Marimba Music 2 includes many of the pieces Jon Madin has developed for use in schools in recent years. These pieces are designed to be easy to teach and to be sufficiently catchy and vibrant to keep kids interested.

Marimba Music for Little Kids is a collection of songs and pieces of music for diatonic marimbas, xylophones and other instruments. These songs are suitable for children ages 5-10 (some can easily be adapted for older children too). The songs for the youngest children have actions and only a few notes to find. - See more at: http://www.beatinpathpublications.com/JMadin/home.html#sthash.KX8Ep96I.dpuf

(Percussion). If you've been playing vibes for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs. Songs include: All of Me * Birdland * Clair De Lune * Desafinado * Friend like Me * Havana * Misty * On Green Dolphin Street * The Pink Panther * Sway (Quien Sera) * Sweet Caroline * Walkin' on the Sun * and more.

Mallets & Music: A Guide to Four Mallet Marimba is a new method book designed to help you get started with playing four mallet marimba. It uses a combination of straightforward explanations, high resolution pictures, an easy to access video library, and a collection of music commissioned specifically for the developing marimbist. The guide features straightforward step by step instructions for learning the Stevens technique along with each of the different stroke types. Over 65 exercises will help you develop your skills to play any of the ten new pieces commissioned for this book. Mallets & Music features original music by world renowned performers and composers (Michael Burritt, Blake Tyson, Ivan Trevino, Aaron Staebell, Elliot Cole, Robert Honstein, Jennifer Bellor, Baljinder Sekhon, Matthew Curlee, Drew Worden) that were commissioned specifically for this book. Each composer has a unique style that will present you with new challenges, ideas, and experiences. The music is suitable for those who are just getting started using four mallets as well as musicians that have years of experience. Each piece of music is also accompanied by exercises that were inspired by their corresponding solo. These exercises will help you learn the technical aspects of each piece of music in order to help you learn them quickly and efficiently. In addition to music composed by world renowned composers and performers, Mallets & Music features over two hours of easily accessible videos. Using the camera on your smartphone or tablet, you will be able to use a QR code scanner to instantly access videos from the Mallets & Music YouTube channel. In the early chapters, the videos feature explanations and demonstrations of the techniques found within the corresponding chapter. In the later chapters, each piece of music has a corresponding video. These videos consist of a complete, live performance of the piece along with a brief lesson discussing techniques, practice strategies and musical considerations. You'll never have to search for a recording and you'll always have some help getting started.

Marimba Songs is a collection of songs for children with easy arrangements for marimbas and xylophones. It is designed mainly for middle and upper primary school children.

These 18 pieces are versions of well-known classical music arranged for instruments available in most school music rooms and feasible for playing by community groups as well.Sometimes these arrangements use only a few notes or have easy repeated patterns. They have worked well with children, with family groups, in various school settings, and with older adults aged 65- 90 - many of whom have had little experience playing music in groups. Many melodies from the classical repertoire are familiar even to children, from television themes, advertising, or cartoons. These arrangements are intended to make playing in groups possible for a wide range of people using commonly available instruments. The pieces are also easily found on YouTube in many orchestral arrangements.

(Percussion). This book contains a lot of music, from musical etudes designed for beginning and intermediate players, to recital material appropriate for intermediate and advanced marimbists. It includes: examples taken from contemporary solo and chamber works, with commentary and performance tips; 50 studies to develop four-mallet technique in a musical way; 18 classic and contemporary solos for recitals, auditions or juries, written by Beethoven, Handel, Chopin, Debussy, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and others; and helpful guidelines for mallet selection, grip, strokes, tone production, rolls, stickings, phrasing and other important topics.

Marimba Music 1 is a collection of easy pieces for diatonic marimbas, xylophones and other instruments. Each piece has simple and more challenging parts. All pieces have been extensively classroom tested and are suitable for children aged 8 to adults. - See more at: http://www.beatinpathpublications.com/JMadin/home.html#sthash.KgiAcf1C.dpuf

Grades 3-6 Take one part Christmas spirit, one part barred percussion, a healthy scoop of compositional creativity, and what do you get? This collection of innovative arrangements takes traditional Christmas carols to exciting new heights as they travel through more surprising twists and turns than Santa and his team of reindeer. Use them to add a bit of sparkle to your holiday program or to inspire smiling faces in your general music classes. As always, Doug provides you with teaching tips and performance options to help bring the exciting world of the marimba to your students and audiences. With the purchase of this book, you can also download free audio tracks and video performances.