Marimba Solo
Christopher Deane’s iconic work, The Process of Invention, was written in 1996 as a companion work for Deane’s marimba solo, Three Shells. The solo is dedicated to Professor Mark Ford who premiered the solo and recorded the work on his CD, Polaris.
Marimba: Technique Through Music is a marimba method book comprised of 16 etudes that are designed to help the intermediate four-mallet marimbist focus on specific stroke techniques.
The purpose of this book is to provide a structured method for practicing the 40 Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments. Presented in five sections, each focuses on a limited number of rudiments drawn from the roll, paradiddle, flam, and drag categories. Each section consists of six etudes and concludes
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