Four-mallet marimba playing : a musical approach for all levels / by Nancy Zeltsman ; edited by Rick Mattingly ; photos by Andy Ryan.

Author/creator Zeltsman, Nancy, 1958- author, arranger of music, composer.
Format Musical Score
Edition3rd edition.
Publication InfoMilwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corporation, 2003.
Description1 score (viii, 192 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorMattingly, Rick editor.
Included WorkDaring, Mason. Climbing mountain.
Included WorkHasse, Jean, 1958- Maybe.
Included WorkHasse, Jean, 1958- Bow bells.
Included WorkBach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788. Solfeggios, harpsichord, H. 220, C minor; arranged.
Included WorkSatie, Erik, 1866-1925. Pièces froides. Danses de travers. No. 1.
Included WorkDebussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Children's corner. Snow is dancing arranged.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Anniversaries (1951). For Susanna Kyle.
Included WorkChopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28. No. 15; arranged.
Included WorkChueca, Federico, 1846-1908. Año pasado por agua. Mazurka de los paraguas; arranged.
Included WorkBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Bagatelles, piano, op. 126. No. 4; arranged.
Included WorkEllington, Duke, 1899-1974 Morning glory; arranged.
Included WorkFriedman, David, 1944- Beyond Dreams. Quincy; arranged.
Included WorkTrueman, Dan, 1968- Wallflower; arranged.
Included WorkPonce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948. A la orilla de un palmar; arranged.
Included WorkHedges, Michael, 1953-1997. Ragamuffin; arranged.
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Section one. Basics. Choosing mallets ; Traditional four-mallet grip ; Basic beating spots ; Basic strokes and tone production ; Basics of four-mallet stickings ; Scales ; Basic rolls ; Learning the keyboard layout ; Basics of good rhythm and "feel" ; Basics of good phrasing ; Sight-reading ; How to practice -- Section two. 50 short four-mallet studies / composed by Nancy Zeltsman -- Section three. Refinements. Refining strokes and tone production (Articulations, timbre shifts/beating spots, mallet angling, various note durations, stroke preparation, body positioning, dynamic levels, playing loudly, applying these ideas) ; Relationship of sticking choices to phrasing (Phrasing vs. pulse (Presto from J.S. Bach's Sonata no 1 in G minor for unaccompanied violin), double-sticking exercise, avoid triple-stickings (Prelude 21, B-flat major from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1), sticking to enhance phrasing (Prelude from Bach's Suite no. 1 for unaccompanied cello), more guidelines) ; Refining rolls (Sustaining, breathing with rolls, legato rolls, balancing chords, types of rolls and variations) ; One-handed rolls (Wiggling, willing it to work, first applications, refinements) ; Refining mallet selections (Your mallet collection, graduated mallets, compromise, matching mallets to marimbas, touch vs. mallet changes) ; Building a personal resume (Expanding the existing repertoire, transcriptions, transcriptions (vs. adaptations vs. arrangements), be yourself) ; How to practice (on exercises, practice toward your goal, difficult passages, learn a lot of music, other practice guidelines, miscellaneous thoughts, philosophies on interpretation, play from your heart) -- Section four. 18 intermediate-to-advanced adapted solos. Climbing mountain / by Mason Daring -- Maybe / by Jean Hasse -- Bow bells / by Jean Hasse -- Allegro / by anon. -- Solfeggietto / by C.P.E. Bach -- Danses de travers no. 1 / by Erik Satie -- The snow is dancing / by Claude Debussy -- For Susanna Kyle / by Leonard Bernstein -- Prelude, op. 28, no. 15 / by Frederic Chopin -- Los Paraguas / by Federico Chueca -- Bagatelle no. 4, op. 126 / By Ludwig van Beethoven -- Morning glory / by Duke Ellington -- Quincy / by David Friedman -- Wallflower / by Dan Trueman -- A la orilla de un palmar / trad. Mexican -- Ragamuffin / by Michael Hedges -- Section five. Advanced solos and chamber music: excerpts and commentary. Three moves for marimba (1998) for solo marimba / by Paul Lansky -- See ya Thursday (1993) for solo marimba / by Steven Mackey -- Merlin (1985)(in two movements) for solo marimba / by Andrew Thomas -- Threedance (1987) for violin, marimba and table/triangle / by Robert Aldridge -- Phantasmata (1989) for violin and marimba / by Gunther Schuller -- Tumblers (1990) for violin, marimba and computer / by Alejandro Viñao -- About the author.
Genre/formStudies (Music)
LCCN 2005278718
ISBN063403426X
ISBN9780634034268
UPC 073999139556
Publisher numberHL06620055 Hal Leonard Corporation