Takeno-Nataraja (SP)-2M/V/P

Nataraja, by Tetsuya Takeno, was originally written as a marimba solo with a conga player and was originally entitled Arabian Dances. In the form presented here, Takeno employs four individual players on an expanded instrumentation: two marimbas, a vibraphone, bongos and a kick drum, to musically depict the dancing form of the Hindu god, Shiva. The musical material twists and turns through a variety of tempi, meters, rhythmic motives, and bases its melodic material on Indian and Middle Eastern inspired scales. The music also depicts a variety of moods, which will certainly draw the crowd in at any performance.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

• Number of players: 4
• Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced
• Instrumentation:
  • Player 1: Marimba 1 (5 octave, shared w/Player 3), vibraphone
  • Player 2: Marimba 2 (5 octave, shared w/Player 4)
  • Player 3: Marimba 3 (shared w/Player 1), bongos
  • Player 4: Marimba 4 (shared w/Player 2), bongos, kick drum