Gary Burton Lesson Series, Part 5: The 4 Mallet (Burton) Grip 

You have changed my life for the better! Wow, I love this!

I respect Gary a lot. This video was not around when I was coming up. I’ve been playing for a long time. And I figured a lot of this stuff out on my own that gary figured out on his own. The one thing that he mentions that I disagree with is, he said that for him playing single lines with the two inside mallets caused more blistering on his right hand when he used the outside mallet with his right hand. When I did that playing single lines with the left-hand inside mallet, and the right hand outside mallet, I tore my index finger up causing severe blistering and callousing. It was constantly bleeding, and it was frequently big and people would look at it…embarrassing! when I started playing lines with my two inside, mallets, a lot less blistering occurred on my finger.

every piece over 140pbm i play with 4 mallets and im in marching band and indoor drumline & and they want me on vibe (where we on use burtons) and i find it sooo much easier transfering from musser stevens grip to burtons then when i first learned 4 mallets coming from 2

You sir are a genius

this whole time i thought traditional grip was burton grip!🤯

lol i learned with both when i started learning marimba

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Me? Thanks :-D