played by Christopher Scherer at regional solo ensemble festival. Received a I rating. I didnt have access to a bigger marimba, so i had to move up an octave partway through the song. I had planned on using a 5 octave, but found out I couldn't get one the night before competition.
doin great. i'd work some more on the tricky part w/ the 32nds and 5tuplets and such. also your grip seems tense. if you flip your hands over to sort of a handshake position (it'll feel weird at first) it should relax some more and give you some better sounds
sillyemilita 3 years ago
well, he's playing it for a high school competition so he would kind of have to follow the dynamics and tempos written in the piece, at least i'm pretty sure its partly-to-mostly judged on that...
littledrummerboy, you're amazing! =)
psunflour2591 3 years ago
Hi! your good.
fatthawk 3 years ago 2
yea xtwotheesee....
the way he's playing it is definitly not in the writing, but that's exactly why he's playing it well. he made it his own
Pinkfairy72 4 years ago
There are a lot of tempo changes in this piece. They are written in the score along with the "acclerondo's and retards."
indestructiblebm 4 years ago
no way (responding to the person under me), thats on purpose! part of a good musician is interpretation. HELLO!
harper2 4 years ago 2
okay, i dont know what the music looks like, and yes i don't know there "accelerondo's" or retards" written in, but you definetly need to work on tempo matinance
xtwotheesee 4 years ago
Hey Chris, I really like your video. Keep up the good work.
CClarino 4 years ago
The one critique I have to offer, other than the people above...
Don't sound so metronomic about it, add some heart and soul into it all.
If you were playing Restless, then play it with your current style in this video, but please, put more into it next time around.
martoss15 4 years ago
I am glad you picked this piece, but I think it is a little too advanced for you. You might want to try some easier solos. I put up a video of my performance, you should check it out.
legohens 4 years ago