Carmen for Xylophone/Marimba | Arrangement by MatteoMusic

[@matteojmusic5234]

UPDATE TO ALL: I have completely revised this arrangement, and is much more complicated and it is a lot more fun to play (in my opinion). I wrote this version in this video around 8th grade-freshman year of high school, so it wasn’t the best, I am now getting ready to go off to college. I actually played the new version for some of my college auditions. I will post the new version soon.

[@ClaraTheKidd]

Heyyy we are both in the same grade then. How did you get your rolls to be so even?

[@sirchafa8472]

hope to see the new version

[@killerkminer4835]

crisp ahh rolls

[@clipmania42]

you are beating the hell out of that marimba dude

[@matteojmusic5234]

I was a freshman here haha. My technique is much better now, mallets was always a weak point for me at the time this video was made.

[@MadRatDisease]

“Catch me if you can” ahh song

[@c-historia]

that's amazing!!

[@cheddarcheesewoah]

this unlocked some sort of memory from my childhood

[@rowanxxd3366]

Interesting choice to notate the trills as two note tremolos

[@matteojmusic5234]

This is an older version of my arrangement. I’ve changed a lot since and the tremolos are now trills, haha.

[@윤재정123]

Also goldenberg did it

[@yeicolgame912]

Grande toreadores

[@djungelskogsn7529]

Any reason you took it down a half step? Or just felt like it?

[@matteojmusic5234]

It was just how I wrote it haha

[@Lucas-kg7pi]

@@matteojmusic5234 The original is one half step higher

[@matteojmusic5234]

@@Lucas-kg7pi I’m aware, I legit just said it’s just the way I wrote it, mine is not the original, it’s my own rendition of it. 💀

[@gabrielramos0285]

Hi friend, would you be able to make this arrangement available? I'm from Brazil and I would love to play it

[@unitaboy7575]

how can I get the sheet? I really want to practice this arrangement

[@ethereal_samurai4297]

How did I know he was a drumset player XD

[@fish9503]

is there a score I can find online to print?

[@jaimemoyano9249]

ana suite - los caballeros

[@xxramenxx6086]

nah this reminds me of when i skipped region band cause i was very sick and they were playing carmen suite and they were down 1 percussionist because i was too too sick to go (its traumatic and scary still to me even though i was sick)

[@sethwexler6910]

Love the preparation and musicality but try to play with more full strokes and not down strokes.

[@henwill8]

As someone who personally likes piston stroke and uses it much more than I probably should, there's a time and place for it. Yes it's generally the most efficient but visually a downstroke in the right spot is much more appealing. There's a reason in drum lines they don't keep tacet sticks up. This person's getting a great sound out of the instrument and the downstroking in the way they are doing it in my opinion looks cleaner

[@henwill8]

@@heracrossnt yeah for sure it was pretty obvious he was on a snareline

[@Its-Tim]

@@henwill8 ngl sounds like he's hamering it. i mean it sounded great but for the first few seconds i was thinking jeez man are you mad at the keyboard? good stuuf all around tho i liked it.

[@henwill8]

​@@Its-Tim yeah I guess it is a bit strong. I think I didn't hear it at first as I'm in dci mode rn

[@John-lv9op]

@@henwill8 There is a time and place for down strokes, but playing mallets is not typically going to be the time for it. Playing on a drumline and playing a mallet instrument are two completely different playing surfaces. You have to "pull" the sound out of a marimba bar to get a good resonance which is why the piston stroke is going to almost always be preferred. He's also using vibes mallets on a marimba which is an interesting choice... he's hammering the keyboard and the sound isn't resonating the way it could had he not.

[@jacobbaker5442]

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