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PercaDu Play Octabones | This is an instrumental marimba piece. Two marimbas are being played simultaneously. The performance is a complex one. The atmosphere is playful. Parts of this piece can be used to make a ringtone or to lift samples to use in a beat. | 2008-03-28T10:08:37Z | Adi Morag | This Video was made in Sapir academy, Sederot,Israel, performed by PercaDu. The work is now published. for details: moragadi@gmail.com | ["Music", "Musical instrument", "Marimba, xylophone", "Vibraphone", "Percussion"] | ["no singer", "instrumental", "marimba", "percussion", "rhythmic", "melodic", "playful", "complex"] | 9 | RQMUz0NFx6o | 2700 | |
Sextet, by Steve Reich (FULL PERFORMANCE) | The tune is played by two vibraphones at the same time. The bright character of the instrument gives the piece a playful aura. It could be used as a ringtone or an alarm tone due to its generic, repeated nature. | 2015-04-06T19:56:13Z | Vic Firth | Sextet, by Steve Reich Performed by Yale Percussion Group Jonny Allen | Garrett Arney | Doug Perry | Terry Sweeney | Georgi Videnov | Mari Yoshinaga I. [Fast] - 0:16 II. [Moderate] - 10:13 III. [Slow] - 14:20 IV. [Moderate] - 16:50 V. [Fast] - 20:12 --- ABOUT THE PIECE: Sextet was commissioned by Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians and by the French Government for the Nexus Percussion Ensemble. The first performance under the title Music for percussion and Keyboards was given at the Centre Pompidou in Paris on 19 December 1984 by Nexus with guest artists playing keyboards. The last movement was then revised in January 1985 and the title shortened to Sextet. The American premiere was presented by Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s New Wave Festival on 31 October 1985 as the music for Ms. Dean’s Impact. The American concert premiere by Steve Reich and Musicians was performed on the Great performers Series at Avery Fisher Hall on 20 January 1986. Sextet (1985) for 4 percussionists and 2 keyboard players is score for 3 marimbas, 2 vibraphones, 2 bass drums, crotales, sticks, tam-tam, 2 pianos and 2 synthesizers. The duration is about 28 minutes. The work is in five movements played without pause. The relationship of the five movements is that of an arch form A-B-C-B-A. The first and last movements are fast, the second and fourth moderate and the third, slow. Changes of tempo are made abruptly at the beginning of new movements by metric modulation to either get slower or faster. Movements are also organized harmonically wit the chord cycle for the first and fifth, another for the second and fourth, and yet another for the third. The harmonies used are largely dominant chords with added tones creating a somewhat darker, chromatic and more varied harmonic language were suggested by The Desert Music (1984). Percussion instruments mostly produce sounds of relatively short duration. In this piece I was interested in overcoming that limitation. The use of the bowed vibraphone, not merely as … | ["Music", "Musical instrument", "Marimba, xylophone", "Vibraphone", "Percussion"] | ["vibraphone", "percussion", "repeated theme", "melodic", "playful"] | 9 | YgX85tZf1ts | 3304 |