Debussy Preludes arranged for 5- and 6-mallet Vibraphone Solo

Debussy Preludes arranged for 5- and 6-mallet Vibraphone Solo Danseuses de Delphes,Le sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir,La fille aux cheveux de lin,La serenade interrompue,Minstrels
ABOUT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE THE GRIP EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS LECTURE NOTES RECITAL PROGRAM REFERENCES CITATIONS ARRANGEMENTS Dance of Delphi Sounds and Scents Spin About Girl with the Flaxen Hair Interrupted Serenade Minstrels EXCERPTS Excerpts Key Dance of Delphi Sounds and Scents Spin About Girl with the Flaxen Hair Minstrels EXERCISES From Dance of Delphi Exercise Sample 1 Exercise Sample 2 Exercise Sample 3 From Girl with the Flaxen Hair Exercise Sample 4 Exercise Sample 5 Exercise Sample 6 ORDER
Dance of Delphi Phrases frequently cross the bar lines or start in the middle of a bar. Although Dance of Delphi is in 3/4 meter, it has the feeling of both odd and even changes of time, including three, four and five bar phrases. < More > The Sounds and Scents Spin About in the Evening Air Debussy mixes 5/4 meter with 3/4 meter and starts and ends phrases in the middle of the bar. Throughout much of the piece, the performer is instructed to play "En animant un peu", "Enretenant”, "Cedez " or "Rubato". Add these style and tempo instructions to a thoroughly impressionistic harmonic structure and the result is music that moves from one thought to the next, sometimes without beginning or ending. < More > The Girl with the Flaxen Hair One of Claude Debussy's more popular piano works, this is a masterpiece of harmonic trickery. A magnificent example of merging impressionistic harmonic structure with classic form, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair is set in 3/4-time with melody and accompaniment as its stylistic structure. < More >	The Interrupted Serenade Debussy takes us through a world of altered chords and implied key centers built on various combinations of minor and diminished scales. Eventually he brings us to what appears to be a cadence in the Aeolian (vi-minor). He has, in fact deceived us and interrupted our serenade with the related tonality of the Phrygian (iii-minor) only it is major! But not for long, we are abruptly thrust back into a variation of the original theme and off we go, back into the world of altered chords and ambiguous tonalities. < More > Minstrels There are numerous tempo and style indications throughout the score; "les gruppetti sur le temps", "Cedez //au Mouv!", "tres detache", "moqueur "and more. Add staccato and detached phrase markings to "nervous and with humor" and you have a fun piece to both perform and listen to. < More > Published in Percussive Notes, PAS Journal A study in expanded, five- and six-mallet solo vibraharp techniques, part 1. Percussive Notes, 29(3), 47-50. A study in expanded, five- and six-mallet solo vibraharp techniques, part 2. Percussive Notes, 29(4), 72-73.
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Danseuses de Delphes,Le sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir,La fille aux cheveux de lin,La serenade interrompue,Minstrels