Yes, I play marimba sometimes too

[@Symphobunnie]

Not me immediately recognizing yellow after the rain from the way it's written in the thumbnail

[@BraxtonS-mar1m6a]

I was just thinking that 🤣 my music looks the same way

[@jackgrantham8804]

I thought "I could play that" and then realized i know this solo. I do play this.

[@ginganinja1017]

IM LITERALLY PLAYING THIS FOR STATE TOMORROW!! The piece is called Yellow After The Rain

[@itamarbar9580]

Who wrote this?

[@mikeol510]

How’d you do?

[@andywillis3704]

How did you do?

[@spacejamgoliath]

Hope you emphasized the dynamics like EMC did

[@jessebrady8508]

WE NEED AN UPDATE NOW!

[@thatotherandrew_]

I heard that first chord and instantly recognised Yellow After the Rain! Currently learning it, although I suck at the rolls :p

[@bawesome2424]

Just finished playing it for Solo Ensemble (Wisconsin State Wide Music "Compitition")... lots of fun! Good luck on the rolls, last section is tricky too if you haven't gotten there yet...

[@g3m5t0n3]

My friend and a couple of other people in it played it for solo contests.

[@sp0td0g]

I used it for my 4 mallet college audition. I instantly recognized it from the thumbnail lol.

[@smdftb8495]

When you're sitting around, just practice your rolls on a pillow, the carpet, etc. At least that's what I did lol

[@thamansurya7601]

I'm learning it too 😭

[@byzantinebeauty]

This is my first marimba solo and this video really helps me! I’ll be preforming in a few months

[@moonlapsenightwind6859]

So fun story about me. I played Saxophone and Bassoon throughout middle and high school. When I got to high school marching band, I was put in auxiliary percussion (since marching bassoon is practically unheard of). My sophomore year, I was asked to do Xylophone, and I initially hated the thought, but as I started reluctantly learning mallets, I started realizing how much fun they are to play. After that realization, I worked my ass off and became center Marimba and front ensemble section leader by my junior year. To this day, I miss playing marimba, and wish I had my own to start practicing again.

[@MaxisaBandKid]

*our bassoons march trombone or sax/low reed*

[@rouxsauced]

That's wild they would put you on xylo, it's typically the hardest and most important instrument in pit

[@malcolm32]

Random flute player in the band room: "Cooooool. Hey! Can you play Megalovania??" Percussionist: "How dare you! Also yes."

[@christoph.e.sprenger]

Nice. Yellow After the Rain. Played that for long

[@SuperCajun97]

omg yellow after the rain! xD i miss those days. i was so proud of myself when i learnt that. its probably the biggest classic in beginner/indermediate marimba for new students. I always give it to my first or 2nd years! absolute charm of a piece!

[@ClarkAd]

I’m playing this for my Senior year as my first 4 mallet solo. Never was taught until we got a new percussion director. For sure the best director I’ve ever had. I’m performing it in 2 weeks for competition. Wish me luck

[@meowceratops]

I hope it went well :)

[@IndieTimberStudio]

The only thing missing is to hide a snare drum underneath the marimba.

[@Fruitjuice212]

After seeing this in early 2023, tomorrow I will be performing this piece for solo and ensemble festival

[@tabitha4048]

I clicked thinking, "This is going to make me jealous isn't it..." But I didn't expect you to be playing the song I was hoping to learn as I get back into playing marimba after 6 years without being able to touch it... Band trauma was, something else! I'm very happy you included the sheet music, it'll be so fun for me to learn now. You did great! X

[@roseroche]

no one speaks about the band trauma lol, I haven't been able to touch my mallets for almost a year. it also sucks bc I don't have thousands to spend on a marimba right now. I hate the association between playing marimba and all of the expectations that came with being in band. it'll take work to change that, but im hoping to play again, and I hope you will too!

[@RedDogMamaHD]

I love the sound of Marimba, almost as much as I love the sweet sound of Tenors!

[@Sacred-Sin-]

This was my first 4-mallet solo. Played it my 2nd year in percussion for 8th grade solo & ensemble. Lol I got so tired of this song and omg the blisters!!

[@GH_percussion]

Yellow After the Rain reminds me of something like a mix between the jazz group, The Manhattan Transfer and a high school drumline’s warm-up packet.

[@Starri519]

People played this so much at my school its basically been shadow banned by both the directors and the students lmao

[@dianecandoflamtaps9557]

First marimba solo I played at a competition in CA when I was in HS. Brings back so many memories! Thanks. 👍👍

[@SamTheTriangleTrains]

It just finished storming where I live and it looks yellow outside.

[@jasoncaldwell5342]

This is one of my favorites pieces, I stressed many hours to perform this as a solo and I still somehow love it.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Ah, Mitchell Peters.

[@djungelskogsn7529]

I think it’s cool that Mitchell Peters wrote all of his etudes by hand but my god are they hard to read sometimes. I’m playing an intermediate etude of his on snare this semester

[@RedeyePerc]

I never could get that block chord section at the end. Mitchell Peters books basically taught me all my best skills.

[@ErnieJ89]

certified hs solo and ensemble contest classic

[@Firevexx]

this took me back to sophomore year lmfao so many people played this for solo and ensemble

[@GolfIsHard1]

Love this piece when I played the hardest part was the 4 Sticks at the end

[@omaarpoiriez]

Same

[@SnareMax90]

Yellow after the rain is my favorite piece for marimba ! I could okay it once upon a time .. don’t think i could anymore now.

[@Atquicktie]

heyy, i played this piece in music school for an exam it was pleasant to learn

[@bestfrikndonuts]

I’ve heard every person that has seen a Marimba play this

[@musicgirl_gwyn]

AHH I JUST GOT TO PERFORM THIS!! What an incredible piece of percussion literature. Great job!!

[@TOTHT0MI57]

Literally learning this, tomorrow class, I practiced a lot

[@kadencemarsh4517]

My sister played this for solo and ensemble freshman year!!! Great job!

[@Synoxenyt]

Good Ol’ Yellow After the Rain. The most overplayed 4 mallet solo

[@kerrychen3015]

yea its overplayed lol

[@imwearingcons1137]

This piece is a rite of passage

[@keynotes840]

Yellow after the rain 🥰 All the good mallet Percussionist in my school know this song

[@jadengrogan21]

One of my favourite marimba solos

[@oatmeal82]

I heard this and instantly was like omg that's yellow after the rain I played this for my college audition

[@pigsterthepig448]

A middle schooler in my school once preformed that. There were a couple mistakes, but it still sounded pretty good.

[@jacobtortilla6051]

dude this was supposed to be the closer for my school’s indoor show this year but we had to cut it

[@georgiecgena]

The amount of times I heard my friend who was the pit captain, constantly play this. It gave me PTSD Lol

[@madmanmunch9142]

You should play catching shadows by Ivan Trevino, with of course the editing that you play every part, the percussion sextet preferably

[@MatthewChovanec-UNT]

if you've seen the Trio Coleres arrangement of it, it is fantastic!

[@Spencer-Hamson]

i’m learning that piece right now, it’s so much fun!

[@bennettwilliams_]

This!

[@nicolaiandreassandnes5612]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anTXnIqriM54jck

[@SaneTheBro]

YESSSS I wanna see Catching Shadows here sooooo badly! I love that piece

[@myotiswii]

What my drum teacher always wants me to do it totally mess with the tempo. Chords have to be clean, not played as a flam, but other than that, just go nuts. Speed up, slow down, make random breaks (breaks should be long enough to seem intentional tho), get louder and more silent basically all of the time. If there is a marking, follow it. If not, make something up. It sounds scuffed, but it got me placed really high in a big competition, although I played a very easy piece, in comparison to the others. I honestly think it sounds really bad like that, but when I still sometimes practice it.

[@Isaiah-lq2px]

He really just wants you to play with emotion

[@myotiswii]

@@Isaiah-lq2px Wrong, he asks me to fake emotions. And I really believe that most professionals are doing that too lol

[@vaguesoft8445]

@@myotiswii I never thought playing with emotion meant you had to literally feel the emotion, I thought it was understood that you have an intent and a musical vocabulary to achoeve that intent. Not that actually feeling something would be bad (though I doubt you can play your best while depressed).

[@myotiswii]

@@vaguesoft8445 I guess you are right

[@duston1649]

yooo that was actually really awesome

[@wyattcalcote5867]

I love yellow after the rain

[@arnavrohilla8]

Classic marimba piece w

[@itisnottaken4444]

This is a must play at Texas Region contest. Might as well bank on hearing it at least 10 times

[@uunhappyy]

This piece is like the typical rpg background music anyone? just me ? okay

[@RobbieGreenPerc]

❤ thoughts on how your keyboard playing has enhanced your rudimental drumming and or vice versa?

[@aldorr_music]

Yellow after the rain is recognizable from a mile away without sound.

[@noahschade9096]

So this was everyone’s first marimba solo right that’s just how it works

[@jakubmarjanowski1966]

Hey man, that was so cool!

[@tallakbertin]

My pal played this some years ago. It's one of two beginner pieces my teacher uses for beginners where I live. I never played it though

[@archerking2784]

A percussionist who can play drums and read mallet music? Impossible!

[@fmdnegreiros]

Ahhh the classic.

[@Xavier_Creighton]

I don't know if it's just me, but throughout the song, it felt like it was switching between a couple different nintendo games, mostly Mario games. First, it fell like Yoshi's Island, then it felt like a little bit of Kirby, then a Mario & Luigi game, then throughout the cycle again. Anyone else?

[@snakey8095]

It’s just marimba

[@Xavier_Creighton]

@@snakey8095 That's the point, all of those games have songs with a marimba

[@cdaaat6036]

Yeah, it's like our thought process leads us to these things

[@Xavier_Creighton]

@@cdaaat6036 That's literally what I'm explaining, idk why ur saying it like I missed something

[@davidkeller9345]

piss in the snow as my old instructor called it. love it

[@mikefrench2764]

I recognized this was Yellow After the Rain from the thumbnail lol

[@juanmerino9780]

This song is exactly the one I need to present to enter university 😃

[@Sacred-Sin-]

Too easy, I don't think that's the best idea... My top choices would be Virginia Tate or Rotations 2

[@corantin23]

In France also we play Yellow after the rain omg XD

[@mrman7361]

YELLOW AFTER THE RAIN!!!

[@frostyfrog3018]

here before "sup loopy grandma" also this sounds really sick. if i were to give any critique it would probably just be dynamics as it seemed you started a crescendo at 1:45 when there wasn't one. Edit: also at 1:16 I think you took an extra bar for the diminuendo

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

Yellow After the Rain was my first marimba solo, and I’ll never forget it. Loved this trip down memory lane lol

[@maxwelltolar]

HELL YES I'm gonna play this solo as a freshman and i just basically stumbled on a free recording!!! Edit: dammit you skipped a bar, still sounded good as hell tho

[@calebmclendon4989]

Look up yellow after the rain vic firth on KZbin, it's a great recording

[@maxwelltolar]

@@calebmclendon4989 nice thanks

[@LandonPrizeIverson]

I love piece so much

[@dciaudio]

Sounds great! The only advice I'd give is to add more phrasing. For example, whenever I play this I like to emphasize the change in the arpeggiated chords to add some more interest, otherwise that middle section gets really boring and repetitive. Also work on making the rolls in the beginning more continuous instead of separated, because separated rolls like that can sound really jarring. Other than that it sounds really good!

[@pattonlyabsurd2807]

My schoolmate played this song so much In eith grade that I know based on the hand position- like she played this literally every day.

[@QuasarEE]

Love it! 😍

[@michaelchristensen7440]

every percussionist ever...

[@LearningmyAbcs558]

i can tell its not your main instrument so this goes pretty crazy for someone focused on battery stuff

[@layz_gaming_4275]

That was SICK

[@ITZareTIME]

Ahh yes the classic

[@ThePhlegming]

That was awesome

[@thomasdixon2752]

Played this as a freshman in HS. Had a number of friends play this in middle school.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Middle school? Where?

[@thomasdixon2752]

@@DennisJohnsonDrummer Texas. I had the option of doing it as well but opted for a timpani solo instead.

[@JacksonHollo]

@@thomasdixon2752 only in texas where you’d find middle schoolers playing at this level /j

[@dpunlasmith]

@Thomas Dixon- Played this in elementary school. Had a few friends play this in preschool.

[@thomasdixon2752]

7th grade solo it was either a snare piece or a 2 mallet marimba piece. 8th, some of my friends played yellow after the rain, a great easy piece to learn and get into 4 mallets. By the time we got into HS the next year most of the 8th grade percussionist in our middle school knew 4 mallet.

[@CarlDaCool168]

wait this is what my fellow classmate played at her concert in the program i’m in

[@mister_Dima_]

Let’s go to play Firth Of Fifth!)

[@NapleStar]

hasn’t this been played over 515 times the past 5 years?

[@Brandon-jn1lh]

More

[@Percussion-clips]

Needs more cowbell

[@1humanoid2creature32]

Playing this for solo and ensemble tomorrow :)

[@elliusagi]

Beautiful 💜

[@Henry_GamesX]

Wow, love it! Very inspiring!!

[@lilsminingco4682]

i can finally do something emc can!

[@nickschlott8912]

I remember playing this last year as my 10th grade solo, I honestly have no idea how I played it, but this video brings back the many hours i practiced before and after school

[@Obro-ry8bo]

This sounds like the beginning cutscene of an old rpg

[@DeeboComing]

I wish this piece was banned from existence 😭😭

[@Ohokk0]

this feels like pikmin music

[@Minerider]

This is one of my favorite marimba solos of all time, learned this thing in 7th grade

[@Ascalipsa]

shit, that was awesome !!!

[@prod.xavierl]

if you perform What A Wonderful World by Stopa that would be swag 🔥

[@bobbarksofficial4335]

Sup Loopy Grandma!

[@NerfedOnGod]

white what

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Back here checking for your comment.

[@ultra9349]

I took some time at the end of this year(senior year of hs) to start preparing for college and boosting rep, i’m mainly gud at snare with being able to rattle off pratt pieces like moby dick with relative ease I learned bach concerto in a minor for solo festival for no reason and on the last week of school i pulled out yellow after the rain and i nearly perfectly signtread it with varying tempos The only thing i don’t like about this is the first few rolls r pretty rhythmic in ur playing but the ones at the end r great

[@smdftb8495]

Lol my freshman marimba recital

[@Jazzy5989]

My friend who is in 8th grade (I’m in 7th) can play that and I’m practicing four mallet to play Oakland and then work my way up to that by next year

[@JustinBerke]

ayyyyyyyyellow.

[@doc_holiday2733]

I just playing this solo in February this year

[@dbi69]

What's the one similiar to this but you're suppose to play with shells on your foot too? In 2011 the top solos were this/YATR and another fun marimba piece with the shells. Any old folks know what I mean?

[@matthewzadell]

Rain Dance by Alice Gomez

[@knoxwestmoreland]

played this at regionals as a freshman and got a 2 :(

[@eboone]

Ah yes

[@derbackalacker2824]

Play rain dance. Classic

[@brostudios2828]

My friend is doing that piece for solo and ensemble lol

[@jackthebro6548]

I just did this piece!