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Hi Paul, Your music inspires me as a young marimba player, high school junior, and gives me a reason to expand my repertoire of solos. Thank you for such amazing pieces such as this one and Rhythm Song, those and other pieces inspire me to touch the marimba even more. -John

This is beautiful Pablo. So good to see you’ve done so well since back in the day at IC. I’ll gladly listen for more. Jerry Smith

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thaaaaa GOAT

Hello Paul! I'm Pablo form Quito, Ecuador! I'm about to graduate in percussion and I'm gonna perform this wonderful piece! I´m happy to know about you through playing this piece! Best regards and thank you for this jewel! :)

Elite peuce

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2:03 can't unhear the Wii sports theme I'm sorry.😂

great piece looking foward to learning it

I've heard this peice played so many times, but I really haven't heard alot of the nuances you seem to highlight in your performance of it. Such a beautiful instrument and such a great performance of a wonderful piece. Good work 😊

This reminds me of Virginia Tate sooo much. Great work! :)

1:14 is where i feel it

Beautiful piece! Love the minimalism which developes so nicely in your composing style. Makes me want to practice and play marimba :)

Absolutely brilliant masterpiece! So many memories from my students years!!! He plays absolutely fantastic, I did not know how slowly is it….We all played it too fast in Bulgaria and we didn't get the inner voices out well, we played Keiko Abe, but Rhythmic Song was a dream for every percussionist at school and academy. This was our first contact with American percussion music. I didn't even know that one day I would have the opportunity to hear it performed by the author himself. Happiness and magic…Now the compositions for marimba are much more difficult, much faster and much more meaningless…

Yum

Very beautiful Paul!

Hi Paul, My name is Jose I'm 17 and i study percussion since 2012. I'm from Spain and this year (my last year for medium grade), I'm playing this masterpiece. In addition, I'm doing a work about you and also about Virginia Tate. I've got some information but if you can help me with your personal point of view about your life and about the history of Virginia Tate (how did you compose it?, what were your inspirations to compose it?) I'm so greatfull to you. Thanks for all Paul, your music pieces generate a lot of good feelings on me. Thanks for your atention. Jose

Which mallets did you use for this? Love your work by the way.

I've always loved this piece. I first played it in high school, then again in undergraduate years, and then again when I was working as a professional. It's not an easy piece. To get from the beginning to the end takes a great deal of stamina, precision in technique, and musical maturity. It's a masterpiece for our instrument, and one that will last the ages.

Fantastic performance, and really well recorded too.

I love this song with my whole heart

Thanks for being such an inspiring marimba player/composer, me and other people at my winter drumline speak of your greatness all the time. A lot of people talk about your technique and the genius way it builds your chops, but just the harmonic devices and creativity that come out of your mind are truly aspiring.

Plans to write a sequel? :)

Hey Paul - Did you record this twice over to create the stereo effect? Always been a big fan of your compositions for marimba. Thanks for all of the music.

Thank you for this amazing piece! It was a blast to learn!

hi from santiago de chile, wich mallet did you used ? thanks

wow beautiful

I have been listening to this piece for 10 years. I love this composition, and I am happy that Paul has made his own recording of it. Thank you

Paul, this is so beautiful! Thank you.

Is this actually THE Paul Smadbeck?? Hero to marimbists the world over? The legend himself?

Nobody every brings out the low end like in this recording, and it sounds so nice this way. I miss playing this piece so much

Gorgeous. I subbed to your channel and was wondering if you’d sub to mine? Thanks, Tony

What mallets are you using during this piece? They (not to mention your playing) sound great and I'd really like to know for when I play it.

I always thought the arms in the cover were covered with arm hair, I like that better than notes because I have very hairy arms.

I first heard this piece years ago on a recording by Evelyn Glennie, and I've not been able to forget it ever since. Such a brilliant piece! So delighted to hear this version by the man himself.

This piece marked a before and after in my musical decisions, the day I heard it (to a partner play it), I decided that I had to be a "Marimbista" ... thanks!

I don't get tired of listening to this composition, about 16 years ago I played it, when I was studying classical percussion, now after a long time I will be able to have my own marimba, a marimba is traveling by boat to Chile, my country ... finally I will be able to again playing this beautiful piece, thanks for composing something so wonderful, your work has always inspired me. Cristóbal Zurita from Santiago de Chile

I love this piece so much, my teacher picked it out for me to learn and the more I worked on it I realized, wow I really do need a 4.3 octave marimba and so I went online and found a used marimba one for sale perfect condition, so in a way this piece is part of the reason why I got a new marimba but really this piece is just a beautiful piece to play and learn and I have enjoyed my time learning it. (Edit). This piece got me first place at my regional solo and ensemble

BD ended a season with this, and started one with it too. what an amazing piece!

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I vividly remember hearing this piece for the first time, someone studying it in a room at the conservatory where I had just begun, and I could only stop and listen without breathing... mesmerized. Bought the album right away, and I couldn’t wait starting studying the piece. It’s the only marimba piece I REALLY enjoyed playing for a long time. Used to play it in octaves with a fellow percussion student just like on your recording. It’s an absolute joy to hear the piece again.

What mallets should i use for this piece?

What mallets do you recommend for this piece?

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Catchy

I miss playing the marimba. This is beautiful. Found you reminiscing about Rhythm Song.

This one had my jaws hanging

genius composition. love this piece so much <3 was this recorded in different octaves and layered? it sounds really cool that way

Buena grabación Paul, me gustaria es cuchar mas piezas de marimba que esta, espero que subas mas nuevo contenido

Dang ur good