20 Miniatures for Marimba or Xylophone

Cyrill Schürch

General Info

Difficulty: Elementary
Cost: £17.95

Instrumentation

Xylophone / Marimba

Song List

1. Happy Hiking
2. March of the Armadillos
3. Grandma’s Waltz
4. Frog Pond
5. Shortest Fairy Tale of Them All
6. Dracula’s Polka
7. Flea Circus
8. Raindrops
9. Chocolate Ice Cream
10. Downhill Skiing
11. Sunrise / Sunset
12. Träumerei
13.Conrad the Clown
14. Grandpa’s Waltz
15. Peer’s Morning Walk
16. The Mysterious Cave
17. The Jester at Breakfast
18. Pirate’s Shanty
19. Northern Lights
20. Race to the Top

Description

There are a few “standard” method books that are frequently used to teach the basics to beginners on the marimba or the xylophone. During a chat with my colleague and fellow teacher Raphael Christen, he suggested that it would be nice to have some new pieces to teach to his students. The idea stuck with me and within a few weeks, I was inspired to compose most of the pieces found in this collection. They are quirky, humorous and instructive miniatures that can be played on their own, or for even more fun, accompanied by marimba or piano. Enjoy!