[802]Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? (255 reads)	2001-04-04 08:01:20

Rob Willmann Joined: N/A From: N/A Posts: N/A Well, when I was a freshman entering college, the requirements weren't that rough. However, I soon realized that the school I first attended was lax when it came to marimba because the teacher was uncomfortable on the instrument and he stressed timpani instead. If you're wanting to know what type of literature you should work on as a beginning marimbist... Buy the Leigh Stevens Method for Marimba and look in the appendix. He has a list of pieces that are fairly typical depending on your ability level. Yes, Yellow After the Rain is a good one to start on. The whole piece is build around the 4th and 5th intervals, which are comfortable to hold while getting used to 4 mallets. Before you delve to heavily into the 4 mallet literature, I recommend working on ear training and theory. Those two skills (along with a good ability to sightread) will definitely help you progress quickly through the 4 mallet lit. Just my $0.02 Rob W. owner - http://www.thevibesguy.com admin@thevibesguy.com http://www.theviebsguy.com Remote Host:

[795]What's considered standard for a college freshman? <Jack>	2001-04-01 03:53:54
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[802]Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? <Rob Willmann>	2001-04-04 08:01:20