Etude in D Major by Pius Cheung ~ Performed by Michael Jopling

My performance of this won the PASIC 2011 High School Marimba Competition.
To see the the updated exhibition performance, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-haPxtGKzFA

Junior at CT Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas, Michael Jopling, performs Etude in D Major by Pius Cheung.

Comments and critique is welcome, especially about technique! I know i missed more notes than I would like, but it's very much a work in progress, and i was pleased with the performance.

Thank you for the support, everyone!

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[shareurtube]

This is a very difficult piece.  This boy is gifted.

[mjopling36]

@shareurtube Thank you very much

[jazzbandpiano]

Uh..parts like measure four, the arpeggio runs--did you practice them any special way?

[mjopling36]

@jazzbandpiano Other than very slowly, it helped to practice the right hand's jump from the melody line back down to the third note of the sixtuplet run (in the case of measure 4, after the right hand plays the first C in treble cleff, it has to immediately jump to the D below that) Breaking down each hand like that helps everywhere in this piece

[jazzbandpiano]

How'd you go about practicing the burst of speed li

[mjopling36]

@jazzbandpiano Where at?

[Adu3ntus]

Hey man, sounds great, looks, though I did notice a few technique things to work on. First, you're using a lot more arm than I can understand for how well you're playing this, so some double verticals and wrist exercises would probably help. The other thing I noticed was that both of your thumbs seem to be pointed into the shaft of the mallet, they should lie flat on the mallet with the pad of the thumb.

I'll be looking for you on the PASIC competition list.

[Psychokinesismaniac]

@Adu3ntus He's actually going to do that this fall

[Adu3ntus]

Take it to PASIC. Win that shit.

[Cameroon993]

...I'm going to go practice...

[jazzbandpiano]

*measures