Adapting the marimba into Astor Piazzolla's music

Yves Popow

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It is common in the percussion world to play the music by Astor Piazzolla without being proficient in the Tango style. A lot of percussionists, including me, simply play the piano or guitar parts on the marimba without making any adjustments to the arrangement, because it sounds good to us and it is technically possible. By copying directly, we think we know about the style, but we are wrong. This issue can also be found in the marimba arrangements of Bach’s Cello Suites. In my opinion, one should research about styles of the compositions if they were not originally written for percussion. Otherwise one will never be as close as possible to the intended style, which is essential for a good performance. Since Tango is about arranging, my goal is to find a suitable role for the marimba in the music of Astor Piazzolla that is as closely aligned to the stylistic traits of Tango as possible.

type	research exposition
keywords	Marimba, Astor Piazzolla, Arranging, Tango, Codarts, classical percussion, interpretation
date	05/05/2016
published	21/05/2016
last modified	21/05/2016
status	published
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affiliation	Codarts, University of the Arts
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url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/271640/271641
published in	Codarts
portal issue	Codarts Artistic Research Reports.
external link	www.yvespopow.com

name	Research, Yves POPOW, 2015
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name	otoño Porteño, Yves Popow
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name	Marimba Tango Method
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name	Track 26 , Final recording and arrangement of Otoño Porteño 2015
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name	Track 12, Otoño Porteño Trio Version June 5th 2014
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name	Track 11, Milonga 4
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name	Track 10, Milonga 3
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name	Track 8, Milonga 1
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name	Track 7, Yumba 4
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name	Track 6, Yumba 3
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name	Track 5, Yumba 2
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name	Track 1 (December 2013)
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name	Track 4, Yumba 1
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name	Track 25 , marimba solo in Otoño Porteño, 2015
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name	Track 20, Rhythm section of 5tet arrangement. Result First half, Decmber 2014
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name	Track 19 , Dead Stroke example
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name	Track 18 electric guitar and marimba switching , functions.December 2014wav
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name	Track 17, marimba bass, guitar harmonic , accom. December 2014wav
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name	Track 16 guitar bass, marimba accom. December 2014 wav
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name	Track 15, marimba bass and chord part
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name	Track 14, double bass + marimba chord
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name	Track 13, marimba and double bass, bass part
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