(2009)
Duration: 8'00"
Instrumentation: alto saxophone and five octave marimba (four-mallet version)
Commissioned by CASE Arts Group, Inc. and a Consortium of Performers
Upcoming First World Premiere: Recital, Jeremy Justeson, alto saxophone, Robert Paterson, marimba, March 15, 2009, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, USA.
Publisher: Robert Paterson Music (ASCAP)
Audio Excerpt [MP3] | Score Excerpt [PDF] | Pre-Order Music (will ship February, 2010) | Six-Mallet Version
Introduction to My Six-Mallet Technique | Basic Six Mallet Exercies
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The title, Tongue and Groove, is borrowed from carpentry, and is a method of fitting similar objects together edge to edge. In this piece, it refers to tonguing, a technique used on wind instuments to enunciate different notes, and to the groovy feel of the marimba part. It also refers to the rhythmic interaction between the instruments and to how the different lines precisely follow each other.
The marimba part in the original version of this work uses six mallets. In order to allow percussionists who are unfamiliar with six mallet technique to play this work, I created this four mallet version. The only difference between the two is that I removed some notes here and there, but the essential feel and flavor of the work remains the same.
Tongue and Groove was commissioned by CASE Arts Group Inc. and a consortium of performers.
