Marimba: Creating Technique Through Music

Mark Ford

General Info

Year: 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Innovative
Cost: Book Cost - $26.00   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00

Overview

One of the common problems with method books is that they focus so much on technique exercises that students do not practice the techniques in actual music - leading to a lack of practical application of technique!

Marimba: Technique Through Music by Mark Ford provides an answer to this, focusing on etudes and solos to work on technique rather than exercises. This text features solos categorized based on the technique: Double Vertical, Single Alternating, Double Lateral, and Single Independent strokes.

Each technique features several solo works that range in difficulty, and there are several solos that combine techniques at the end of the text. This is a great tool for students who get bogged down in exercises, providing entertaining, fun to play solos that will maximize technique!

Chapters

Table of Contents
Introduction
Stroke Concepts
Getting Started
Chordal Applications
Single Independent Strokes
Fry
Oakland
Single Alternating Strokes
Manhattan
Bonnie Brae
Double Lateral Strokes
Whitby
White Hollow
Green Run
Double Vertical Strokes
Kain
Tucker
Montecristo
Chorales
Wellington
Azalea
Coventry
Combined Strokes
Birchbrook
West Oak
Stoneman

Listening and Educational Resources

Works for Percussion by this Author

Ford, Mark. Marimba: Creating Technique Through Music. Innovative Percussion, 2005.
Including works: Fry, Oakland, Manhattan, Bonnie Brae, Whitby, White Hollow, Green Run, Kain, Tucker, Montecristo, Wellington, Azalea, Coventry, Birchbrook, West Oak, Stoneman