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• Mysterious Barrier
  ...lodic and harmonic structures from Couperin’s work. In addition to working together in overlapping harmonies, the timpanists also split complex and fast rhythm ...se periods of rhythmic density, playing this piece in a resonant hall will not yield the most desired results, despite being marked to play with hard mall
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• Altar de piedra (Altar of Stone)
  ...ect (a vertical list, view any composition page for an example). If you do not know the instrumentation, you can enter {{help}} instead. You may delete th ...at is developed in a discourse in which the instruments work alternatively together or separately.
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• 30 Easy Play Songs
  The second is much easier but does not free you from the duty of singing lullabies and other funny kids' songs to Do you feel forced to sing them? It’s not easy, is it? Especially if you’re tone-deaf. Did your schoolmates study v
  4 KB (593 words) - 01:18, 22 October 2021
• Delecluse, Jacques
  ...more than 40 years is because they have a musical sense: they are written not by only a percussionist but by a composer and a complete musician. As Eric ...itary drum books, and a couple of low-level standard pieces. Delécluse did not merely revolutionize the pedagogical writing for percussion, he invented it
  10 KB (1,659 words) - 23:48, 10 July 2022
• Ballet Mécanique
  ...ect (a vertical list, view any composition page for an example). If you do not know the instrumentation, you can enter {{help}} instead. You may delete th ...torious—piece. At its various premieres, it caused tremendous controversy, not to mention fistfights. Although it was very successful in Paris, it was a h
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• Marimba Spiritual
  ...solo that demands serious single stroke chops). Getting every body to play together - especially in the nebulous opening - can be a challenge. Marimbists playi ...ard to compose many different types of pieces for them and to produce them not only in Japan but all over the world. He sought to realize new possibilitie
  8 KB (1,250 words) - 18:04, 12 August 2023
• Implosion
  ...hips. Mantle Hood has managed to bring these two aspects of Balinese music together in Implosion. The pitches are distributed in groups of one through four in
  5 KB (856 words) - 05:38, 28 April 2022
• Contemporary Vibraphone Technique, Bk. 1-2
  ...l students or college students of all levels. I would only use these books together with a college student, no younger than that. ...deep understanding of vibraphone playing. The author claims these books do not require any previous experience on mallet playing but do require some theor
  5 KB (736 words) - 13:24, 17 December 2022
• Sonata for Percussion and Piano (Greenbaum)
  ...the piano, but no preparation is required. If playing inside the piano is not possible, those notes can be played in regular fashion at the keyboard.
  2 KB (346 words) - 23:51, 21 September 2023
• Time Release
  The life of a marimba note may be short and not subject to much influence from the performer after the attack, but it is qu ...g” by consistently combining a short note with a long note. The two notes together give the attack a particular character but one note is released immediately
  7 KB (1,175 words) - 01:39, 5 May 2018
• Time Paradigm
  ...be the rhythm and heartbeat of all the sound around us. We have to keep it together. Time became my obsession and before long I had written dozens of pages all ...et tired of all the obligations that come to me just because of Time. It’s not fair because I can’t control the days, but every day I get older. We can
  5 KB (953 words) - 18:50, 6 August 2018
• Konzert for Percussion Ensemble and Organ
  ...rs. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. <br/> ...that ultimately culminates in the last five minutes, pulling all elements together into a bombastic ending. After a dark and ominous introduction, complete wi
  4 KB (623 words) - 23:04, 11 April 2022
• Concerto of the Mad Queen
  One [[Tam-tam]], not too large (or Zildjian’s Gong-sheet)<br> Two plastic [[wood blocks]] and one [[cowbell]] mounted together.<br>
  4 KB (652 words) - 01:10, 21 November 2013
• Percussion Concerto (Higdon)
  ...ysicality of the instruments, Higdon has created a masterpiece which melds together lyricisms and virtuosity, juxtaposing slow sections with chaotic counterpar
  6 KB (846 words) - 04:02, 2 June 2022
• Samuels, Dave
  ...asked Dave to play vibes, not drums, with his group. Even though they did not play many performances, they rehearsed several times a week. “Renick was ...next four decades. It was around this time that he met David Friedman and together they altered the course of mallet percussion history.
  10 KB (1,555 words) - 04:39, 11 July 2023
• Selene - Moon Chariot Rituals
  3 resonant Suspended Finger Cymbals (small, medium, large) (not tinny!) Please seek a sonic “cousin” to the triangles’ sounds as well 4 Temple Blocks (not tinny or plastic sounding - these should blend in as a sonic “cousin” t
  11 KB (1,690 words) - 02:31, 26 January 2019
• On Point!
  ...This stroke uses a little more than just fingers to produce the sound, but not the entire palm. The hand will feel like the center of the palm hits the ri The uniformity and the extra attention to the visuals and how players move together when performing this piece, adds interest and extra flare that audiences fi
  4 KB (683 words) - 00:10, 13 January 2022
• Three Kings Carolin’
  ...ride cymbal of player 6. Teach these players that it is important to stay together and “keep good time” for the ensemble. It is especially important to ob
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• Five Items for Solo Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
  ...sition for an advanced high school or a college ensemble. The solo part is not extremely difficult but does require a good four-mallet player. 5 Items is
  4 KB (640 words) - 00:57, 6 January 2022
• Concertino Azure
  Movement 1: The Grass is not Greener <br/> I. The Grass is not Greener: Based on the traditional Bluegrass favorite Nickel Creek, this liv
  3 KB (446 words) - 05:47, 3 January 2022

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