Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for Marimba

My feeble attempt at Franz Liszt's second Hungarian Rhapsody

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Marimba
• Hungarian
• Rhapsody
• Marines
• Andrew
• Thomson

[tyguybo13]

dude where did you get the music? i need to know!

[StevensGrip]

This is actually my own arrangement. Since so many people have asked- I'm hoping to have it available on my website by the end of the month, copyright permitting.

[StevensGrip]

Thanks. I actually already have carpal tunnel, so I have to sacrifice technique for what puts the least strain on my nerves. I'm getting surgery, finally, which should allow me to go back to the proper grip. Good of you to notice, though.

[BRazor78]

how do hold the sticks at just the right length apart so that you hit the chords!?

[StevensGrip]

Practice. I use a technique called 'Stevens Grip' alas, my user name. Playing with four, or even six mallets is like using chopsticks in a way. It may seem difficult at first, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier.

[mqueen]

are you sure it's the second one?

[StevensGrip]

Yes. There is a slower section at the beginning that I omitted. I stared at the "Friska"

[singerguy93]

that was awesome. especially for having carpal tunnel. lol

[XxEmoLUvV13xX]

tht was sikk! goood jobb! =D

[vamphudds]

Not feeble at all, well done. :)

[00ceroalaizquierda00]

O=

[mrKeverfreak]

It took a while before realising there was only one person playing :D

[HuehnerHonk]

sick dude!! nice ! :)

[agravante722]

PUTANG INA!!!! ANG LUPIT!!!! "you are so good!"

[infinity182yahoo]

God I hope you didn't get surgery. I marched for years and played Burton grip with birch shafts and developed Curtis-Tunnel syndrome. You most likely have that and not the other. I looked into surgery and my doc at the University of Oregon happened to be a specialist in that area. He had me go to acupuncture and my therapist there happened to be an expert in Alexander's Technique. It fixed virtually everything to include migraines. Also I changed my grip to a modified Burton and used rattan sh

[12stuart23]

@BRazor78 Stevens grip is painfull for a while to start aswell..........

[tenoreDB]

@StevensGrip dont sacrifice technique you have to change technique and try to use your wrist a bit more. for the moment you strain your lower arm muscles a lot.

Playing with the full arm is a very old drumming technique. Off course you should use the arm for a stroke but a full stroke starts in the elbow and ends in an up with the wrist!!( you keep your wrists very stiff: that causes pain!) you just keep your arm angled and stiff and hit from the shoulder. Arrangement is very nice!!

[95bluedevils]

i have to agree that this is a hard piece. BUT you need to work on your accuracy and put up a better video

[hermie1994]

This is hard enough to play with 10 fingers, amazing job