Mallets and Music
Mallets and Music

Author: Mark Boseman

Publisher: Mark Boseman Percussion

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780692783047

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Mallets & Music: A Guide to Four Mallet Marimba is a new method book designed to help you get started with playing four mallet marimba. It uses a combination of straightforward explanations, high resolution pictures, an easy to access video library, and a collection of music commissioned specifically for the developing marimbist. The guide features straightforward step by step instructions for learning the Stevens technique along with each of the different stroke types. Over 65 exercises will help you develop your skills to play any of the ten new pieces commissioned for this book. Mallets & Music features original music by world renowned performers and composers (Michael Burritt, Blake Tyson, Ivan Trevino, Aaron Staebell, Elliot Cole, Robert Honstein, Jennifer Bellor, Baljinder Sekhon, Matthew Curlee, Drew Worden) that were commissioned specifically for this book. Each composer has a unique style that will present you with new challenges, ideas, and experiences. The music is suitable for those who are just getting started using four mallets as well as musicians that have years of experience. Each piece of music is also accompanied by exercises that were inspired by their corresponding solo. These exercises will help you learn the technical aspects of each piece of music in order to help you learn them quickly and efficiently. In addition to music composed by world renowned composers and performers, Mallets & Music features over two hours of easily accessible videos. Using the camera on your smartphone or tablet, you will be able to use a QR code scanner to instantly access videos from the Mallets & Music YouTube channel. In the early chapters, the videos feature explanations and demonstrations of the techniques found within the corresponding chapter. In the later chapters, each piece of music has a corresponding video. These videos consist of a complete, live performance of the piece along with a brief lesson discussing techniques, practice strategies and musical considerations. You'll never have to search for a recording and you'll always have some help getting started.

Mallet Madness
Mallet Madness

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780893284442

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Grades K-6 * From master-teacher Artie Almeida comes this exciting collection of over thirty activities for mallet percussion instruments and drums that will energize your classroom. "Mallet Madness" uses songs, poems, music & literature connections, and reproducible flashcards to promote learning in the concept areas of beat, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expressive qualities. Thanks to its unique rotation system, your students will play all of the mallet percussion instruments in your classroom, as well as many of the non-pitched instruments. Suggestions for adapting the activities for use in classrooms with few, or even no, mallet instruments are also given. Whether presented as a unit or spread over a semester or school year, your students will love "Mallet Madness" and you will love the skills and musicality they develop during these lessons.

Primary Handbook for Mallets
Primary Handbook for Mallets

Author: Garwood Whaley

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780634039249

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(Meredith Music Percussion). Internationally acclaimed by today's leading teachers, Primary Handbook for Mallets (xylophone, marimba, vibes, and bells) is designed for the beginner of any age. This method provides a complete introduction to mallet playing for private lessons or classroom use. The play-along audio also makes this the ideal self-instruction method. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Click here for a YouTube video on Primary Handbook for Mallets

Musical Studies for the Intermediate Mallet Player
Musical Studies for the Intermediate Mallet Player

Author: Whaley Garwood, Whaley

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781574630077

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(Meredith Music Percussion). A complete intermediate method that includes studies in technique, reading, duets and four-mallets. (a href="http://youtu.be/5GHNbQAYdHY" target="_blank")Click here for a YouTube video on Musical Studies for the Intermediate Mallet Player(/a)

Fundamental Method for Mallets, Book 2
Fundamental Method for Mallets, Book 2

Author: Mitchell Peters

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781457407574

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This comprehensive new method by Mitchell Peters (principal percussionist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic) helps percussionists at any level develop solid skills. The method contains an abundance of essential exercises and etudes for both 2- and 4-mallet technique in two convenient volumes! Covers the grip, stroke, playing position, reading and technical studies, and more!

Fundamental Solos for Mallets
Fundamental Solos for Mallets

Author: Mitchell Peters

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published:

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781457412288

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These expertly written, early- to late-intermediate solos were written as a companion to Fundamental Method for Mallets, but can act as supplementary material to any method book. Each solo is suitable for contests or juries and features a challenging variety of musical styles and contexts.

Four-Mallet Marimba Playing
Four-Mallet Marimba Playing

Author: Nancy Zeltsman

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2003-11-01

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1476865434

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(Percussion). This book contains a lot of music, from musical etudes designed for beginning and intermediate players, to recital material appropriate for intermediate and advanced marimbists. It includes: examples taken from contemporary solo and chamber works, with commentary and performance tips; 50 studies to develop four-mallet technique in a musical way; 18 classic and contemporary solos for recitals, auditions or juries, written by Beethoven, Handel, Chopin, Debussy, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and others; and helpful guidelines for mallet selection, grip, strokes, tone production, rolls, stickings, phrasing and other important topics.