Cavatina by Stanley Myers is the theme song to the award-winning 1971 Universal Pictures
and EMI Films presentation of The Deer Hunter. Originally written
for solo guitar, this piece represents the tranquility of the woodlands in
western Pennsylvania versus the horrors of the Vietnam War. Gifford Howarth's
arrangement for marimba utilizes a one-handed roll to help bring out the
melody line while leaving the other hand to play the moving bass line.
The piece is written
for a low E marimba, but it can be easily adapted to a low A marimba by simply
playing lower notes up an octave and playing most of the middle section up
an octave.
Published
with permission by GHowarth Publications. Electronic distribution
exclusively by Tapspace Publications.
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*Listen
to Howarth play this piece on his CD, "Rosewood Resonance"
available at giffordhowarth.com.
