Dorado-Tierra del Loro (Nuevos Ritmos vol 3)-V

Tierra del Loro (Land of the Parrot) contains a rock influenced rhythm. The right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays an ostinato. What makes this piece interesting are little fragments in a totally different musical style that should be played as differently as possible from the rest of the piece, like switching stations back and forth on a radio.

Nuevos Ritmos, New Rhythms is a series of 4 solo pieces based on one of the most important aspects in music, rhythm. The rhythms contained in these pieces aren’t necessarily new. They can be heard in many musical styles. They are, however, in my opinion, new in terms of their use in vibraphone music. There’s not a lot of vibraphone music on the market that focuses on rhythm in the manner presented in these pieces.

- Lucas Dorado

• Number of players: 1
• Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced
• Instrumentation: Vibraphone