I know I'm a bit late to this but I love the sound! There's an almost Moorish/Spanish flair there that I absolutely adore, and that I think you pulled off superbly
Anyone know what mallets he used in this video? Almost all the mallets I own are heavier variations, and I want to look into some lighter mallets for pieces for this
So im looking for lighter mallets that are also low register friendly. Im wondering how much did the few inches cut affect things? I ask because i really wouldnt want to have to cut my mallets. So my question really is, would it be worth it to still buy them withought cutting them. Im currently using the ip240s, if you tried them before, how do you think they compare? Sorry, im just super tight on money and dont have much experience with a variety of mallets. Also, hands down best performance of this piece by far. In my opinion, alot better than pickering himself.
I’ve played this piece with both cut and uncut mallets and it doesn’t really make a huge difference to me. If I’m not cutting the mallets, I’m still choking up to where I would hold them if they were. Cutting them makes a difference in the weight of the mallet and I feel like it really helped get a bit more natural rebound since. But really, cutting them also just gets rid of everything your not using so it doesn’t get in the way at all. There’s definitely a bunch of mallets that would work great for this piece-theses ones just sound the best on the instrument through the mics and feel the best for my hands.
I felt these mallets had the right balance of tone and articulation to get the fast rhythms to speak clearly, but still hear the harmony through dense sections like 5:14. My thought process here was most of the attraction of the piece is in the rhythmic vocabulary--and finding a mallet that sounds good in every register of the marimba is always a challenge.
