Five Easy Fun Pieces for Mallets
General Info
Year of Published: 2015
Publisher: Keyboard Percussion Publications
Difficulty: Elementary
Cost: $20.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel / Xylophone / Vibraphone / Marimba
Player 2: Piano
Song List
1. Dessins animes
2. Tarentellixylo
3. Ca va swinger
4. Xylofonlichon
5. Homage to Michael
Description
Percussion teachers couldn’t ask for a more colorful and diverse collection of pieces to introduce young players to all the keyboard percussion instruments. Works for marimba, xylophone, vibraphone and one that can be played on glockenspiel make this a valuable teaching tool and studio or recital resource. All the piano accompaniments are simple and playable by anyone who has a music education degree level of piano proficiency. This collection of five accessible two-mallet solos will provide the intermediate-level soloist with a set of repertoire that could be performed either at contests or festivals. Integral to the successful performance of any of these five solos is an accomplished pianist who really carries the “load” musically. Each solo is about two minutes in length, which would permit the soloist to perhaps select two or three of the five solos for performance.