For 2 marimbas. First printing. One movement work. Premiered at Ithaca College in 2014. Spiral bound score, 32 p. and parts.
This work is an unsung hero of the marimba quartet literature. It has not gotten its well-deserved circulation through the percussion community because it was unavailable for so long. A classic that will
The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument. 37
For vibraphone, marimba, double bass, drums & clarinet/bass clarinet. First printing. Four untitled movements. Spiral bound score, 20 p. and parts.
This piece takes on a trance-like nature, yet is constantly changing. Sonically pleasing and is sure to excite audiences throughout.
This book is designed to give the marimbist a stronger and more fluid facility behind the keyboard through a process known as downbeat displacement. This system will help the player literally understand a
This simple and beautiful work is based on a three-note descending bass line and right-hand arpeggiated triads. It can be performed as a three- or four-mallet piece.
Pulse is a marimba solo with percussion quartet accompaniment. Each accompaniment part calls for several instruments requiring skills in mallet, hand, and battery percussion.
Here is the arrangement Bob Becker made for the world-famous percussion group NEXUS. Since its publication, it has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a
Septet features a soloist part for bongos and timbales with roto-tom, triangle, cymbals, cowbells, and cabasa providing the accompaniment. The timbales present a 16 bar theme which is then varied
The Sharpend Stick is a Native American war song and dance that is in the fish-step style. It is said that the popular 1920's dance craze the Charleston was derived from this dance.
An exciting piece from award-winning composer Lynn Glassock! Written for 10 percussionists, the piece requires 2 vibraphones, 4 marimbas, a cabasa, woodblock/cowbell, tambourine, guiro, small and large
For 2 marimbas. First printing. One movement work. Premiered at Ithaca College in 2014. Spiral bound score, 27 p. and parts.
The revival of interest in the music of George Hamilton Green can be credited almost completely to the scholarly efforts and xylophone artistry of Bob Becker and the world-famous percussion group NEXUS.
In Twilight, Brostrom focuses on basic ideas of chords and color transformation. An example of this occurs in the opening phrase as chords are passed off from duo to duo. "Twilight" is defined as
For marimba solo & string quartet. Revised Edition. One movement work, originally composed for solo marimba. Spiral bound score, 9 p. and parts.
After 40 years with the New York Philharmonic and more than twenty years teaching at the Juilliard School, Elden "Buster" Bailey, one of the greatest snare drummers and snare drum teachers of all time, has
This is the arrangement Bob Becker made for NEXUS which has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a whole new fascination with the xylophone as a solo instrument.