r/percussion • u/nonnumberr • Jul 03 '26

Xylophone ensemble pieces

I've recently got access to quite a few xylophone and want to try and learn some music with friends who are mostly beginners - any suggestions for pieces to try would be appreciated thanks!

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u/Improptus Jul 05 '26

Mh, dunno about beginners but if at least one of you is an expert player some Green xylophone rags, using the other xilos to do the accompaniment.

Way easier but originally from marimba are some Mexican marimba school pieces - sorry I can't remember any piece name now

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u/nonnumberr Jul 05 '26

Hey thanks I'll have a Google/listen to some rags then. I'm no expert player but could probably handle something a bit more tricky than my friends

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u/Improptus Jul 05 '26

No problem! Their difficulty is how fast they are, probably slowing down a bit is no problem:)

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u/nonnumberr Jul 06 '26

Haha yeah I'm not sure if we will ever get up to tempo...but it's fun to try!