 [721]Re:Mallets for the Creston Concertino (523 reads) |
2001-02-27 22:16:11 |
FWIW, when I played the Creston back in college, I used the same hard cord-wrapped mallets for both the first and third movements. The nice thing about this piece is, since it doesn't go below a 3-1/2 octave marimba's range, you don't have to worry about having one set of mallets that can cover a four or five octave range. Also, these movements are rhythmic as much as they are melodic, so a harder mallet (IMHO) is well-suited to them. For the second movement, I used a graduated set of mallets (soft/medium/medium/medium-hard, left to right), and used the two medium mallets for the single-line sections in the middle. You don't *have* to use the same mallets for the four-mallet and two-mallet sections of this movement, but if you do, it helps to keep your sound quality consistent for the entire movement. Just my $.02... JW http://www.malletjazz.com Remote Host: |
 [716]Mallets for the Creston Concertino <Julia> |
2001-02-27 09:59:42 |
 [717]Re:Mallets for the Creston Concertino <Scott Kitchen> |
2001-02-27 10:21:53 |
| [721]Re:Mallets for the Creston Concertino <James Walker> |
2001-02-27 22:16:11 |