Hey, whats up with composers now? Can't they write a piece that doesnt call for a 5 Oct. marimba? I've gotten alot of Keiko Abe's pieces, Mark Ford's "Polaris", and Akemi Naito's "Memory of the Woods", and I cant play any of them. Can anyone fill me in on some pieces that I can get by with on a low A marimba? Thanks.

-Asheton

Anything by Christopher Deane, any of the earlier Stout pieces, Abe's Michi and Prism, O'meara's Restless, Rhythm Song, Creston Concerto are all playable on a 4.3.

-Minoru Miki compositions
-Rhythm Song: paul smadbeck
-Any Bach transcriptions
-Footpath: Dave Samuels
-Gordon Stout compositions
-Various marimba concertos
-Many more that I can't think of

There are many previous threads about this. Just click on "search" in the right hand corner and you should be fine.

don't forget keiko abe's little windows and the js bach rep...