Three Banditos, The (Download)

for trio on one marimba

Brian Slawson

Level: Med-Easy

Duration: 2:10

Personnel: 3 players

State Lists: Missouri | Florida | Texas | Wisconsin

Release Date: 2012

Product ID : TSPCE-74DL

Price: $30.00

Item #: TSPCE-74DL

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All percussion sounds used in this recording were generated from Virtual Drumline software also by Tapspace.

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Description

Designed to expose young players to the concept of odd meters and Mexican folk music, Brian Slawson's The Three Banditos places three players onto one marimba. The result is a fun and educational piece that is both light and rhythmic.

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Instrumentation

Marimba—low A

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Reviews

Composer Brian Slawson has designed and composed a marimba trio for one 4.3-octave marimba, which recreates the character of the beautiful folk music of the Mexican marimba with the added challenge of multi-meter shifts from 5/8 to 3/8 and 3/4. The overall design of this two-minute ensemble is three-part structure (ABA) with the two fast sections sandwiching a lyrical middle section only 12 measures in length. Two-mallet technique is utilized throughout this ever-so-brief composition tonally set in F major. The three parts are in harmony, not unison, throughout this work.

This keyboard ensemble would be quite appropriate for the pre-college set of keyboard percussionists who have developed solid intermediate-level technique and rhythmic independence with shifting meters. Although memorization is not indicated to be a performance necessity, it would certainly enhance the performance of this unique trio on one marimba.

–Jim Lambert
Percussive Notes
Vol. 51, No. 3, May 2013