Leah Dunbar

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@Slappedkat 11 күн бұрын

Fantastic

@j.fvirginie7432 Ай бұрын

hello. very nice marimba! I have bought the same plans too but got no dimensions for the thickness of the bars .could you help?

@tunemakersband6988 4 ай бұрын

Hi sir can share the exact size of the bar you use¿

@burningstarship 5 ай бұрын

Where can I buy this?

@DanielBrown-nb9zz 5 ай бұрын

This instrument is virtually my dream instrument! This was a cool show!

@tanner1548 9 ай бұрын

All the mellow. I just keep comin back to this track now and then to chiiiiill. (My partner loves it, too.) Hope you're still playing the dulcimer in addition to your duo work! :) Ever thought of doin "I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie on dulcimer? I bet that'd sound fantastic... (I've tried figuring that one out on marimba, but I'm just so bad at playing by ear on the marimba...might try doing it with my bamboo flute sometime..)

@electrosonicnebula 10 ай бұрын

When D minor comes in handy

@cdachtyl8705 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Glad you are still playing.

@tanner1548 Жыл бұрын

OK if I share this on r/marimba for advertising it? :)

@leahdunbar4656 10 ай бұрын

Of course!! Thank you for thinking of it :)

@gabrieleleo4477 Жыл бұрын

where can i buy this transcript?

@allyanger7652 Жыл бұрын

Coleman slayed that last pose

@ulrichessombaofficiel1799 Жыл бұрын

Cool. How Can i do to have a mine wish is your fabrication ??

@tanner1548 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Leah! Glad to see another video from ya! (I really ought to check my KZbin subscriptions more frequently...) I was wondering, how did you manage to get the sheet music for this? Did you meet Lauren at DCI or something? I tried going to her previously-linked etsy page, but the link is broken now :/ Also, yeeees to the Van Sices on the Mode. I've really grown to love using M112s in the left and 113s in the right for pieces that range across the whole 5 octaves and then PC703s in the left and M112s in the right for pieces where I really wanna hammer out bass notes for a full-sounding forte or mf. (But that lowest octave for the Mode is *so* wide. Seeing you getting your thumb between your left-hand mallets for those octave Cs at 0:50, I'm just sympathizing so much. Getting those same octave Cs in part of "Moon Chasers" is still a struggle for me, and it seems like I'll never be able to do it comfortably. Your tech still looked and sounded clean at that bit, though.) It's also cool to hear the differences in timbre between the synthetic and Lauren's MarimbaOne, with the glassy and somewhat sharp (to me) sound in the Mode. I like that you took off the rosewood emulator for this one, too! Seems like the audio worked out for ya, too! Successful experiment! :) (I'll get around to getting condenser mics and such...eventually...maybe. I usually just play for myself or house guests nowadays, with my Mode right in my living room lol.)

@EdWeibe 2 жыл бұрын

Made a xylophone from raw east Indian rose wood planks once. It's a great thing for someone to do. Our frame was made from plumbing pipe. Back in the day, late 70's , I wanted to make it an electric xylophone, but some laughed. Well now they exist. Resonator-wise we needed to find thin-walled tin tubes and that's about where we stopped. It worked good as a non resonant piece.

@bananabon2324 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I love your show! Nice job on first place! Keep doing what you love doing, because your doing great at it!

@johnamith645 2 жыл бұрын

if you dont mind me asking including mess ups about how much do you think you spent

@leahdunbar4656 2 жыл бұрын

We spent about $850 on materials.

@davidvasquez3564 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone fir ice cream now?

@huawatuam4965 3 жыл бұрын

Nice build! What rubber tubing did you exactly use? What was the inner diameter of the tube in non-stretched state?

@Youmeandyume 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@yestoprint2932 3 жыл бұрын

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@yestoprint2932 3 жыл бұрын

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@yestoprint2932 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, try to search here in google, because the marimba is the original instrument of Guatemala City, put marimba in video of Guatemala and you will see how they get the sounds of a marimba as well as what you did...thanks

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

Hey just watching this again after recommending it to a friend (so they can see what the Mode 5 sounds like--John said he's planning to ship mine by next week!!!) Anyway, I was curious. I think you and I have about the same reach, and you seem to move laterally plenty and comfortably in this piece. I've read the MoM stuff about movement, but I'm curious if you use any particular exercises to work on that kind of fluency? (I sometimes play 3-octave C scales carefully as well as playing every note of C major going up and down the length of the marimba, making conscious effort to move smoothly up and down as I'm moving mallets into position. But I'm always curious to get new tech. exercises!)

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

I want to make sure I know what you mean - do you mean laterally like lateral strokes or like side-to-side?

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

@@leahdunbar4656 side to side across the marimba to reach higher and lower ranges. (I actually feel pretty comfy with lateral strokes using Kevin Bobo's book.) An important clarification for a marimba question ha!

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

@@tanner1548 I don't really have any specific exercises, most of that is probably from my drum corps background. not sure how familiar you are with the marching arts, but it's a side of percussion where the visual performance is incredibly important. Technique wise we used a lot of Moeller stroke tactics, especially floating the wrist between strokes and aiming for fluidity. We practiced a lot of "choreographing" feet placement/movement and how our hands look during/between strokes so that the musical and visual result is the same every single time for each person. So extended scales/arpeggios with focus placed on keeping our body centered between the mallets is definitely helpful. A lot of that is just engrained into me at this point, but something I still use consciously is paying attention to how my hands move during the notes-learning/practicing stages, especially between phrases. I try to always have a fluid motion when I connect to new sections or physical parts of the board. So in this piece around 1:11-1:52 there's a lot of that where I practiced lifting my wrists up and making a smooth visual connection to the notes or next phrase. If any of that needs more clarification let me know!

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

@@leahdunbar4656 thanks for pointing out the times where that happens. Seeing it was super helpful for understanding what you meant! And I totally see that! Interesting! And yes I'm aware of drum corps and... basically understand that it's chop busting madness simultaneous with pristine performance in every other regard. It sounds like fun for other people but not so much my thing. Super impressive playing, though! I actually maaaay have linked one of your videos (just because they're great!) to r/marimba where someone said they recognized you from drum corps--it's a small world ha. But yeah that makes a lot of sense! Perhaps I'll try to incorporate that into my playing as I move up and down a proper 5 octave. The idea of keeping centered will likely be helpful, too. Thanks!!! (As a side note, I'm also curious what you're doing now with regard to your playing. It seems as though you're intent on making a career out of your performance/music, but I'm wondering what your next steps are!)

@garaughty 3 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome track... really well done Leah !

@DrummerChristianHoffe 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool, Leah! Greetings, Chris!😊

@MasterCosgrove 3 жыл бұрын

this is awsome! a performance from three years finally getting uploaded?

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, finally going through some old files.

@humbecarito 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, one of our favorites on the marimba.

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

The Mode sounds SO COOL! :D And it looks like...maybe that's a wave wrap in 1 and van Sice in 2, 3, 4? I'd guess you wrote down the music somewhere; any chance I could get ahold of it for later? Gah that slide around 1:50 was fantastic! :D It looks like you're using the rosewood emulator there. (I like that the name is so much cooler than "foam strip under the accidentals" lol.) Have you played without the emulator much yet? Adam Tan's review suggested chorales might be real interesting, but I'm also curious about what "Pure Imagination" or maaaaybe Rob Oetomo's "Somewhere over the Rainbow" (both of which are on my solo to-do list) might be like without the emulator. Or maybe some custom tuning to have the bass resonate more but less for the mid and high registers for "Pure Imagination." So many possibilities! :D Crisp and clean as per usual. No surprise there. Solid octaves. All smooooth. It's great! I'm wondering how the Mode might sound with multi-tone mallets (I'm aware of the LS Multi-tone ones but can't remember any others off-hand) to have the option for a little less articulation (and maybe less overtone? still learning the terminology here) in some parts. Do you have any multi-tones already? (I maaaay have spent like $200 on the Steve Weiss buy 2 get 1 pair free IP mallets sale... Also finally got a copy of MOM!) Your 2+4 run at 1:35-1:40 sounds SO together! Perfectly in sync! Looking forward to seeing what you post next! :D

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The mallets are WWXB3s, with 3 VF114s. I am editing the sheet music as it's mostly just sketches but can eventually share them. I do really like the rosewood emulator but have some pieces where the resonance is best.

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

@@leahdunbar4656 Aha! So one for four! :P yeah that makes sense. Well I'd be happy to pay for a copy whenever! Yeah that makes sense! Looking forward to hearing more of your recordings! ...and all the more excited about my own Mode 5 arriving soon! This is such a neat pick for a rendition, though! I sent it to several of my relatives to check it out! :) (I also saw the other recording from Vienna that you posted. Is it just me, or is the recording quality kinda wonky? I mean, obviously your playing still looks and sounds great, but it seems like the kind of thing I wish I could have heard in person :/ )

3 жыл бұрын

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@lollystacey 3 жыл бұрын

you are so cool

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

Holy wow I just realized you used traditional grip for your chorale and then Stevens' grip for this. Impressive! (I don't feel comfortable changing grips AT ALL, so it's like magic to me when I see people switching grips so comfortably like this!) Your Stevens' tech. is really quite something to watch, too. You look preeeetty relaxed for the entire piece, no matter what the pace, and this sounds crisp as heck and with great dynamics! Nice! (I think those are just van sice, so...don't have to ask about mallets this time ha. I actually already have a pair of those, too!)

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

Oh! I forgot! Also, most important question! What mallets are you using here? (I'm always trying to build my mallet collection and grab good suggestions for that!) (Looks like that helix or double helix wave or whatever those are called.)

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I needed a chorale to add to my playlist of solos (to be started in a couple months--I JUST ordered a Mode 5 that I'm excited to start using!). This sounds GREAT! Plenty of octave double verticals, but all the rolls and intervals changes sound so smooth! Think it kinda rounds out your recital, too, just given the couple other videos I saw from your recital. (KZbin suggested your marimba-making video, so now I'm just perusing all your posts!) Think I really ought to listen to this with headphones (and will soon), but even without them it sounds like great transitions and dynamics. I wonder if maybe this would sound interesting with more varied roll speeds? I'm guessing you tried plenty of different variations with different roll speed changes for different parts (and you definitely seem to speed up the rolls at different points), but I'm definitely curious to try some slower rolls myself and see how it sounds. Out of curiosity (because I really don't learn this stuff in a university context and get to just play whatever I want however I want), are you constrained to only use double verticals? Does it start to sound too muddled with some laterals or the ripple or flop rolls that Mark Ford seems to use? (One of his videos from this summer describes the flops and ripples, and...well I converted to the religion of flop rolls for the most part now ha.) Hope it's OK to offer some critical suggestions while praising your performance. Not meant to be poking at your playing at all--I just like finding sounds and trying to imagine how they be transformed a bit!

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tanner, I'm glad you enjoyed listening to my recital - I appreciate the interest and the feedback! This was my first chorale piece actually, so it was my first time truly experimenting with different roll features. I also used it to practice traditional grip on marimba (I use traditional on vibes but not marimba, and felt that this piece would be well served through traditional grip) The piece doesn't specify what types of rolls to do. I found double verticals easiest to control the melody and shaping over using ripples, but I did experiment with using flop rolls a bit- looking back, I would do more to exaggerate these sections and experiment with roll speed, as they didn't come through as much as I think they could, probably partially due to my growing skills with traditional grip. The mallets I used are the Malletch Chamber CH8 in the left hand and the Wave Wrap 3s in the right. For Odessa, I used Van Sice 114s (which are my go-to mallet for almost anything) Also, I got a Mode 5 after graduation and can attest to its quality as a good instrument. Definitely different than rosewood (I'm obsessed with MarimbaOne) but I'm very thankful to have a more affordable and durable 5 octave. Planning on recording some videos soon of it! Best wishes for yours!

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

@@leahdunbar4656 Wow I wasn't expecting such a thorough reply! (KZbin is kinda hit or miss with replies ha.) Makes total sense about the roll speeds, and I thiiiink that's what I was wondering (if I'm understanding "shaping" correctly) about the ripple rolls. Definitely going to be trying the chorales in Ford's Technique through Music after my Mode 5 arrives, but I'm also gonna be getting a copy of this piece after hearing your performance. AND I got to learn who Evelyn Glennie is! (Feeling a bit bad about not knowing about her before...) Was it the wide interval changes and lack of laterals/speed work that made you choose traditional grip for this piece? (That'd be my first guess, because I like trying to do Kevin Bobo-style laterals with my Stevens' grip.) Aha! I knew I recognized the wave wraps (just couldn't remember their name!). That...is a pricy pair of mallets! Think they're really worth it? (Maybe I'll add those to my mallet list, too....or my Christmas wish list :P ) Never heard of the Chamber mallets before, so thanks for that new addition, too! Glad to hear you're pleased with your Mode marimba! John really seems to know what he's doing with those. Looking forward to seeing your recordings with it!!

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

@@tanner1548 I chose traditional because it felt better in my hands - traditional feels a little more balanced in my hands and I feel like I have more relaxation for piano passages because I don't have to move my wrists as much in order to create a roll sound and it feels easier to adjust the nuance of them in the chorales. (that's what I mean by shaping, any type of texture/dynamic change, sometimes not explicitly outlined in the sheet music) The piece doesn't have many fast interval changes or single mallet independence which is also why I chose the grip. I got the wave wraps through a BOGO free sale, and then was gifted another pair. So I got lucky for sure. I do like them and use them frequently (esp paired with 114s in the top 3) but I think there's other mallets that do similar things, especially on the Mode. The nuance of mallets especially in the medium-hard range does not seem as contrasted on the Mode as it was on the Marimba One.

@tanner1548 3 жыл бұрын

@@leahdunbar4656 Yeah that definitely makes sense about traditional grip. I'd guess that Stevens has said something about using his grip for chorales in MoM. (Planning to get a copy soon. Just...haven't gotten around to it yet.) At any rate, it sounds like you've done what works for you, and you've done it well! :) Have you played with the resonator knobs on the Mode much? From what I understand, you can tune each resonator to give more or less of a ring as you prefer. Adam Tan's video shows the emulator/foam strip dampening the resonance significantly to sound more like rosewood, but I haven't seen the results of playing with the resonators tuned much and have only read about it on their/John's webpage. I wonder if that wouldn't bring out more of a distinction between medium-hard mallets. On an unrelated note, if you're taking any suggestions for the hammered dulcimer recordings, I'd put some Iron and Wine in the mix! :) Or maybe Andrew Bird. It's a cool instrument! That "Holocene" cover is a great way to greet the morning.

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

@@tanner1548 I haven't played with the resonator knobs too much. They came pretty well adjusted and at first I was a little hesitant to mess around with it too much. They were resonant enough, and when I tried a bit to make them less resonant (and emulative of rosewood) I didn't have the same quality of sound. But I also had some issues with the first batch of rails that affected the sound quality, so that could've been part of it and I'm going to try to experiment a bit more. I love Iron and Wine! The dulcimer has been a fun project and I always enjoy some arrangement ideas for any instrument. Thanks!

@fabiangersob4805 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Your video and your marimba are awesome, congratulations!! I need a 5.0 octave marimba for my senior recital and practice (cuz' my university doesn't own one) I'm planning on buying or making one, but then I have to ask you. Which power tools do you think are strictly necessary to buy? I don't own anyone, and I don't know if buying them + the wood and other stuff may be cheaper than buying a new one (I'm planning to buy it to a friend mine who is an emergent percussion luthier, for like $1,000 bucks). Thanks in advance and congratulations again!

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think you would definitely need a saw to cut the wood and PVC (power saw is better for accuracy than a hand saw) and tools to bore/router to make the string holes. (we used a drill to router them) You will also need a sander because while you technically could sand them by hand it would be very difficult/time consuming to do so. All those things get pretty pricey and plus labor costs/time it might not be worth it for a one-time project? We spend about $850 on materials but my dad had all the experience and tools already. I would check with your friend and see what tools they have and what they would need. There's also some cheaper percussion companies out there - I actually just bought a Mode marimba which is a 5.0 synthetic, it's cheaper than others and while the sound is different from rosewood, it is still a good instrument. Good luck!!

@dannyn6454 3 жыл бұрын

yummy

@axtontackett889 3 жыл бұрын

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the spartans went world class in few years

@SilverTheFlame 3 жыл бұрын

Highly unlikely. The admin want Spartans to be accessible and there for people just getting into the activity, never mind the time/money commitment it takes to be and march in a world class Corp. I don’t think it’ll happen :)

@mrtangerine999 3 жыл бұрын

Revisiting this a year later - I really appreciate the sound mixing. Never heard a bunch of gopros sound so powerful

@danika9411 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could like it twice!

@danika9411 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this sounds amazing! 😍

@shaunakbhangale501 3 жыл бұрын

what would happen if u didn’t cover your marimba?

@silviacorona5751 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the rail posts from?

@leahdunbar4656 3 жыл бұрын

I think we bought them from Lone Star Percussion or Yamaha.

@silviacorona5751 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, you’re inspired me to build my own!

@Martin-sy4zn 3 жыл бұрын

1:50 que app es?¿?

@jwpogue 3 жыл бұрын

This video is so cool!

@FrankBenlin 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your labor of love. The passion makes all the difference in the world. It always shows.

@sachman3 4 жыл бұрын

Love this. Love y’all.

@samer1085 4 жыл бұрын

Well done :)

@MinhLe-qo8iz 4 жыл бұрын

Hearing mango bay gives me ptsd

@travis5125 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice. If you decide to wrap your own mallet, perhaps you should consider using hemp. It looks more natural than the dyed yarn and might produce a slightly unique sound.

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