Movement and posture during marimba performance: solo marimba works’ analysis and composition of technical exercises

Guilherme Massao Misina; Eduardo Lopes; Stephan Froleyks

doi:10.5216/mh.v24.79758

Authors

Guilherme Massao Misina Universität Münster, Germany, guilherme.misina@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3423-1555
Eduardo Lopes Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, el@uevora.pt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6743-970X
Stephan Froleyks Universität Münster, Germany, dekan.mhs@uni-muenster.de https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5867-5847

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/mh.v24.79758

Keywords:

Marimba, Marimba Works, Movement and posture, Musician's health

Abstract

this article is a cutout of a work in progress about the development of educational material for marimbist with a focus on developing skills in movement and posture after learning and analysing a selection of advanced works for marimba that have particular moments/sections where the player can improve his/her attention to possibilities in the body movements and postures. Here we bring some of the literature background found related to body movements and postures attached to the music/arts area, linking this literature to the experience of learning said marimba works and to the results of non-published composed material – technical exercises and etudes based on Brazilian and German popular songs – that focuses on the marimbist’s development of possibilities regarding movement and posture during marimba performance. With this work we expect to contribute to the existing – though scarce, once compared to other musical instruments – method literature for the marimba, considering even publishing the musical material as a separated material and in several languages to enable accessibility for most students around the globe.

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Author Biographies

Guilherme Massao Misina, Universität Münster, Germany, guilherme.misina@gmail.com

Bacharel e licenciado em Música pela Universidade de São Paulo sob orientação da Profa. Dra. Eliana Sulpicio. Mestre em Música pelo IA-UNICAMP sob orientação do Prof. Dr. Fernando Hashimoto. Em outubro de 2017, participou do International SPLASH Percussion Orchestra, realizando cinco concertos em cinco cidades alemãs. Foi finalista do Programa Nascente USP 2018 na categoria Música Erudita. Realizou curso de curta duração em Percussion Performance na University of Georgia (Jan-2018/Mar-2018), durante o qual realizou aulas de percussão com Tim Adams e participou de grupos como UGA Wind Ensemble e UGA Wind Symphony.

Eduardo Lopes, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, el@uevora.pt

Eduardo Lopes studied classical percussion at the Rotterdams Conservatorium (Netherlands) and holds a Bachelor of Music degree with highest honors (Summa Cum Laude) in performance and composition from Berklee College of Music (USA). In 2003, he earned a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), under the supervision of Nicholas Cook.

Eduardo has received numerous academic and artistic awards from both Portuguese and international institutions, including the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the Berklee Achievement Scholarship, the Berklee International Grant, the Luso-American Foundation for Development, and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

As a drummer and percussionist, Eduardo has performed in several countries, including Portugal, Spain, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, and the USA, and continues to freelance with prominent national and international musicians. As a researcher, he has published work in Music Theory, Rhythm and Meter, Performance Studies, Jazz Studies, and Music Education.

Eduardo has taught at the University of Southampton, the Oporto Superior School of Music and Performing Arts, and the Federal University of Goiás. Currently, he is a Full Professor of Music at the University of Évora's Department of Music and serves as the coordinator of the CESEM-UEvora musicology lab.

Stephan Froleyks, Universität Münster, Germany, dekan.mhs@uni-muenster.de

Stephan Froleyks was born in Kleve on the Lower Rhine in 1962 and studied at the music academies in Hanover and Essen. He works internationally as a composer, performer, and inventor of new instruments. Stephan Froleyks has received several scholarships and art prizes, his compositions, installations, radio plays, multimedia works and theater music were commissioned by WDR, Radio Bremen, and Deutschlandradio, among others, and are performed at many festivals (Donaueschingen, Witten, Dresden, London, Amsterdam, Sao Paulo ...) listed. As a performer and improvisation musician (drums/tuba), Stephan Froleyks works as a soloist and with various ensembles in the broad field of contemporary music.