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JoeRPorter
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Question on ranges of a few marimba solos
      #40741 - Fri Nov 09 2007 02:54 AM (70.65.172.113)

Hi I'm looking to order some marimba solos, I've currently worked on Rain Dance, Yellow after the Rain, and Aeolian Fantasy in percussion course Studio I. I have a 4 1/3 (low A) octave marimba (5 at the school) however the music i would like to purchase would be more of me working on my 4 1/3 octave marimba.

I was wondering If anyone knew the ranges of these songs, or recommend songs specificly :

Six Suites for Cello, J.S Bach
Two Mexican Dances, Gordon Stout
Dream of the Cherry blossoms, Keiko Abe
Concertino for Marimba, Paul Creston
October Night, Michael burrit
Image, 20 Children's Songs for Marimba, Bart Quartier
Etude in D Minor - Alice Gomez
Furioso and Valse in D Minor, Earl Hatch
Sea Refractions, Mitchell Peters
Gitano for Marimba, Alice Gomez
Tambourin Chinois, Fritz kresiler
Monograph IV, Richard Gripson
Rhythm Song, Paul Smadbeck
Etudes I, II, III, Paul Smadbeck
Michi, Keiko Abe
Frogs, Keiko Abe
Suite Popular Brasileira, Ney Rosauro
Works for Marimba, Keiko Abe

And abit harder level:

Marimba Dances, Ross Edwards
Lute Suite in e Minor, Bach/transc. Potter
Astral Dance, Gordon Stout
Modern Japanese Marimba Pieces, Vol. 1+2, Keiko Abe(ed.)
Etude for a Quiet Hall, Chrsitopher Deane
Four Movements for Marimba, Michael Burrit
Novemember Evening, Christropher Norton
Footpath, Dave Samuels
Suite for Marimba, Fissinger
Two movements for marimba, Tanaka
Variations on Lost Love, David Maslanka
Concerto for MArimba, Ney Rosauro
Of wind and Water, Dave Hollinden
Asturias leyenda, Albeniz
Polaris, Mark ford
Motion Beyond, Mark Ford
Ransom, Mark Ford
Drei Phanastische Lieder, Nebojsa Zivkovic
Ilijas, Nebosja Zivkovic
Ghanaia, Matthias Schmitt
Nancy, Emmanuel Sejourne
Nature Alley, Dean Gronemeier
Altered Echoes, Lynn Glassock


thanks !

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Re: Question on ranges of a few marimba solos [Re: JoeRPorter]
      #40749 - Fri Nov 09 2007 12:29 PM (4.245.227.201)

A few off the top of my head:

Two Mexican Dances, Gordon Stout - 4.0
Dream of the Cherry blossoms, Keiko Abe - I think it's 5.0, with options for playing on a 4.3
Concertino for Marimba, Paul Creston - 3.5
Sea Refractions, Mitchell Peters - definitely no more than a 4.3
Tambourin Chinois, Fritz kresiler - 3.5 (at least, the George Green arrangement)
Monograph IV, Richard Gripson - 4.0 or 4.3
Rhythm Song, Paul Smadbeck - 4.3
Etudes I, II, III, Paul Smadbeck - I believe they fit a 4.3
Michi, Keiko Abe - 4.3
Frogs, Keiko Abe - 4.0

And abit harder level:

Astral Dance, Gordon Stout - originally done for a 4.5, not sure of the current edition
Modern Japanese Marimba Pieces, Vol. 1+2, Keiko Abe(ed.) - 4.3
Etude for a Quiet Hall, Chrsitopher Deane - 4.3
Footpath, Dave Samuels - 4.3
Suite for Marimba, Fissinger - 3.5
Two movements for marimba, Tanaka - 4.3 (IIRC)
Variations on Lost Love, David Maslanka - 4.3

Not to be negative, but...while we here at the forum are glad to help, I'm curious why your teacher at University doesn't have some of this information. Many of these pieces have been standard marimba literature for decades.

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Re: Question on ranges of a few marimba solos [Re: James Walker]
      #40751 - Fri Nov 09 2007 12:44 PM (70.65.172.113)

I'll actually have to be doing alot of those songs for the studio course. I usually have too many questions to ask him and he has too little time so alot of question i tend to post on forums that I don't think I need a private lesson for.

I appreciate all the help that you've done for me James, thanks a ton!

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