Raindance by Alice Gomez and Marilyn Rife

POV view of one of the most popular pieces that early marimbists learn.
Check out my masterclass for helpful performance tips: • Raindance Masterclass
Disclaimer: Most of the time, I'm reading the music since I don't really have time to memorize the whole piece. There are a few missed notes, particularly left hand m. 91 and 93. My goal is to play as accurately as possible, but also just to give you good idea to help you learn the piece. Since I do these live in one take, and I don't really have time to make this full time, I can't always do twenty takes to get it perfect. Anyway, it's still a good run and I hope you can learn from it.

[@arisafari_]

i’m literally filled with joy that i get to learn this piece as an eighth grader. it’s such a beautiful piece and i can’t wait to play things even cooler in high school!

[@reneosornio5130]

Play white knuckle stroll

[@louise_truth1240]

Damn your good at marimba as and 8th grader. Try learning prelude number 1 it’s a pretty difficult piece I would say.

[@ale_isanodd1]

haha i’m in 8th grade and playing this

[@TitanFence]

Im in 7th grade (going into 8th) and im doing white knuckle stroll and this

[@TitanFence]

Might post on youtube along with Yellow After The Rain and Ghost Garden

[@erSancheh]

This is hands down the most enjoyable piece for marimba I've ever heard. I've not played it yet, but I think I'm gonna' give it an extracurricular try.

[@POVMarimba]

Thanks for the comment!

[@pileofgarbo9287]

Lol the good Ol extracurricular try

[@juliamandrell9755]

Great video, I’m hoping to play this for solo and ensemble this year! 😄

[@lucscott3631]

Same!!! It’s the first time I’ve ever learned 4 mallets

[@Joke-kt1tz]

Made to state with same solo hby?

[@juliamandrell9755]

@@Joke-kt1tz Nice, I did as well!

[@ShockzG5]

@@lucscott3631 would you recommend it to someone who is also looking for a first 4 mallet piece?

[@POVMarimba]

Thanks everyone. Glad you enjoyed it

[@Kanari_-dt5cy]

0:00 〜 1:04
1:04 〜 1:14
1:14 〜 1:51
1:51 〜 2:52
2:52 〜 4:29
4:30

[@coco-cl1ul]

Love it

[@sillygoober0000]

I'm learning this piece as an eighth grader right now and it's a lot of fun :) it's my first 4 mallet piece so it's definitely taking some getting used to, but it's definitely worth it. I literally love marimba so much

[@POVMarimba]

That’s awesome. I have a Masterclass on my channel that you can check out for more tips and tricks.

[@tylerwiseman453]

Have you played ghost garden?

[@lucscott3631]

Damn you holding like 160 dollars worth of mallets In This video

[@POVMarimba]

Not to mention 16k worth of Marimba. 😂

[@lucscott3631]

@@POVMarimba 😂😂😂

[@robbyhale4756]

What grade is this 4 or 5

[@POVMarimba]

Robby Hale it’s actually more like a grade 3 now a days. I’m sure you would find it as grade 4 though.

[@dustinpruitt5373]

Robby Hale it’s a grade 5, it’s eligible to go to state when played at S&E or I&E

[@POVMarimba]

Dustin Pruitt wow. I didn’t know it was that high. Good to know though. I think at some point they redo the grading system

[@dustinpruitt5373]

POV Marimba yeah I think it’s because of the 4 mallets, plus having to do rolls at 8ths and 9ths as well as different rhythms that come out to be polyrhythms but a little bit more challenging, but honestly depending on the state it could possibly even be a completely different grading scale. I know in Florida it’s a 5 but who knows it could be a 5 everywhere.

[@KieranDurand]

​@@POVMarimba yeah, Florida even has Yellow after the rain rated a 5

[@ShockzG5]

What mallets are these?

[@POVMarimba]

Marimba one Wave Wrap no 2

[@Luv-y0]

I’m not finishing this in 2 weeks broooo

[@Dead9982]

You’re so done😭😭

[@BalloonHeadTiger]

lol how’d it go

[@luck9723]

Learning this as a 7th grader 😭

[@POVMarimba]

You got this! Check out my Masterclass videos for specific tips.

[@luck9723]

@@POVMarimba hello, I don’t think you remember me. But I finally played this piece in eighth grade for a concert and your masterclass and this performance really helped me out. Thank you!

[@tonkachonka-pd6hj]

@@luck9723how’d the performance go?

[@luck9723]

@@tonkachonka-pd6hjreally well, thank you!

[@cl0udy320]

Those are some expensive mallets

[@POVMarimba]

Yup. You should see my other 100 pairs. 😅

[@yo-dc5tt]

面白い目線(*^^*)

[@POVMarimba]

What does that mean?

[@erSancheh]

@@POVMarimba It means "interesting perspective" in Japanese. He/She is praising the POV camera.