Tanaka-Variations on "Gandhara" - M

Variations on "Gandhara" for solo Marimba by Shiori Tanaka is pastiche variation which imitates styles and techniques of five worldwide marimbists and composers. The song "Gandhara" is a smash hit tune by GODIEGO, the group representative of Japanese pop in the latter half of the 1970s. It is an homage for five artists whose name will live on in history:

Variation 1: Alice Gomez
Variation 2: Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Variation 3: Ney Rosauro
Variation 4: Julie Spencer
Variation 5: Keiko Abe

Difficulty - Medium-advanced

Instrumentation - Solo marimba (5.0 octave, 4 mallets)