Nice movement around the keyboard - but don't ever sacrifice tone quality. It reminds me of playing Abe's Prism when you have to go to low notes and need to play soft. If you want to keep the same mallet choice then you need a lighter touch even though you have to rebound such a far distance to the low end of the keyboard.
Wonderful execution. I was impressed by your speed and accuracy more than anything else. I remember when Gordon Stout came to the Alabama Day of Percussion last year, he was talking about how he thought that two-mallet works nowadays are seriously under rated. This etude proves his theory is correct. I think I'm going to give it a whirl this summer. :-)
oh yeah, there's nothing wrong with playing two mallets. I find it to be more fun since its easier to execute and one has more ability to move freely about the keyboard. Yeah, you should definitely give it a try. The piece has more subtleties than most, except they are compacted in about a minute or so. Good luck and have fun.
Quick question....I was trying to find the sheet music for this piece i was wondering if got the music out of the Gordon Stout Etudes For marimba book? There are three of them and i don't really wanna buy all three for one piece of music and was wondering if you knew if Etude 2 was in bk. 1, 2, or 3?
Gordon Stout actually came to my college last semester and gave a Marimba clinic/Listen to people play they're mallet pieces. He's kind of a toughie, but he gives good advice. You have great muscle memory. I know how difficult it is to remember where the striking points of the marimba are. Especially when your going at high speeds, and you pulled it off effortlessly. Have you heard Stouts's 4 mallet piece "Beads of Glass"? It's a really good piece to try and learn
Thanks for the compliment. No, I have not heard that piece, but I'll check it out. I was able to pull it off "efforlessly" by actually learning it faster, and then slowing it down for the performance. I think I only clammed it like once or twice, but it is always bound to happen :)
great performance! I would have definitely thought this a 4 mallet piece...amazing that you could do it so accurately with only 2. I thought maybe your mallets were too hard. Great performance though.
Thanks a lot. It's kinda hard to choose a mallet for this piece since it utilizes the whole range or the instrument. Thanks for watching and commenting & keep loving the percussion.
what you could do is learn the piece with 4 mallets and "graduate" the hardness of the mallets...softer mallets in the left hand and harder in the right so that you don't get the "tackiness" of the harder mallets on the bottom. I do that with almost every piece I play. That would be a pain to relearn it with 4 mallets though...just a suggestion.
I'm really impressed by this, especially as how it was performed using 2 mallets rather than 4. It seems as though that would make execution more difficult...
Ha, I never thought performing it with 4 mallets. I assumed that since it had no chordal stuff it would be more of an etude for peripheral vision and accuracy. Thanks for your comment.
Nice movement around the keyboard - but don't ever sacrifice tone quality. It reminds me of playing Abe's Prism when you have to go to low notes and need to play soft. If you want to keep the same mallet choice then you need a lighter touch even though you have to rebound such a far distance to the low end of the keyboard.
BosPercussion 5 years ago
Wonderful execution. I was impressed by your speed and accuracy more than anything else. I remember when Gordon Stout came to the Alabama Day of Percussion last year, he was talking about how he thought that two-mallet works nowadays are seriously under rated. This etude proves his theory is correct. I think I'm going to give it a whirl this summer. :-)
DrumLuv23 5 years ago
oh yeah, there's nothing wrong with playing two mallets. I find it to be more fun since its easier to execute and one has more ability to move freely about the keyboard. Yeah, you should definitely give it a try. The piece has more subtleties than most, except they are compacted in about a minute or so. Good luck and have fun.
linguamortua 5 years ago
very nice. i appreciate the accuracy on the low end as well as the consistancy in dynamics throughout. keep it up man, you rock.
scizatt 5 years ago
Thank you very, very much :)
linguamortua 5 years ago
Quick question....I was trying to find the sheet music for this piece i was wondering if got the music out of the Gordon Stout Etudes For marimba book? There are three of them and i don't really wanna buy all three for one piece of music and was wondering if you knew if Etude 2 was in bk. 1, 2, or 3?
Tabarnak216 5 years ago
It is in book 1. Have fun.
linguamortua 5 years ago
the thing to do would have been to keep same mallet is the right hand and a tad softer one in the left hand..
btman2 5 years ago
gordon stout is my teacher
rjksoccer06 5 years ago
Oh oh, I hope I'm not in trouble. lol. Please do comment on the execution of this piece. Tear me appart if you must, I'd appreciate it.
linguamortua 5 years ago
Very nice!
geekusadrummer 5 years ago
Thanks for watching :)
linguamortua 5 years ago
Gordon Stout actually came to my college last semester and gave a Marimba clinic/Listen to people play they're mallet pieces. He's kind of a toughie, but he gives good advice. You have great muscle memory. I know how difficult it is to remember where the striking points of the marimba are. Especially when your going at high speeds, and you pulled it off effortlessly. Have you heard Stouts's 4 mallet piece "Beads of Glass"? It's a really good piece to try and learn
c1981 5 years ago
Thanks for the compliment. No, I have not heard that piece, but I'll check it out. I was able to pull it off "efforlessly" by actually learning it faster, and then slowing it down for the performance. I think I only clammed it like once or twice, but it is always bound to happen :)
linguamortua 5 years ago
great performance! I would have definitely thought this a 4 mallet piece...amazing that you could do it so accurately with only 2. I thought maybe your mallets were too hard. Great performance though.
iluvperkushun 5 years ago
Thanks a lot. It's kinda hard to choose a mallet for this piece since it utilizes the whole range or the instrument. Thanks for watching and commenting & keep loving the percussion.
linguamortua 5 years ago
what you could do is learn the piece with 4 mallets and "graduate" the hardness of the mallets...softer mallets in the left hand and harder in the right so that you don't get the "tackiness" of the harder mallets on the bottom. I do that with almost every piece I play. That would be a pain to relearn it with 4 mallets though...just a suggestion.
iluvperkushun 5 years ago
great skills.....good job !!
stefdave 5 years ago
Thanks a lot!
linguamortua 5 years ago
I'm really impressed by this, especially as how it was performed using 2 mallets rather than 4. It seems as though that would make execution more difficult...
mijnwoorden 6 years ago
Ha, I never thought performing it with 4 mallets. I assumed that since it had no chordal stuff it would be more of an etude for peripheral vision and accuracy. Thanks for your comment.
linguamortua 6 years ago