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here is a 5.6 non-chromatic guatemalan marimba.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250041006023&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1

has anyone here ever played one like this. i’m curious what it sounds like with a wood i have never even heard of (hormigo) and wooden resonators. stuff keeps popping up on ebay like this and i am wondering that since the rest of us “learned” from the guatemalan traditions through people like vida and leigh… have they learned from the innovations that america, europe, and japan have produced since… when it comes to making, much less playing marimba. any thoughts…
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[b]1st Place Winner[/b]
?In The History of Man? Ben Wahlund (Aurora, IL)
Instrumentation – Marimba and Drum Set

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Hi Everyone –

I agree with Chris that this board has been dead for the last couple of weeks. Lets see if we can get back into the swing of things.

Everyone please list your top 10 favorite marimba pieces. Its cool if you only feel like listing 5 instead of 10 solos. Hopefully this will lead to some great discussions and exposure to great marimba repertoire.

Here are my Top 10 Favorite Marimba Pieces as of 10/03.

1. Mirage – Seuyoshi
2. Reflections on the Nature of Water – Druckman
3. Convergence I – Taira
4. After Syrinx II – Bennett
5. Etudes for Marimba, Book 1 – Stout
6. Preludes 1-3 for Marimba – Helble
7. Time for Marimba – Miki
8. Merlin for Marimba – Thomas
9. Velocities – Schwantner
10. Autumn Island – Reynolds

*Runner up – Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs by Keiko Abe *

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Marimba.org expresses deep condolence with those 8 school children killed in Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Suita is a special city for Marimba players, as it is the city where Japan Marimba Competition is being held every two years, which, coincidentaly, is this summer.

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