Bach for Solo Marimba

SKU: TA.TSPB-44

In Mainstream Mallets, Jason Hammond-Wood has compiled over 20 short, 2-mallet solos with optional piano accompaniment to challenge more experienced middle school students while offering high school percussionists more performance opportunities.

All selections are familiar tunes, including classical favorites such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt), and The Barber of Seville. Also included are nonclassical melodies like The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Entertainer, and On Wisconsin (the university's fight song).

All pieces are playable on xylophone, vibraphone, or marimba, and two of the solos are adapted to be performed as duets! The optional piano accompaniment may be performed with a pianist, or by using the provided audio accompaniment tracks.

Mainstream Mallets includes these 24 pieces:

On Wisconsin | J.S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa | (Med-Easy, :35)
The Happy Farmer | Robert Schumann | (Med-Easy, :51)
Bourree | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:51)
Infernal Galop | Jacques Offenbach | (Med-Easy, 1:06)
Sonatina | Muzio Clementi | (Medium, 1:07)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Johannes Brahms | (Medium, 1:47)
Pizzicati | Leo Delibes | (Med-Easy, 2:07)
Sleeping Beauty | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:33)
The Barber of Seville | Gioachino Rossini | (Medium, 1:22)
The Royal Fireworks | George Frideric Handel | (Medium, 1:19)
Anitra's Dance | Edvard Grieg | (Medium, 1:40)
The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | (Medium, 2:10)
Spring Season | Antonio Vivaldi | (Medium, 1:47)
The Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa | (Medium, 2:12)
Badinerie | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Advanced, :57)
The Chromatic Galop | Franz Liszt | (Medium, 1:19)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | (Med-Advanced, 1:43)
Trepak [Russian Dance] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Med-Advanced, 1:10)
Turkish March | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | (Med-Advanced, 1:52)
Csardas | Vittorio Monti | (Med-Advanced, 1:44)
Back Home Again | James F. Hanley | (Medium, 1:18)
Raindrop | Frederic Chopin | (Medium, 1:45)
Bourree [Duet Version] | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:53)
Sleeping Beauty [Duet Version] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:35)

Mainstream Mallets ships as a fully-bound book with a sleek cover design by Bob Beck of Montreal's Design Society. Also included are reference recordings of each solo, PDF parts for duets, PDF parts for the piano accompaniment, and audio tracks with piano only, so that players can perform with just the piano accompaniment.

SKU: GI.G-317212

ISBN 9781574631197. UPC: 884088581664.

This latest work in the Master Class series presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three major works for solo marimba by San Francisco Symphony Principal Percussionist Jack Van Geem. Van Geem's well-thought-out approach to learning Velocities by Joseph Schwantner helps solve many of the difficult 4-mallet technical issues of this most notable composition for solo marimba. His extensive theoretical analysis of Three Small Adventures by Gunther Schuller aids in a greater musical approach to this and other contemporary works for marimba. Van Geem provides his personal edition including dynamics, phrasing, and articulations to J. S. Bach's Fuga in G minor. Van Geem outlines his philosophy of solo marimba technique and how mallet position increases a player's accuracy and provides an important aid in memorization. This in-depth publication covers topics such as sticking options, beating spots, hand & arm postures, memorization, practicing, learning the art of triaging, and more.

SKU: GI.G-10291

ISBN 9781574635317.

Alth ough many of the greatest composers from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods did not write for marimba, their works are still available and are perfectly suited for this instrument. Many of these works were written for violin and contain bowings and fingerings that assist in the stylistic interpretation for violin but do not apply to marimba. To that end, Tammy Chen has arranged a collection of outstanding pieces that work perfectly for marimba. To aid the performer in developing a musical interpretation of these master works, she added stylistic markings including phrasing, articulations and musical directives. Below are the compositions included from the Violin Sonatas and Partitas by one of the world’s greatest composers, Johann Sebastian Bach. Giga from Partita No. 3 Double #1 from Partita No. 1 Giga from Partita No. 2 Presto from Sonata No. 1 Allegro from Sonata No. 2 Allemanda from Partita No. 2 Preludio from Partita No. 3 Allegro Assai from Sonata No. 3 Menuetto I. from Partita No. 3 Menuetto II. From Partita No. 3 Corrente from Partita No. 1 Bourrѐe from Partita No. 3 Bourrѐe from Partita No. 1 Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 Corrente from Partita No. 2 Largo from Sonata No. 3 Double #2 from Partita No. 1 Double #4 from Partita No. 1 Sarabanda from Partita No. 2 Double #3 from Partita No. 1 Fuga from Sonata No. 1 Andante from Sonata No. 2 Cantabile from Sonata No. 1 Siciliano from Sonata No. 1 Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 Learn more about this new resource from the authors in this short video below:  .

SKU: CF.YPS203F

ISBN 9781491152911. UPC: 680160910410.

Imagi ne Bach trying to compose in his studio while being pestered by a spider! Arachnophobia and Fugue exposes students to the Baroque style of music using dramatic contrasts, light articulation, chorale-style sections, and multiple references to Bach's works. The spider is represented by the xylophone and/or marimba supported by the flutes. As a humorous bonus, auxiliary percussion includes rolled-up newspapers to swat the pesky spider throughout the piece.
Good music played well inspires the imagination. Imagine Bach trying to compose in his studio while being pestered by a spider! First and foremost this is educational music exposing kids to the Baroque style of music. Dramatic dynamic contrasts, light articulation, chorale-style, and multiple references to Bach’s works form the basis for the work. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Sleepers Wake, Little Fugue in G Minor, Sheep May Safely Graze, Dies Irae, and Come Sweet Death are the basis for this look into an imaginary situation with the Great Baroque Master. The spider is represented by either a solo xylophone or multiple xylophones and/or marimba (supported by the flutes.) As a humorous bonus auxiliary percussion use rolled up newspapers to swat the pesky spider throughout the piece in rhythm with the music.

SKU: CF.YPS203

ISBN 9781491152232. UPC: 680160909735. Key: D minor.

Imagine Bach trying to compose in his studio while being pestered by a spider! Arachnophobia and Fugue exposes students to the Baroque style of music using dramatic contrasts, light articulation, chorale-style sections, and multiple references to Bach's works. The spider is represented by the xylophone and/or marimba supported by the flutes. As a humorous bonus, auxiliary percussion includes rolled-up newspapers to swat the pesky spider throughout the piece.
Good music played well inspires the imagination. Imagine Bach trying to compose in his studio while being pestered by a spider! First and foremost this is educational music exposing kids to the Baroque style of music. Dramatic dynamic contrasts, light articulation, chorale-style, and multiple references to Bach’s works form the basis for the work. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Sleepers Wake, Little Fugue in G Minor, Sheep May Safely Graze, Dies Irae, and Come Sweet Death are the basis for this look into an imaginary situation with the Great Baroque Master. The spider is represented by either a solo xylophone or multiple xylophones and/or marimba (supported by the flutes.) As a humorous bonus auxiliary percussion use rolled up newspapers to swat the pesky spider throughout the piece in rhythm with the music.