@mcmullin Band Director, not a percussionist, but my 2¢:
This would probably limit mallet choices for the marimba part to mallets that would work well on the toms. 4 of them would be hard to set up too close unless the part lives on one range extreme or another (i.e. left or right of the […]
This would probably limit mallet choices for the marimba part to mallets that would work well on the toms. 4 of them would be hard to set up too close unless the part lives on one range extreme or another (i.e. left or right of the […]
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That’s my guess too. The most comfortable layout I can think of would be a compact set of toms placed perpendicular to the marimba near one end, probably the low end. Then you could stand in one place and reach both with either hand, but only if you kept to about half of the marimba’s […]