So the concerto consists of the basic chord structure of (I-bV-iv-V-I) but then throws you for a larger loop. So starting in E major we have... E maj. - B flat maj. - C# min. - B major - then back to E maj. That's just the opening statement not to be out done the next big section goes as thus D min7 - E min4 - A min4 - D min - G min - C min to then C# min.
Now that I've got a handle on the general chord changes I was thinking this would help in some of the movement in the marimba part. Think again, the Marimba part serves as most, at times, all of the transition from chord to chord so very rarely does the marimba actually center in on any one key. The few cadences that do happen in this piece are in the orchestra/piano part but are so subtle and fast that one could miss it if not reading the score.
I'm glad I got this far with it which definitely gives me a foundation to stand on with the marimba part but there are still so many times at which the running scale or chord of the marimba does not coincide directly with the overall key structure that it's hard to image and completely hard to get into your hands.
Thus is the fun of learning a completely challenging piece but there are times at which I feel it will get the better of me. It's at those times that I just dig in a little harder and a little deeper until something musical and productive jumps out of the pages at me. The spaces between those jumps seems to be fewer and farther between these days. Let's Go!
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