Yellow After The Rain, by Mitchell Peters - Marimba Literature Library

Performed by Jisu Jung
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Welcome to the first of 100+ "standard" pieces that will comprise our MARIMBA LITERATURE LIBRARY - recorded by some of the most talented young percussionists in the country.
Even if you've heard "Yellow After the Rain" a million times, trust us - you haven't heard it played like this! In addition to her many accomplishments, Jisu recently won second prize in the PercussiveLinz International Marimba Competition.
We're confident that this performance will become the standard that ALL young students should study while learning this important piece in the marimba repertoire!
For more pieces in the growing Vic Firth Marimba Literature Library, be sure to visit our website:
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MALLETS USED IN THIS PERFORMANCE:
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#vfM213 : Virtuoso Series M213
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[@tristanknott4910]

So this is how it's supposed to sound...

[@christiangalvan1745]

Tristan Knott wait ._.

[@denimholman9829]

Just shit on em then 🤣

[@liam_er]

Me @-@

[@alliegrace2212]

lmaooo me. i have this for a solo and i was so off.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

@Santino Rudy You're correct. No one cares. As you were. Marimba solo!

[@aarongrooves]

Excellent playing, and beautiful technique!

[@Xetaas]

Nice to see you here!

[@Jesse-tb2rg]

I love it too!

[@TheAniPB]

Playing this as my first four mallet piece ever at solo and ensemble tomorrow morning! Wish me luck!

[@zacharywilliams2]

I know this is super late, but how did it go?

[@thatonekid928]

My first too✌️

[@DaGriggsMan]

I'm learning it as my first 4 mallet piece ever for solo and ensemble in a month

[@wendyproulx1167]

I’m actually in the same exact situation and I’m hoping everything goes well!!

[@JuanMartinez-mx3gh]

@@zacharywilliams2 he died

[@amberpalettes8382]

The solo that literally every marimba player jumps to lol

[@DanielepalumboPercussion]

Why?

[@chrisconti1456]

Daniele it sounds nice bro

[@liam_er]

Cause it’s an easy beginning piece that doesn’t sound like crap-

[@saltysalmoling8055]

A marimba player that doesnt play this, is like a hero that never travels to the underworld, or a youtuber that never uploads.

[@Jesse-tb2rg]

@Wyatt I played rain dance this year for an audition and now I’m learning this

[@evedonatelli]

Am I the only marimba player who hasn't played this before?! 😂

[@markusrantala8644]

Eve Donatelli maybe

[@raznaxd]

My class colleagues, they all played this piece and I didn't want to.. The thing is that I eventually ended up know it to sing without learning, playing it by the ear, you know

[@gio8131]

I haven't either haha. I've been told to stay away since so many people play it.

[@daltonhayden3392]

Zoë Johnson Summer Treehouse 😍😍. I started learning that solo but switched to Rain Dance due to time constraints. Hopefully I'll play summer tree house in college. It's a really cool piece.

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

Eve nope. I play vibraphone, but same thing. I only know 2 mallets.

[@Sacred-Sin-]

This was my first 4 mallet solo (freshmen year) and boy them blisters..😅 I feel like I made a pretty good leap in skill after that as my sophomore solo was Paul Smadbeck's Rhythm Song and for my junior year I chose his Virginia Tate, which was one of my favorite pieces. That piece gave me some serious blisters lol. The next school day, the head director of my high school calls me into his office and tells me he drove my judge back to the airport (the next city over) after all the performances were over and that all they talked about for the entire drive there was my performance of Virginia Tate. He said I "alone made his trip worth it." My senior year I played Eric Sammut's Rotations II and IV. I practiced those songs until I could play them backwards and blindfolded. I went in for my performance with nothing but my mallets and the knowledge that I was about to knock it out of the park. I totally blanked during the best parts of BOTH songs and got my first and ONLY division 2 ratings of my music career. And that's how I would leave my last year of high school percussion. I was so wounded, I never recovered.

[@jackcallahan1848]

Tragic

[@numarahman1863]

Nice ted talk

[@lyokohero]

Yolo after the Rain

[@colinevans7796]

Damn. Very impressed by her four mallet rolls. Very fluid and almost not space between. I need to work on it til I can roll like that.

[@RyanD808]

If you have never played this song then who even are you.

[@carson6629]

RyanD808 i have to play this to get into my advance percussion ensemble

[@RyanD808]

Carson Sivanish cherish it. I'm in college now and wish so bad I could back to playing this song

[@pxptxrt]

RyanD808 im a 6th grader and im playing stuff like this so dont complain

[@Pazqual]

You misunderstood Ryan's comment. He was saying that college is hard for him now and that he wished he could go back to the "easy" days of playing this.

[@s3blastois3]

someone who knows not to play this song like everyone else at solo/ensemble festivals. at least someone who doesnt want to get a 2

[@skatardrummer1]

thank you for doing this series! a lot of this kind of stuff wasn't available for reference when I was studying.

[@VicFirthCompany]

+Melissa Cantey Glad to hear you like the idea! :-) That's exactly why we wanted to do this. Hope it becomes a valuable resource to students worldwide while learning marimba!

[@vipulbhaiya6233]

This is my first 4-mallets piece. Literally peeled the skin off my hands 🙄

[@bledsoee_]

I'm learning this. I got my first four mallet blister ever :(

[@thatonekid928]

Damn i remember that, i‘ve been on them for about a year now so good luck :)

[@fruitsnackbandit4987]

welcome to the club

[@Sacred-Sin-]

I'm revisiting this video after the many years it's been and the first thing that came rushing back to me was the memories of Yellow After the Rain's blisters. The band-aid necessity was real.

[@Chelia_11]

When I was in 7th grade my band director mande me do high school level warmup with 4 mallets. The worst part was that that was the first time I've ever touched a marimba 😅 to this day I still can't play that warmup lol

[@Rhodon506]

all my nightmares come true

[@raznaxd]

what? :))

[@elguercoterco]

I was 14 when I learned 4 mallets and it was to this! I made Texas All State the next year as a sophomore. I miss the flow!

[@rae-linhuang3771]

Dynamics are so clear and on point. My hat dips to this prodigy.

[@JeanBeanStudios]

Im screwed

[@victoriac5303]

Played this piece last year at solo and ensemble my freshman year and got a 2 at state. The last page is difficult to master, but overall it's a wonderful piece to perform!

[@kateloon5587]

a senior of mine played this for all district or something and literally every one In my percussion plays this and it gets annoying after a certain amount to of times

[@allisonnieves8486]

0._.0 Life that’s our school but with ghost garden

[@TOASTTHATGHOST2463]

I’m learning it now! I’m in 8th grade

[@Jillvikings]

Her dynamics were amazing!

[@enabl3r]

This is really nice. My only comment is that by placing the single softer mallet in the bass, it shifts the phrasing particularly in the ‘lateral’ section and the top voices pop more. I’m not sure this outcome was intentional, and I think it can be phrased organically with four equal hardness mallets, so the bass notes have the same clarity and don’t shift the agogic feel of the pattern. Great job though! 👌🏻

[@p8p877]

I learnt this 2-3 years back, beautiful piece and beautiful playing! Learnt it with burton grip though(not stevens as shown in video)

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

My band teacher recommended that I watch your videos. He told me you have some great practice tip videos for percussion. And I'm in percussion, so here I am! Thanks, Mr. Ziegler!

[@jaquan441]

My teacher picked this song for my solo and I’m gonna have such a hard time rolling with two mallets in one hand🤦🏿‍♂️

[@isabellemunsterman5942]

It's not as bad as you think bc in this one you are always rolling with both of your hands so you can just alternate like a regular roll

[@ongrong1611]

this song was the soundtrack to lunch in the band room because there was always one kid in front ensemble playing this instead of eating

[@demons435]

that marimba sound is so beautiful! excellent playing also!

[@fatblunt5471]

Great arrangement.... gets real annoying when you hear it everyday tho..

[@bellabice7512]

this series is so helpful! i would like to thank you so much! if i think i’m doing it right i always reverence back to your videos so that i can get it right before playing it for my percussion instructor. sometimes i think i’m playing it right but i’ll be in a different octave, wrong chord, etc so keep making the videos :)))

[@ShadfishX]

I played this piece for my CASMEC All-State Orchestra audition, as well as many others such as college at CSULB. This piece when phrased right is a good choice to get places. Memories!!

[@paige_biz]

This was my first ever four mallet piece I did as an eighth grader. It wasn't so hot back then but I'm hoping to try it again soon

[@alenkajezernik]

What is the piece in the intro of every video in this series?

[@louise_truth1240]

Was that yellow after the rain I think. I love how it sounds

[@patrickc7314]

Dang, that Musser grip looks epic.

[@littlelamp100]

i’ve played teardrops and sea refractions, but not this lol ...why are so many of peters’s solos named after water :/

[@Zoey-_-]

0:18

[@goldencheeze]

this and rain dance are probably the two “everyone plays this” solos that the judges will judge harder on that being said, my freshman year last year when we were picking solos for S&E a senior told me that and so instead i played etude in c# minor and got a good lol but this year i’m stepping it up with afta stuba (he played stubernic last year so that’s cool) and rhythm song and now i’ve finally heard this song and i can see how it would get annoying to hear this all the time, although it’s a good piece

[@takedownsin2097]

this was my freshman year solo XD

[@oatmeal82]

College or HS?

[@alexjones1139]

I'm playing this song for my solo and ensemble piece in Texas! I love it so much and I am constantly watching this video for inspiration.

[@jaquan441]

Lmfao same, my teacher chose it for me and I’m kinda scared

[@thatwgigeek]

So many people have played this as their first four mallet but I did a version of Under the Sea that I adapted from piano. It was...interesting.

[@ericandyapple1347]

Nah my tech wants me to learn this in private lessons I already give up

[@ericandyapple1347]

Alright so guys I have the music ability to play it 💀

[@thenoaudioamplifier4395]

I'm 8th grade. I'm starting to play 4 mallet and I'm starting of with vertical waltz does anyone know of a video if someone playing this.

[@RambunctiousVA]

Gonna have to do this for Percussion Finals. I can read notes and shit by my hands are NOT prepared. I can’t even rotate stroke properly

[@Isaacddrums547]

Piano players: look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power

[@psychedahlia]

I swear I have heard this somewhere before that's not percussion related

[@nottayoutuber3371]

I’m playing this solo for my schools spring concert and I’m not going to lie, I’m scared

[@joshuawilliams9560]

This is like everyone's go to lol

[@AlexCain-dw8fs]

"Yellow after the Rain" by some dude or dudet who wasn't worth mentioning in this description. "If you don't know, why would we tell you?"

[@mrdespacito4732]

my best friend is 1st chair percussion (im first chair tuba) and he gets mad at me cause i keep making him play it

[@RealJoey]

So I'm a second year percussionist and I'm gonna play this for my first percussion solo at my solo and ensemble competition LMAO.

[@Eternal-Theory]

I’ve played Suenos, Mystic Fire, and Ghost Garden. Is this a good piece to move on to?

[@lilmehplazsdoesstuff2704]

I’m in seventh and I’m struggling on the sixteenth notes ughhh

[@AstrixCentral]

Played this for my Grade 8, such a great piece of music!

[@dannyhammond9635]

Trying to get this down for my junior year solo, I’ve never played marimba before as I’ve only played snare and set but it’s about time to annoy everyone in my band room

[@isaacparadis7951]

Omg I’m playing this for my solo in like 8 weeks I’m so nervous 😂

[@tiranitu]

How did it went

[@officer_sprite2085]

I heard this 3 years ago from one of my favorite percussion members and it’s stuck with me all the way to now, the memories are insane.

[@wendyproulx1167]

That last page thoooooo

[@northcape87]

Very nice dinamics!

[@alexandrubeleca4503]

This piece and the Rain dance are very imoprtant in the first year!

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

This was one of several obligatory pieces to learn as a freshman in college back in the day. The Musser Etudes were also in the mix along with others. Memories! We got sick of hearing this played by so many people. It was kind of a running joke about everyone playing this. Thanks for posting though. Nice rendition.

[@emmatbunnie]

aw yiss yellow after the rain!!!!11

[@hwanghamin]

미쓰없이 깔끔하게 잘 치신다

[@JustinBerke]

Library entry#1: Yellow. Yep.

[@juandrayo]

Anyone on here from the Russian bread meme?

[@miacasual1263]

I feel like such a fool for choosing Casella’s arrangement of Gymnopédie no. 1 as my audition solo instead of this. I’m not good at four mallets though so even if I did pick this it would be much easier to compare my mediocrity to another percussionist. Four mallets are hard

[@luke.s8419]

my friend asked if he could record me for his recording class and i now have to learn and perform this song in 3 hours... wish me luck.

[@Tones_24]

Okay I got 2 pairs of mallets coming in! Hopefully I can learn this in time to audition for transferring in the fall :,(

[@whiplash1042]

My friend played this when she was in 7th grade back in 2014 and EVERYONE was impressed

[@rebeccabagley1877]

I had to learn the first bit of this for my percussion methods class. I'm a wind player, so it was really weird and frustrating. Luckily, though, we only played through the part where there's a F and a Bb in the left hand.

[@lemonsofjemin235]

Anyone here for all state

[@bubblymakamae3839]

Im having so much fun learning this!!!! ❤️‍🔥🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@llama_jediwiththeforce4810]

I actually did this piece for a music event in high school and it was HARD. I still managed to make a 1 on it though 😁

[@antony0.o461]

После танца дождя идёт солнце после дождя

[@kaylaho3307]

I am 10 years old but this song is quite easy and it is a good song to learn!

[@alexanderhertweck2478]

Wow keep on going man I'm 17 and am struggling hard

[@kaylaho3307]

Thx

[@westonbuildsengineering347]

I played rain dance in 7th grade I’m in 8th now and I think I should play this

[@musicalman1995]

The theatrical aspect is a bit cringe but this is the best performance in KZbin otherwise.

[@baileyreed4656]

doing this for my EKU music audition in a month, let's hope i do it as well as this person does

[@avarettig]

those double laterals tho!! i wish mine were that good and not shaky, but that’s what practice is for lol

[@chickenugget814]

Welp I have to play this at my Honors Area Audition tommorow morning... I'm already freaking out. I've been practicing this for like about half a month mabye a month.

[@chickenugget814]

Dont worry future me you got in and got 3rd chair

[@eli2210]

This is the one solo piece I never played. I got harder ones. I’d say I was pretty decent but for some reason they didn’t let me play this one and gave me solo pieces that required more lateral rolls and a bit more complicated pieces. Then one day I just decided to try this piece but didn’t have the sheet music so I just listened to pieces online or would tune in on someone else playing it and learned it that way. No sheet music just mimicking. This song was so easy for me but It had to do with the other solos. I got pieces like from Casey Kangeloski. Dude had some fun hard pieces . Etude in E minor, White knuckle stroll. It was fun

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

LOL ok

[@stellamarisdauria8452]

assurdoo

[@peppinoromeo]

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[@peppinoromeo]

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[@peppinoromeo]

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[@peppinoromeo]

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[@acerhythm7026]

I flexed on my whole class and played rhythm song for comments only

[@Joe511AON]

this hits different at 1.5 speed

[@TheGh0sTheAlmighty]

What is the intro song called?

[@mlefeb]

TheGh0s Prelude from Cello Suite No. 5 by Bach. It's performed the same performer that performed Yellow After the Rain. It's on the Vic Firth KZbin channel

[@ClubLAB]

prelude to bach's cello suite no. 5

[@FlashDrive356]

Great, about to do this as a solo and ensemble piece, seems fun...

[@mogetas]

playing this for an audition next week!!

[@madhatter7765]

My friend played this for a solo last year and it sounded just like this

[@joshuawilliams9560]

Ending was always my favorite though

[@davidsoon757]

I'm about to start playing this. Any tips?

[@kassingerlive497]

I'm learning up to E for my college audition

[@MyNameIsGari]

THIS IS SO FAR FROM WHATEVER THE HECK I DID

[@АртемБарашян-м2ю]

can someone throw me the notes of this play? In VK

[@violante1421]

What marimba is being used? I didn't see it anywhere in the vid or description, but I'm sorry if I missed it and it was posted somewhere.

[@VicFirthCompany]

Adams - Alpha Series

[@leals8221]

I gona play this music now 😉

[@sarahvu140]

Playing this for S and E in two more days 😖

[@carbonc6065]

~Great song, great musician!

[@hervejacqmain]

it looks like a studie can become a real piece of music to me