Polyrhythm

beginner-intermediate 4 mallet marimba solo that I wrote. please keep comments nice or constructive criticism. This piece is now under further publishing delay. Thanks for your patience and I will update as soon as it is avaliable again for purchase. Thanks!

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Music

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• Polyrhythm
• marimba
• 4-mallet

[maynard4221]

I NEED A PUBLISHER! ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS?????

[millett94]

Very good!!! I agree with mateohaggis, the humming is really neat! The thing that came to mind though is that it seems you are using more a timpany grip. Try to keep the back of your hands facing up.

[maynard4221]

@millett94 I am using Stevens grip. The hands are not supposed to be flat, that would make it much harder to get a chord like tone rather than a floppy flam sound.

[mateohaggis]

I enjoy the humming tone that overcomes the audio during what I assume is the 'chorus'. Perhaps it's because the mallets closest to the camera mic resonate loudest. Prime choice for a chorus positioning. I especially enjoy the moments of disharmony with the mallets that are closest to you and the resolution that follows by returning 'home'. Was there a set time signature that you were consciously conforming the melodies to, or were you just freestyling?

You have an admirable quality.

Thank you.

[maynard4221]

@mateohaggis This piece developed when I was tired of playing my assignment in the practice room! From there I realized that it was a great warm-up and used it in most of my practice sessions. Then I wanted to fine tune it so that it could be written and sold some day. It is in common time. Thanks for your comment!

[greendaynimrod77]

itd be a great etude and practice peice. must be a bitch to learn though considering all the accindentals lol

[gkallenbach]

I really love this piece of music. I agree with what the gentleman said about the overtones, though I can't articulate much more than that. There's a sound that's more than the sum of the chords that's going on, something like that of the Gyuto monks which enters another zone. I find this whole piece quite uplifting and ethereal. Thanks so much for posting it, and best of luck in getting it published!

[PaganWarDrummer]

@HevensRath

I was talking about how I'm not sure if they make 5-octave vibes, man, but I agree with you there. I meant that I know guys that make their own marimbas and vibes, straight up, from scratch. That allows them to make keys from the same cuts of wood and keep everything very consistent. As for the legs and frame, that's pretty easy to do, I'd imagine. Look here on YouTube, there's a guy advertising his plans to make marimbas, he displays his homemade marimba and even plays it a bit.

[HevensRath]

@PaganWarDrummer you should be able to find them easily if you just search up a 5 octave cuz a lot of songs require a 5 octave marimba. also i have never heard of ppl doing that. it would be pretty difficult to add on to a marimba knowing the fact that youd have to make the wooden keys just the perfect size and the right size of the resonators. and then there is the thing that holds the marimba soooo just saying i think its very unlikely for someone to be able to add on to one

[PaganWarDrummer]

@HevensRath

I've only ever seen them manufactured for up to 4 and 1/3 octaves, but I've heard of guys making their own to get the rest of that fifth octave.

[HevensRath]

@PaganWarDrummer lol if they were made out of gold then it wouldnt be a marimba, it would be vibes :P though im curious if there are 5-octave vibes

[PaganWarDrummer]

@shavoserjical

Could just make one. It's not so hard, and if you're half decent at woodworking you can make a $15k quality one for around $5k or less.

[PaganWarDrummer]

@HevensRath

Damn straight. They better be made of solid gold if they're forty thousand or more.

[HevensRath]

@maynard4221 that looks like a 5 octave marimba soooooo that should be somewhere between $12k and $20k. as far as ive seen or heard of, there arent any 40-70 thousand dollar marimbas. that would be a HUGE rip-off... obviously