Difference between revisions of "Spicy Jam"

Latest revision as of 02:23, 31 May 2023

General Info

Year of Composition: 2020
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Grade 2+
Duration: 3:05
Cost: $15.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Marimba

Program Notes

Get your funk on with Spicy Jam! This fun solo for intermediate 4-mallet marimba keeps you on your toes with syncopated rhythms and exciting melodies with a touch of blues.

Recent Performance

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Downshift - Snare Drum
More of Us - Marimba
Music for Vibraphone and Electronica - Vibraphone, Electronics
PixelPop - Marimba
Quad Damage - Solo Tenor Drums
Sad Marimba & Mysterious Marimba - Marimba
Spicy Jam - Marimba
Surface - Marimba
Uma Para Ela - Marimba

Ensemble

Aquarium (Saint-Saens) - Percussion Sextet
Christmas Time is Here (Guaraldi) - Percussion Sextet
Cohesion - Percussion Duo
Critical Mass - Percussion Ensemble 12
Enchantment - Percussion Quintet
Imminent Launch - Percussion Quintet
OnRush - Percussion Quintet
Rocket Science - Percussion Sextet
Rogue Agent - Percussion Sextet
Seeing the World - Marimba Quartet
Stealing the Sandblade - Marimba Quartet
Symphony No. 5: Scherzo (Prokofiev) - Percussion Ensemble 12
Three Paintings for Marimba and Snare Drum - Percussion Duo
Together (Moore) - Marimba Quartet
Under Attack! - Percussion Quintet
Vector - Percussion Octet, Keyboards, Electronics
You Can Can-Can Too (Offenbach) - Percussion Octet

Reference

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 == Program Notes ==
-"Sad Marimba" and "Mysterious Marimba" are a pair of easy/intermediate 2-mallet solos with musicality at the forefront.
+Get your funk on with Spicy Jam! This fun solo for intermediate 4-mallet marimba keeps you on your toes with syncopated rhythms and exciting melodies with a touch of blues.<br>
-With its usage of a Grand Staff and incorporation of independent parts per hand, "Sad Marimba" serves as a great transition into 4-mallet repertoire.
-"Mysterious Marimba" employs a modified scale that should be a fresh and interesting sound for performers and audience alike, and regularly jumps back and forth between 7/8 and 4/4.
 == Recent Performance ==