TOP 50 MARIMBA SOLOS TIER LIST (in order of difficulty)
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Hope you enjoyed today's *TOP 50 MARIMBA SOLOS TIER LIST* ! Let me know what your tier list selections would be in the comments - and remember, it's totally ok if yours is really different to mine (hope no composers get offended ahaha)! You can check out the full tier list on my blog at adamtanpercussion.com/blog, and you can also use the tier list template in the description for your own purposes 😁
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Different topic but pleaseeeee do a reaction video to The Cavaliers 2910 show Mad World. It’s the full show with different angles and cameras. Couldn’t find a head cam unfortunately
Now onto the concerts? ;)
Tier Lists combined with Marimba topics, this is my favourite kind of content :-)
Glad you like it :))
"I dont like playing with the shafts"
Velocities and White Knuckle Stroll: (◉͜ʖ◉)
Wow these pieces bring me back to my marimba playing days! Wonderful tier list.
Thanks for making such good videos! You really help me love the instrument even more
Thanks for watching! It's a great instrument that we have :)
Great! Keep doing these please. Would love to see a duet version. Thanks Adam!
I think it would be interesting to do it by three different criteria: interest, musical difficulty, technical difficulty. Maybe that can be for the top 100 ;-)
That's a good way of putting it!
Great/helpful list and I almost entirely agree! My only disagreement would be moving Etude in C (Musser) and Libertango (Sammut) up a tier from where you put them for difficulty factor
3:00 - Marimba Spiritual
3:45 - Frogs
4:14 - Yellow After The Rain
4:50 - Works For Marimba
5:28 - Rain Dance
5:50 - Etude in E minor
6:28 - Six Cello Suites
7:28 - Two Mexican Dances
8:07 - Rythm Song
8:36 - Land
9:11 - Libertango
10:17 - A cricket sang and set the sun
10:42 - Four Rotations For Marimba
11:14 - Virginia Tate
11:39 - Merlin
12:48 - Etude in C major
13:29 - Velocities
14:02 - Polaris
14:45 - Three Preludes
15:08 - Sea Reflections
15:34 - Iliaš
16:07 - Funny Mallets
16:24 - Nothern Lights
16:53 - Two Characters
17:20 - Marimba d´amore
17:47 - Reflections on the nature of water
18:20 - Varations on lost love
18:50 - Ghost garden
19:20 - Restless
19:46 - Ghanaia
20:10 - White Knuckle Stroll
20:52 - Transformations
21:40 - Collection of marimba pieces
22:49 - Furioso and valse
23:12 - Intermediatte Masterworks
23:37 - Khan Variations
24:17 - Rythmic caprice
25:10 - Romantica
25:40 - Caritas
26:10 - Gordon´s Bicycle
26:56 - 6 Sonatas and Partitas
27:30 - Wind
28:24 - Three Chorales
29:06 - Over the Rainbow
29:55 - Parody
30:25 - Chain
30:54 - Mrimba Song
31:20 - Three moves For Marimba
31:43 - Strive to be happy
32:17 - From My Little Island
33:00 - Ending
This is that good good content
Great video! From experience, I would def move Aldridge and Lansky up. I did Lansky for my masters auditions. The first movement is deceptively difficult, because of range jumping, intervals, and constant motion. From just listening, it sounds easier because it's so groovy. And the third mvt is an absolute BALL BUSTER. I'm not a fan of the 2and mvt, I actually reallyyyy wish it was a chorale.
And just for perspective, I played the pius piece my 2nd year of undergrad.
I know the Aldridge calls for 10ths in 1 hand. I havent played it, but based on others experiences, I would make that at least A tier.
Yeah, Mvt Vl: Sweet Song from Aldridge has a lot of ninths and a few tenths.
Remember when Two Mexican Dances was the hardest piece 40 years ago? Me too
In the future could we get a tier list of some of your personal favorites and lesser-known pieces? Perhaps even your own compositions. It would help me to find some new solos :)
Oh boy got a ton of solos to listen to
as someone who has performed marimba spiritual and is currently working on the druckman, the druckman should definitely go in S tier. Might not necessarily be the most technique driven piece but the level of maturity required to play it is very high, although it's certainly not the most impressive piece of music if you are unfamiliar with the challenges of learning it
Adam! It's always a pleasure to be mentioned in your videos🥰
For sure man, your video is very good :)
@@AdamTanPercussion thank you! :) I suggest you to watch "Rose of Sharon" for marimba and cello, a vert beautiful piece for a greate duo:)
Remember me? I GOT INTO MARCHING BAND! im so exited
Congratulations!! Knew you had nothing to worry about haha
You should do a collab with Twosetviolin!!
I wish!! Haha maybe one day...
Hi Adam. I just found your channel a few days/weeks ago, and I was really intrigued by your solo, Hope. I was wondering how difficult you would say this solo is, as I really want to learn it, but I'm afraid I don't have all the skills necessary yet. If you (or anyone else) could steer me in the right direction, it would greatly appreciated! (This video was very informative and nice, by the way :))
Starting out on Ghost Garden, I had no idea what I was doing nor did I really know how to pick a good beginner mallets solo. Looking back, I would have definitely picked up a Musser etude instead!
FINALLY MARIMBA SPIRITUAL GETTING THE LOVE IT DESERVES
Hi Adam! Great content, I’m wondering where would you put Niflheim by Csaba Zoltan Marjan as well as Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Emmanuel Sejourne?
I think that this tier list is really solid but there are a few things in the C tier I would have moved to the B tier (Land, Wind, Strive to be happy). I have played both Furioso (Keep in mind, I didn't play it up to tempo, but still) and Strive to be happy, and can say with certainty that I don't think they should be on the same tier (at least relative to each other), but in general it makes sense. I think having another tier like an E or F would have helped make things more specific and removed the overflow in the B tier. Overall, I agree with everything in the S tier and general placement of the pieces (especially the D teir lol) but there were just a few minor tweeks. No hate on Adam, this is purely my opinion and I think that this video is really great! I would love to see a top 100 rendition of this in the near future, with even more of his great content to watch!
Yes more tiers would have made sense haha, I started off thinking I'd do 20 and then ended up doing 50... It's interesting that all the 'most popular' solos are mostly B-tier intermediate solos, which made me realise that it's because many people don't pursue marimba past that point (e.g. because of slowing down or choosing a different career).
@@AdamTanPercussion Its really interesting to think about it that way since most people who play mallets in high school would probably be able to play B tier pieces by the time they graduate, and then most don't end up going to music school. It goes to show why pieces are commonly written at that level, as they can attract to both advanced and intermediate players alike. That's a really good point!
Whoooo notif squad!!
I'll happily admit that I severely underrated Bach in undergrad... I was never interested in the music. Now I'm taking on the Well Tempered Clavier and uhhh yeah.... it's insane. Play Bach. It will make people better players. And this is probably just because i'm working on it right now and it's thoroughly kicking my butt, but I disagree with the Canon in D placement. Even though I agree with you that it's literally just a harder Canon in D. Idk I guess I just really like Canon in D.
Haha Bach is always life changing the first time you do it! Fair enough man, would agree that Transformation is still really hard. I'm not a fan of Canon after playing it countless times at various weddings hahaha
Where’s Odessa? How is it not in the top 50?
i was waiting for odessa too but I guess it was not on the list. I think he would’ve put it in high B tier but i’m not too sure
It wasn't on the most popular selection on the site haha.. otherwise I'd say it's a B :)
@@AdamTanPercussion Having played both odessa and frogs, I would have to say that odessa is much higher than frogs on the difficulty scale. I'm curious to know why you have them in the same class
Ilijas I personally think is a much harder piece than any of the other B tear pieces as it has a lot of advance techniques
I really liked...but... Variations on Porgy and Bess...
I think you have to do a marimba concertos list!!
At the moment I play Dream of the Cherry Blossoms. Hope that one day I can play all of these pieces!
Nice Adam!!!!! But where is odessa?
:,(
Wasn't on the most popular list on the site! Its a B for me :)
Hey Adam!
Thank you for making this video! God bless🙌😭
Now I can challenge myself to work up the each tier 😂
But by any chance, do you know of any Bach Solos that can be played on a 4.3 octave?
Thanks for watching! I'd say any Bach violin music fits :)
@@AdamTanPercussion Ok. Thank you!!!
druckman is WAY harder than a B
Aldridge is also significantly harder than a B.
Lansky way harder than a B.
Zivkovic I think is harder than a B as well. Knowing some of these pieces better and checking some of the rep lists for universities might help you thin out your B section!
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Druckman in the same level that Ilijas or Restless. Hmmm try the 4th movement . Also musically is far beyond that any of the B.
I think there is a lot of Bs that deserve a C or even D Position. Very funny video and great content.
Yellow after the Pain LMAO
can you do a top 10 marimba duets and a top 50 marimba duet tier list
You should do a similar one with the marimba technique/excercise books and do like muting and dampening, method of movement, four mallet marimba playing etc.
Sea refractions is too high
Maybe I should have an E tier hahaha
Adam Tan hahaha yeah I just finished my freshman year of high school and was supposed to play it at the end of the year. I had to practice that monstrosity of a solo for nothing!
Totally agree lol. Am a junior in high school who finished Ghost Garden - easily learned Sea Refractions in between practices.
It’s easy, but my gosh it’s pretty though
i remember playing caccia capers and yellow after the rain and being so proud 😭
Hey Adam it me Christian from school lol
Will you be releasing a book containing all the solos you've written so far as well as the album?
The Aldridge isn't meant to be played straight through. It's seven movements and the performer picks a suite to perform. Most end up doing four of the movements. It's also a really solid piece that I think you would enjoy if you ever get the chance to spend more time with it.
Also the only time I was almost upset was Variations on Lost Love and your little note made it better. I almost feel like it's S tier but A is a solid placement.
I will check out the Aldridge more! And yes haha I felt bad putting Maslanka in B the first time...
What did happen 2 years ago with that one composer?
Can someone explain what he is referring to, when he talks about Zivkovic?
Thoughts on Dream of the Cherry Blossoms by Keiko Abe? I could see A or S for that
I'd say A tier yeah!
Three Moves for Marimba and From My Little Island so low after saying you haven't listened to them is actually insanity. Three Moves is recognized as one of the hardest marimba pieces by most colleges/competitions. That's actually crazy you put them so low lmao. Please at least listen to a piece if you're going to try and make a ranking.
By the way where would you rank October night?
If you ever do another dci react the cavaliers have some great head cams like 2012-2018.
thanks for mentioning me;) but where would you put "Variations on Porgy and Bess"?
Thanks for the suggestion! I'd say between A and B (similar to Libertango in my opinion)
Do a tier list of marimba duos
My marimba teacher played velocities as a sophomore in high school. I must absorb all that he teaches me
WHAT
@@ShockzG5 he might have said college, but I’m pretty certain he said high school. He’s insane.
@@zaccsonofjohn1132 even if it was college that’s still insane
@@ShockzG5 we are from Texas
@@zaccsonofjohn1132 oh that makes sense
21:53 Correction: Time for marimba is written by Minoru Miki
Bro what do have against Steve Weiss Music?
You ever heard of Jisu Jung? Can you do a reaction video if you haven’t yet?
Hi Adam. Would you say Northern Lights is harder than Odessa?
im not adam but 100000000%
What about Immigrant Song (Trevino)?
Also, do make the Top 100
15:41 what happened ?
Where's the marimba solo in Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck
What happened with Zivcovich?
I am extremely interested to know, what are your thoughts on Prism?
It's great! Definitely changed the game for two mallet style solos back then
@@AdamTanPercussion - What happened that made you not support Nebojsa Zivkovic's music?
Is steive to be happy on their, connection is slow and cant watch it:(
What is the metric of difficulty here? Last year I played A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun and I'm not even _close_ to being able to touch Libertango lol
No Odessa ?
15:41 Can anyone tell me what happened two years ago?
Yeah I’ve same question
The same question
From what I can find he got dropped from innovative percussion because he made some comments on modern feminism
@@roguenetwork27 Oh ok thank you. I remember that the NJZ series had been discontinued, but I never knew the reason. Thanks!
From what I remember, he was posting inappropriate sexist posts on his official fanpage (not his personal) and when his endorsements got cut he made a poorly executed apology video, which was then deleted. Now all of those posts have been deleted and I guess life goes on.
Anyway, in the interests of staying neutral, I didn't want to say too much about it in the video :) Hope that's enough of an explanation!
:( i expected druckman to be higher, its significantly harder than libertango, especially with the other movements
How come Odessa isn’t featured? I feel like it’s one of the most famous Marimba solos out there.
What happened 2 years ago to Nebojša Jovan Živković?
Also, thanks so much for this list, it helps a ton! Do you think Prelude 1 of the Rousaro's etudes for marimba is a good audition piece for college? Paired with Delecluse 9 and a timpani piece I still haven't picked out yet (if you have any good timpani that would be awesome):D
I wanna know too! Did find out something?
Missing: See You Thursday, Tanaka Two Movements, Dream of the Cherry Blossoms. I guess you had to narrow it down to 50. PS - Lansky 3 Moves is HARD!
am surprised not to see mackey, my fav marimba solo😢
what about Astral dance? 👀
Okay but why is rotation 2 killing me :")
Please please please react to The Cavaliers 2010 Mad World! It’s the full show and I couldn’t find any head cams for it
What about April sky?
I'm working on Lemuria right now, where do you think you would put it?
Between A and S tier :) it's not quite S because I think the patterns are quite 'tonal' and can be predicted once you are familiar with Marjan's style (I've played it before) but otherwise it is still a very advanced piece!
@@AdamTanPercussion Oh no, Merlin's gonna be painful then
@@cannolivibraphone Yeeees I struggle way more with merlin for sure haha but Lemuria is close!
@@AdamTanPercussionwhere would u put just rotation 4? Unless I missed it in the vid lol
Where does the Pius/Casey rivalry start? I hear about it a lot but I know nothing about it lol
They went to school together, they’re actually bffs
White knuckle stroll 😎
Oof Carla Bley’s Over there from intermediate masterworks is not a b tier.....it looks simple but it’s truly difficult
I don't know many marimba pieces. And I don't know either if these performances are good but I share the complete tier list playlist with you:
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I’m sorry but Libertango on the same tier as a cricket sang is diabolical
What did Živkovic do 2 years ago?
Anyone hear of Troy Breaux? A fork in the road was amazing !
Boston Crusaders played Marimba Spiritual in 2018, your should check it out!
He actually already did. He did a video a while back where he actually learned the Boston 2018 Marimba book
If you were to put ghost gardens on the list what tier would it be?
It should be an D
Ghost Garden is on the list and it's in D tier :) 18:48
@@AdamTanPercussion that was the first marimba solo I learned, now learning steive to be happy:)
@@AdamTanPercussion yea I saw that it was in there after I prematurely commented lol.
"Time for Marimba" is by Miki.
I wish I could wake earlier so I can be one of the first
Whoever pressed dislike, give me your address, I just want to talk...
But he put land in the c tier
What is the probleme with N zivkovic ??
Extremely Homophobic and sexist. Personally I think the Dude is a scumbag. Amazing player and teacher however that has no place in the percussion community in this day and age.
@@LM-en4hz LMAO sike
Allow minimalism
Hahaha ok I'll allow it
Really should have separated them by difficulty FIRST, then ranked them by quality within each category.
I‘m happy with your list... but c‘mon... Rhythm Song has to be in B! It‘s a hard piece if you play it on a good flowing tempo and there are some hard parts! If you really work out the little melodies and the rhythm structures in the different patterns, it can be a very interisting piece! The fact that many people play it... nah... doesn‘t mean its not that interesting that it could be. 😘 Love for Paul Smadbeck!
Adrian Golbeck i totally agree! 🤫😂
Yellow after the rain needs to go. There is so much other marimba literature out there now that teaches similar skills for the same level of player that now exist.
Hahaha agreed!
Japanese pieces on A??!! 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha is that good or bad!
niflheim😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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15:41 what happened ?