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On the journey to mastering your instrument you should never underestimate the need for comprehensive technical exercises. But do they have to be boring?
4 Mallet Anatomy by Henrik Cornelius is a collection of small compositions which are perfect both for playing in concerts and for daily practice. The series is aimed at both the professional looking to maintain his or her skills, and also the student who is cultivating them.
4 Mallet Anatomy is based on developing control of specific anatomical movements, ideally without compromising on natural melody and harmonization. These small works cannot in any way replace the laborious work of technical exercises, but they can be a supplement that makes it a little more fun perfecting the necessary motor skills.
Pronation Waltz and Supination Bagatelle both focus on the rotation of the wrist (pronation being the inward rotation and supination the outward rotation). In both works, almost anything apart from the notes is left to the musician's own musical preferences. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, pace, dynamics and phrasing must fit the musician's technical level. Secondly, there must be room for renewed interpretation to create the energy for even more hours at the instrument. Pronation Waltz and Supination Bagatelle are musically connected and go well together.
Intrinsic Tune challenges the hand's inner muscles (the intrinsic muscle group), in the complex, fine-motor shifts between wide and narrow mallet intervals, using both independent and double vertical strokes. Be aware of the melody line in the 6/8 section, which changes between the soprano voice (mallet 4) and the tenor voice (mallet 2) even taking a single bar in the bass voice (mallet 1). A thorough warm up is recommended.
Ulnar & Radial Brainwash is a minimalist composition taking the sideward movement of the wrist to the extreme. Ulnar deviation is the bending of the wrist outwards to the little finger, or ulnar bone, side. Radial deviation is the bending of the wrist inwards to the thumb, or radial bone, side. Brainwash is self explanatory, especially if you choose to perform the optional repetitions.
Flexion Impression explores the lack of natural rebound from the bars of the marimba, forcing the player to create a spring-like bouncing in the wrist in order to perform the fast double and triple strokes.
-Henrik Cornelius
Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Advanced
Instrumentation: Marimba (4.3 octave)
4 Mallet Anatomy by Henrik Cornelius is a collection of small compositions which are perfect both for playing in concerts and for daily practice. The series is aimed at both the professional looking to maintain his or her skills, and also the student who is cultivating them.
4 Mallet Anatomy is based on developing control of specific anatomical movements, ideally without compromising on natural melody and harmonization. These small works cannot in any way replace the laborious work of technical exercises, but they can be a supplement that makes it a little more fun perfecting the necessary motor skills.
Pronation Waltz and Supination Bagatelle both focus on the rotation of the wrist (pronation being the inward rotation and supination the outward rotation). In both works, almost anything apart from the notes is left to the musician's own musical preferences. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, pace, dynamics and phrasing must fit the musician's technical level. Secondly, there must be room for renewed interpretation to create the energy for even more hours at the instrument. Pronation Waltz and Supination Bagatelle are musically connected and go well together.
Intrinsic Tune challenges the hand's inner muscles (the intrinsic muscle group), in the complex, fine-motor shifts between wide and narrow mallet intervals, using both independent and double vertical strokes. Be aware of the melody line in the 6/8 section, which changes between the soprano voice (mallet 4) and the tenor voice (mallet 2) even taking a single bar in the bass voice (mallet 1). A thorough warm up is recommended.
Ulnar & Radial Brainwash is a minimalist composition taking the sideward movement of the wrist to the extreme. Ulnar deviation is the bending of the wrist outwards to the little finger, or ulnar bone, side. Radial deviation is the bending of the wrist inwards to the thumb, or radial bone, side. Brainwash is self explanatory, especially if you choose to perform the optional repetitions.
Flexion Impression explores the lack of natural rebound from the bars of the marimba, forcing the player to create a spring-like bouncing in the wrist in order to perform the fast double and triple strokes.
-Henrik Cornelius
Number of players: 1
Difficulty: Advanced
Instrumentation: Marimba (4.3 octave)
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