Tipa Tipa Two
General Info
Year: 1989
Duration: c.3:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Billaudot
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Player I: Suspended cymbal, glockenspiel
Player II: Marimba
Player III: Marimba, suspended cymbal
Player IV: Timpani(5)
Player V:
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Review
Published in The Percussion collection directed by Jean-Claude Tavernier, this short quintet (ca 31 5011) is labeled as material for advanced students. It is suitable for an ensemble at the high school level Instruments required are suspended cymbal and glockenspiel (player 1); marimba (player 2), a second marimba and suspended cymbal (player 3), vibraphone (player 4), and five timpani (player 5). Techniques required include hand vibrato in the glockenspiel part, the performance of 16th notes moving over all four timpani at mezzo forte and piano dynamic levels, octave playing in the first marimba part, half-pedaling on vibraphone, and the performance of 16th-note patterns in the second marimba part by alternating notes played with the handle of one mallet on suspended cymbal with a melodic played on marimba with the other mallet. The primary challenge in the piece, from a musical standpoint, is the result of an intersting juxtaposition of 4/4 meter with eighths divided normally, into groups of two's, and 8/8 meter, in which eighth are grouped into 3+3+2 units. The rhythm in this ensemble is the parameter of greatest interest and in some of the parts is more challenging than is usually found in most literature for this level. The melody is chant-like in its simplicity. The ostinato found in the just marimba part is only one measure in length and readily memorized, but hight syncopated and written octaves. To repeat it accurately, and exactly thirty-eight times as required, requires no small feat of concentration. The publication does have one serious liability. If it is aimed at the American as well as French or European market, it should present the important instructions and information for the conductor in English translation. This information, which concerns the use of hand vibrato technique on the glockenspiel, mallet selection for the first marimba, instructions for playing suspended cymbal and marimba together in the second marimba part, directions for pedaling and the use of the motor in the vibraphone part, and instructions for muting the timpani appears only in French. - John R. Rausch, February 1992[1]
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