buelvita (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wuhuuuuu, AUGIIIIII

Estevan193 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Kati voi supa!! I hab ja gar ned gwusst wie guat du spüst!!

vibes1066 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

congratulations good job!!!!!!!!!!!!

SYLperc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

idk if u were ever taught this... but use piston stroke..ur lifting on all ur strokes, and that can both hinder ability to play musically and accurately.piston stroke: u basically keep all mallets prone to a level a few inches or so off the bars when not playing, so all u need to do is drop the mallet, or push it depending on dynamic, onto the bar.. and let the mallet rebound back to the prone position after hitting the note. it basically reduces movement before striking a note.do it!!

spinTAP1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

use more lagato mallets and work out dynamics and musicianship and interpretation. Only time can cause you to be able to feel the music. Like on much of the piece the right stands as the rhythm and melody, and the left is just there for background music. Play it like that!!! Bring down your lefts, actually, bring everything down. DYNAMICS!!!! O, and practice overall. notes aren't everything. though that is a start. Work it out, peace out, props to you.

KezmeisterG (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You really have to lower your wrists or raise your marimba. The Mallets should Parallel with the bars. I notice your #1 Mallet is being playing by flexing your wrist up and down rather than just rotating around the 2 mallet.And just work on making your rolls a bit smoother otherwise a good performance :D

Marimba4ever (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It´s a nice piece and not easy to play, i would recommend you to play some more easy pieces!you should make "music", not only play the notes!use different strength!use your whole body to get more expression (i hope this is an english sentence :D)greetings Benschi

kefhau (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks to all who commented so far to this video! I appreciate all your suggestions and I´m glad that you all take the time to share your knowledge with me and help me improving my playing.

lola207 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well first of all i feel your mallets are too hard. Also watch the accents you didnt play them at all. And in the tremolo section try to start from nothing and build up the dinamic. I know it says mf throught all of the roll ut if you play like that then it gets a little boring. Especially since the phrases repeat. And like everybody before me said lower your wrists. Good luck :)

ngnjr1229 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

OK. Watch your wrist and arms you're playing really high from the board. Make sure that you are going for sound quality - Don't smack the bars when a single mallet carries the melody. there isn't really much musicality - it's stagnant after the theme. Your mallets seem to be a little too hard for this piece. You look really tense when you play. Relax and everything should fall into place. It's decent playing and with practice it will be great. Props to you for playing and posting on youtube!!!!!