player 5: Congas
Player 6: Maracas & Cabasa
Player 7: Tambourine
Player 8: Triangle
Description
Set in the style of Mexican marimba bands, Mi Milagro is a charming piece for young players. Ralph Hicks states that the focus isn’t necessarily on any one distinct Latin style, but rather, on the idea of a simple, fast three-beat meter meant to be felt in one. Three players share one standard marimba while the rest of the ensemble acts as a Latin rhythm section. This piece was extracted from the larger compilation book, Beyond Basic Percussion. Co-written by Eric Rath and Ralph Hicks it contains 10 ensembles from which beginning percussion students can learn. Also helpful is the fact that this piece is flexible in its instrumentation. If you don’t have the full arsenal of players or equipment, some parts have been denoted as optional.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Home by Sundown - Marimba Trio
Low Tide - Percussion 10
Mi Milagro - Percussion Octet
Traumatic Chromatic - Percussion Nonet
Works for Percussion by this Arranger
Agua de Beber - Percussion Nonet
Chopsticks - Xylophone; Percussion Odtet
Funny Folks - Mallet Quintet
The Nonpareil - Mallet Quintet
Romance De Amor - Marimba