Marimbalogy.com Ep. 4 2-Mallet Technique pt. 2

2 Mallet grip VS. snare grip. And basic strokes

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[shavethebravedave]

oh, you just explained it later in the vid.. so i ask otherwise: you don't use the middlefinger as a part of the fulcrum point at all? (cause I saw in another vid how a drummer used it kinda as a mixture between index and middlefinger (and of course thumb))

[Marimbalogy]

@shavethebravedave I'm mostly middle finger now a days, index for fast rudiments!

[d3fyre]

Hi, I've only been playing marimba for a few months, but I have a problem with the two mallet technique. When I try to play certain passages, particularly an E-flat scale or chromatic scale, I tend to hit the mallet heads in the air. How do you solve this problem? Many thanks :)

[Marimbalogy]

@d3fyre You probably need to raise the marimba or practice your full strokes, meaning that one mallet doesn't start to go down until the other mallet is already back up.

[xAirwave182]

I actually enjoy this and your other vids a lot. ;)

[Marimbalogy]

@xAirwave182 Thanks! Your support drives me to keep going :)

[shavethebravedave]

@Marimbalogy thanks! You've great knowledge and explanation talent by the way, especially the physic part in the velocity stroke-vids stunned me haha

[shavethebravedave]

Hi there! Can I ask where your folcrum point is when playing snare drum? Between thumb and index and middle finger or just thumb and index finger or just thumb and middle finger? :)