Percussionistic

One of the things that make the marimba a very engaging instrument is the fact that you are not physically touching the instrument at any time. This is also true for the drums, but you don’t need as much precision as you need on the marimba. To make things more “engaging”, the marimba is very [...]

Coming from a drumming background, it’s fairly easy for me to play with mallets, do the rolls, and coordinate the two hands. However, it needs a bit of learning and training to get used to holding two mallets in each hand. It is of course very important to be able to play each mallet independently [...]