Instrumentation: Marimba Number of mallets: 4 Difficulty: Intermediate Sarah is stylistically impressionistic, using rapid permutations with very little articulation to create a flowing and undefined texture. Like the composition itself, the tempo markings in the piece are fluid, to be used only as a guideline for phrasing and textural purposes; typically, it is suggested to play the permutation as rapidly as possible without compromising the evenness between strokes (excluding the introductory measures, which should be played a little more metronomically).