Interval Flux for Mallet Percussion
Finally, a mallet exercise! This is a very easy-to-learn exercise that can help as you develop your four-mallet interval control. When the tempo is slow enough, focus on changing the interval in your grip during the up-stroke of the mallets. The down-stroke should then come straight down to the bars.
A Few Ideas Before You Start…
- Set your metronome pretty low, down to 80 bpm or slower. Once you have the pulse, get a feel for the transitions between the quarter-note-triplets and eighth-notes.
- Do a technique check. Review everything from your grip to your stance.
- Subdivide and get started. Remember to try and adjust the interval during the up-stroke.
Interval Flux, for Mallet Percussion
- Interval Flux Four Mallets Warm-up Sheet Music PDF
You’ll quickly learn the three-two-one pattern and eventually know this from memory. You can then use it in your warm-up repertoire.
Be sure to have your instructor, director, or a peer watch you perform this exercise from time to time as you make progress. They’ll help you avoid any bad habits in your technique that may arise from the simplicity and repetitiveness of the motions.
Lastly, the exercise is written so that the intervals expand outward, but you can easily apply the same ideas to expand inward.
P.S. Sorry for this post arriving a little late. On May 1st I was busy climbing to the top of El Castillo at Xunantunich, and then straining my leg on the way back down.
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