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El Padre: each Composer: Schinstine William J
El Padre,"is a flexible ensemble and can accommodate four to ten players. It is styled as a cha cha-cha featuring two mallet instruments: vibraphone, which conveys the melodic line set in single notes and octaves requiring only two mallets, and marimba, which contributes a four-mallet accompaniment. A percussion section of cowbell, timbales and congas, scored for a minimum of two players, completes the instrumentation. The publication has been tailored to suit the limitations of a student ensemble. For example, although the marimba accompaniment is the most difficult part, a high school marimbist with a little experience with four mallet technique should be able to master it thanks to Scheffel's chordal voicings that feature repetitious double-stop thirds set in the right hand and a single-line bass in the left. The rhythmically animated marimba accompaniment, complemented by Latin percussion parts that offer opportunities for improvisation, should give a group of high school players a chance to make this Latin-styled piece sound muy auténtico.
