ENCHANTED WOODS
The Enchanted Woods by Alejandro Gonzalez © 2024 Tapspace Publications, LLC (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
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PROGRAM NOTES
The Enchanted Woods takes performers on a wild journey into a world of magic and mystery. Imagine a witch and wizard as they conjure and project their spells into the world. In this mythical world anything is possible. The musical development suggests that otherworldly creatures may lurk around any corner!
— Alejandro Gonzalez
PERFORMANCE NOTES
This piece is essentially a mallet trio but can be expanded to include various percussion parts and extra keyboards as instruments and players allow. See the opposite page for more details.
Three-mallet playing is required in parts 2 and 3. Part 2 requires two mallets in the right hand and one in the left, while Part 3 requires the opposite configuration. Mallet stickings are provided as suggestions, but feel free to alter them to the players’ skills and comfort.
While the score displays Part 3 in bass clef, the included set of parts contains both treble and bass clef options for Part 3. For players who don’t yet have experience reading bass clef, it may be preferable for them to read from a treble clef part. If choosing to use the treble clef version, the player would simply perform an octave lower than written on the marimba.
PLAYERS, INSTRUMENTATION, SETUP
MINIMUM SETUP
At minimum, The Enchanted Woods can be performed as a mallet trio with this required instrumentation:
• Part 1 — Glockenspiel (or vibraphone)
• Parts 2 & 3 — Shared marimba (low A)
SUGGESTED SETUP
For a more comprehensive experience, the following optional percussion parts may be added:
• Part 4 (2-player option) — P1: snare drum, 2 toms (medium & low), suspended cymbal; P2: bass drum
• Part 4 (1-player option) — drumset (snare drum, 2 toms, cymbal, kick drum)
• Part 5 (1 or 2 players) — Tambourine, woodblocks (high & low)
(If Part 5 is played by one player, the tambourine should be mounted to allow for quick changes between tambourine and woodblocks. At times the hand striking the tambourine must also hold a woodblock mallet.)
To further round out the musical ensemble, consider adding more mallet keyboard parts and/or piano if the instruments and players are available:
• Part 1 — Vibraphone(s), piano
• Part 2 — Xylophone, additional marimba(s), piano
THE ENCHANTED WOODS
P a r t 1
g l o c k e n s p i e l v i b r a p h o n e
P a r t 2
x y o p h o n e , u p p e r m a r i m b a
P a r t 3
l o w e r m a r i m b a ( l o w A )
P a r t 4 ( o p t )
( 1 o r 2 p l a y e r s )
s u s p e n d e d c y m b a l
s n a r e d r u m , 2 t o m s , b a s s d r u m
P a r t 5 ( o p t )
( 1 o r 2 p l a y e r s )
2 w o o d b o c k s ( h i g h / l o w ) , t a m b o u r n e
( l e t c ym r i n g t h ro u gh o u t
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