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SIX-MALLET TECHNIQUE IN SELECTED MARIMBA SOLOS FROM 1998 TO 2011 BY BRUCE HAMILTON, ANDREW THOMAS, EVAN HAUSE, NOAH TAYLOR, MARCOS CABEZAZ, ROBERT PATERSON, AND PIUS CHEUNG

Llin, Yi-Hsuan

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Title
SIX-MALLET TECHNIQUE IN SELECTED MARIMBA SOLOS FROM 1998 TO 2011 BY BRUCE HAMILTON, ANDREW THOMAS, EVAN HAUSE, NOAH TAYLOR, MARCOS CABEZAZ, ROBERT PATERSON, AND PIUS CHEUNG
Author(s)
Llin, Yi-Hsuan
Issue Date
2015
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Professor William Moersch
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Professor William Moersch
Committee Member(s)
  • Professor Erik Lund
  • Associate Professor Gayle Sherwood Magee
  • Clinical Assistant Professor Andrea Solya
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • marimba
  • technique
  • six
  • mallet
  • Hamilton
  • Hause
  • Thomas
  • Taylor
  • Cabezaz
  • Paterson
  • Cheung
  • Yi-Hsuan
  • Lin
Language
en
Abstract
This paper presents a detailed musical and technical examination of seven six-mallet marimba solo works. The author conducted interviews in person and via email with the seven composers in order to better understand their original compositional intentions and their preferred interpretation. Based on this information, performance strategies, sticking, and mallet positions are illustrated through musical and photographic examples. In addition to proposing new six-mallet techniques, I provide my own exercises and performance practice methods to better learn the works under consideration. Practical advice is also provided for composers interested in writing for six-mallet marimba.
Type of Resource
text
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