This book contains a lot of music, from musical etudes designed for beginning and intermediate players to recital material appropriate for intermediate and advanced players. This book includes: Examples taken from contemporary solo and chamber works for Marimba with Nancy's commentary and performance tips.
50 studies that will develop essential four-mallet technique in a musical way. 18 solos that appropriate for recitals, auditions, or juries, including works by Beethoven, Handel, Debussy, Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington. Guidelines for mallet selection, four-mallet grip, strokes, tone production, rolls, stickings, phrasing, building a personal repertoire and other topics that are crucial for today's successful marimbist.
- Basics
- 50 Short Four-Mallet Studies
- Refinements
- 18 Intermediate To Advanced Adapted Solos
- Advanced Solos
- Chamber Music: Excerpts And Commentary