Learn through familiar melodies
"From simple children's song to virtuoso bumblebee flight" is the subtitle of this marimba school by Elisabeth Amandi. In fact, instrumental technique and reading music are always taught through music.
With this textbook, marimba pioneer Elisabeth Amandi closes a gap that has existed for decades in the market for percussion teaching literature and offers a mallet school for beginners and advanced players that focuses on the motivational aspect.
It deliberately replaces purely technical exercises with 300 international songs, dances and solo pieces that systematically cover the most important playing techniques step by step. Whether for children or adults: Familiar and memorable melodies appeal to the musical imagination and make it easier to perform on the marimba, xylophone or vibraphone.
The requirements are clearly structured. After the initial quarter notes, pegs soon come into play and the range is extended bit by bit. The different styles also allow for a variety of time signatures and keys. In this way, hand movements and movement sequences are trained and at the same time music theory basics and musical design possibilities are taught. For many titles, Amandi describes why she chose this song and the difficulties or challenges that need to be overcome for this next step.
Reading music and the two-string technique are trained almost incidentally. Every music title - from simple children's songs to virtuoso Flight of the bumblebee - prepares the next one. Of course, some well-known numbers should not be missing, such as Trepak, The Entertainer, Circus Renzand the last title with the number 300 is the Flight of the bumblebee.
In this way Guaranteed to learn marimba the essential aspects of complex marimba playing. Because Elisabeth Amandi knows from her own experience as a marimba soloist and teacher: "If you like a melody, you don't lose the fun even when practicing intensively, and the training becomes a wonderful dance over the marimba keys!"
Elisabeth Amandi: Garantiert Marimba lernen. The method for beginners and advanced players on marimba, xylophone and vibraphone with 300 international songs and concert pieces, book and CD, No. 20288G, € 23.95, Alfred Music, Cologne
