Read the grand staff and improve your musical skills. A perky piece filled with unique changes and styles. A FUN piece for mallets.
Grade Level: 2 Copyright: 1996 Number of Players: 1 Duration: 3:30 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Category: Solo Works
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Solo Works
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This energetic two-mallet marimba solo for the intermediate performer may be played unaccompanied or with an optional conga pattern provided for an additional player. Centered on one primary four-measure theme, the composition is embellished using grace notes…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
7 Original Solos for Developing 4-Mallet Marimba Technique
Josh Gottry's For Four is loaded with excellent solos and exercises for the advancing mallet player. For each solo in this wonderful collection, there is a full page of exercises meant for technical…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Focused around a five-note, left-hand ostinato pattern which threads its way through the entire work, this composition is typified by repetitious rhythmic patterns. Contrast is achieved through variations in texture, range, and harmonic structure. The piece…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Metzger’s jazz background helps to infuse the improvisatory elements in the piece, while his keen sense of musical form and direction round out the classical side. The moods of the composition range from sweet to playful to angry to serene and back again.…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Collected Solos for the Developing Percussionist
Originally three separate books, Jon Metzger's Five Easy Pieces for Two-Mallet Marimba, Five Pieces for Timpani and Five Pieces for Vibraphone are now available in one convenient collection -Step to Step:…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Jon Metzger
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This collection for marimba incorporates two traditional dance suite styles - minuet and gigue - along with an invention, a tango, and a beautifully fluid chorale. The five works may be performed as a complete suite or may be programmed independently or in…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A collection of continually changing arpeggiations and melodic ideas, Wandering is a delicate and beautiful work for solo marimba.Program NotesA collection of continually changing arpeggiations and melodic ideas, Wandering is a delicate and beautiful work for…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Josh Gottry
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications