What is Marimba's concert?

Marimba Concert is a piece of music that is written or rewritten for the Marimba solo accompanied by an orchestra or a band. Marimba is a primary performance of a piece, with an orchestra or a band providing musical support. The concert form usually has several movements and requires a large number of art and technical skills from soloists. Marimba is a very young tool in terms of classic performance. Although Marimba has been part of African cultures for many centuries, it has not been considered a legitimate solo performance in western cultures until the beginning of the 20th century. Classic and Baroque concerts have very specific requirements for both the internal structure of movements and for the overall organization of the movement themselves. The twentieth century modern concerts have much greater freedom and can have more than three movements and other tempo organization. Nor is the statement of the subject or the main musical theme is required and there may be no recognizable melody, especially in concerts that use atonation.

Given the versatility of marimba, a wide range of music can be played in the Marimba concert. Marimba can be played with two or more sticks, allowing chords and simple notes in the instrument. This gives the composer great freedom in the construction of the Marimba concert, limited only by the voice of the instrument. Marimba usually has a full size of four to five octaves.

Marimba tone is often dependent on the type of drumstick used. A soft mallet wrapped in a yarn or fabric creates a round and smooth sound. Hard Rubber Mallet creates sharper and more pierczuk. Because marimba is made of pink wood, metal drumsticks could cause tool damage and not used.

The Marimba concert can be a transcription of a concert written for another tool or composition written specifically for marimba. Since Marimba has a wide range of voice range as well. The Marimba concert written specifically for marimba can draw more specific technical aspects of marimba than another concert that represents the full potential of the tool as a solo tool.