BLUE WING

Hiroyuki Yamazawa: A work available in both quartet and quintet arrangements.

This song comes in two sheet music, a quartet and a quintet.
Two patterns are included for both the score and part score.


[Playing time]
About 5 minutes 11 seconds
* As a play time for playing time, it is a play time by sound source, so it depends on the performance method and tempo.

※ Please note that we can not answer the question about setting.

[Composer Comment]

Inspired by the imagery of “Ao” (蒼)—as in Tōzan Sōsō (遠山蒼蒼)—this work is built around the vast and profound shades of blue. Throughout the piece, it portrays the soaring and floating figure of a winged being. The marimba expresses the “sky,” the “voice,” and the very “form” of this abstract presence—something that cannot be fully defined, yet vividly felt.

Both the quartet and quintet versions follow the same musical flow. Likewise, if you wish to expand or reduce the ensemble size, feel free to adapt it as long as the essence of the work remains unchanged. In such cases, simply adjust the title to “The Azure Wings Soaring Across the Sky – for Percussion ○tet” by replacing ○ with the appropriate number. Instrumentation may also be modified freely, as long as it does not alter the fundamental spirit of the music.

This is a piece that invites imagination to become creation. We look forward to hearing performances filled with your ensemble’s individuality and unique colors.

I expect to change my imagination into creative power, and to play full of individual groups.


* Please note that we can not accept backing and replacement due to shopping mistakes, so please acknowledge it.

[Instrument Used: Quartet version]
PLAYER A: Marimba (A25-C76 4-1 / 3 Octave), Bass Drum (MUTED)
PLAYER B: TAM-TAM, GLOCKENSPIEL, XYLOPHONE
Player C: Glass Harp, Vibraphone (F33-F69 3 Octave), Suspended Cymbal (with D)
Player D: Timpani (4), Sleigh Bell, Tom-Tom (4), Bull Roarer, Suspended Cymbal (3), CHIME,
Bongo, Foot Bass Drum, Tambourine (Stand Fixed)

[Instrument Used: Quintet Version]
PLAYER A: Marimba (A-C 4-1 / 3 Octave), Bass Drum (MUTED)
Player B: Sleigh Bell, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, TAM-TAM (with D)
Player C: Glass Harp, Vibraphone (F-F 3 Octave), Suspended Cymbal (with D)
PLAYER D: TAM-TAM, TOM-TOM (4), Suspended Cymbal (3), Chime, Bongo,
Marimba (C28-C76 4 Octave), FOOT BASS DRUM
Player E: Timpani (4), Bull Roarer, Marimba (with D), Tambourine (Stand Fixed)


Player A’s marimba part includes passages that require bowing techniques (in both the quartet and quintet versions).