by Samuel Z Solomon bts | Jan 7, 2016 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database, Repertoire Lists
This piece is one of the rare marimba solos requiring the performer to hold three mallets in each hand. Though otherwise simple, this novel technique adds a new degree of difficulty to the piece. Some of the challenges the player will encounter are playing a melodic...
by Samuel Z Solomon bts | Jan 7, 2016 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database, Repertoire Lists
This marimba solo is easily Keiko Abe’s most humorous work. Marked constantly moving thirds, the music seems to always be dancing or hopping, just as the frogs in its title. Though by no means easy or simple, it is one of Abe’s most accessible pieces. “Frogs” is...
by Samuel Z Solomon bts | Jan 7, 2016 | Keyboard Solos, Percussion Database, Repertoire Lists
This piece, for solo marimba, is one of Keiko Abe’s most famous compositions. Central to the piece is the traditional Japanese song “Sakura.” This song is played and varied in endless ways throughout. Also integral to the piece is a sixteenth note...