All good advice from Thomas and Shawn.However, I would point out that the point of sight-reading as a professional is primarily in an ensemble setting...
I agree that there are many publishers (and some composers) who don't seem to care about clarity or page turns, in fact, many publishers seem to care ...
Gentlemen,You are both right. Slow, steady, and accurate is definitely the way to go on the learning curve. Individual hand practice can also be very ...
Excellent book! Highly recommended for two-mallet work.
You can't go wrong with the classics:Karlheinz Stockhausen: ZyklusMorton Feldman: The King of DenmarkHelmut Lachenmann: Interieur ICharles Wuorinen: J...
All very good points.It is also worth considering placement against the beat -- whether on the front side, the middle, or the back -- and to experienc...
"Fields" is recorded on Filippo Lattanzi's excellent CD of the same name (DAD 001-2), along with Velocities, After Syrinx II, Merlin, and Helble Prelu...
1) There is information on the providence of the piece in the score.2) There was a previous thread on this board regarding the literary source materia...
Bahzad,This "all the music on one huge piece of poster board" is exactly what you do NOT want to do, precisely for the reason you describe: it blocks ...
Yes, all F, not D.Another helpful idea for page turns is to make 1" tape "flaps" sticking out to the right on each RH page, each one successively furt...
P.S. That should have been "The audience MUST be able to SEE the mallets strike the instrument."WMP.P.S. Nat -- are you ever going to get the "edit" ...
Behzad,Assuming that you choose (or prefer) not to memorize, my suggestions are:1) use the fewest number of music stands possible2) position the music...
Also check out the Century of Progress marimba and xylophone atWM
The Marimba Festival Orchestra, March 1998.See Percussive Notes, Vol. 36, No. 4, August 1998.WM
The "marimba orchestra extravaganza" thing has been done at several PASIC events over the years; I was a guest xylophone soloist at the one in Philade...