Hey man. I watched your recital. Don't undersell yourself - you're absolutely a professional. A great performer, knowledgeable and academically trained, not to mention that you're making mallets cool for the upcoming generation.
Thank you so much Stefan, that's very kind of you to say! I still wouldn't consider myself a professional in the formal sense of the term but it's nice to hear that :)
Nice job as always my man, I like how articulate and to the point you are on these tech talks, really valuable for those who are newer and even for those a little more well versed in all of this. Always love coming back to your channel and watching the numbers grow haha. :)
Thank you for the kind words Ryan, I'm doing my best to cater to as many groups as possible! I'm surprised the numbers are growing this quick, it's wonderful to be part of an awesome community like this :)
Adam Tan Keep it up, be creative ;) and you're right! The music community, specifically the percussion community, is great. I plugged your page on a few percussion forums and they seemed to get a good response! Gotta love all our percussion brothas out there!!
This is my first time hearing of the I guess European way of saying quarter eighth and sixteenth notes. This is also the first time that I'll say the way Americans do it is so much better, we should go to Celsius and metric but our way of saying those notes is so much more logical.
I have to agree, I've been brought up with quavers and crotchets but if I could I'd love to refer to them as 8ths and 16ths... it's like the metric system of music!
In addition to the alternative exercises Adam suggests in the video, after playing the 1234 permutation, continue on to the 2341, 3412, and finally 4123 permutation, essentially making it a "grid" of Double Lateral Strokes. Don't forget to check the balance of mallets hand to hand! At the end of the day, balance from mallet to mallet is as important as playing in time. You need to train your muscles correctly from square 1.
Ooooh, to you, a lateral is one motion for two notes, that's a ripple where Im taught. I learned a lateral was just two or more notes on one hand. Here are two exercises I play every day to work on my laterals and ripples. "Broccoli" Quarter note = 60-120 Entire exercise is in 16th notes 1234 x4 2341 x4 3412 x4 4123 x4 Repeat above perms, but instead of 4 iterations of each, do just two. Then go down. 4321 x4 3214 x4 2143 x4 1432 x4 And repeat these perms in iterations of 2. Then do "The Groove" which is a TON of fun. 1234 2341 3412 4123 x6 4321 3214 2143 1432 x6 Now do the same pattern as above, but on each quarter note move up a scale degree in A natural minor (intervals vary) And end on a bar of eighth notes alternating out-in (14/23) Hopefully that makes sense! The other one is "Jardone" or "Triplet Broccoli" or "Cauliflower" works on ripples Quarter note equals 160-240 Rhythm is straight triplet eighth notes 123 x8 234 x8 432 x8 321 x8 Same perms, but only 4 iterations each. Then only two iterations each. Then one iteration per perm, but 32 times through. And just for fun, an exercise I created for myself to work on rebound and proper mallet heights "BLORi" In any rhythm you want at any tempo you want, play the following pattern. Block, left (13), block, out (14), block, right (24), block, in (23) Block = all four mallets I usually play this in constant eight notes from quarter note equals 80-160 Great video, new exercises are always fun to learn and challenge myself with. :)
One thing my Percussion Director always gripes about is not pointing the index fingers at each other. He tells us not to close the index finger on the mallet to stay relaxed and be able to change intervals at any moment.
There is a cavalier front ensemble exercise that helped me with my double laterals. Music city mystique played it too. They called it ad Astra. Check it out.
Hey, just curious. Is the outside mallet meant to be loose in your fingerhold (allowed to swing up and down), or is it meant to be rigid and moving only with the hand
Good exercises, Adam, try not to confuse single alternating with double laterals though. A double lateral starts as a double vertical with a rotation at the end. One motion (double lateral, similar to a double stroke concept) as opposed to two motions (single alternating, similar to individual piston strokes). The real control comes when you blend the two techniques together and can voice your permutations. I'm only commenting because I showed my students your channel. You present content in a fun, easy to understand way, and I think it's awesome. Keep up the good work!
Great points Gary - you're absolutely right and I should have been more clear that this exercise is more of a mix between the two than anything else. Definitely the voicing is important and I guess it's more a promotion of looseness! Thank you for showing your students my channel as well, that means a lot to me :)
Just coming back to this as I’m reviewing for a warm up book I’m writing for a school, remembering why I liked it so much. I think I’m gonna change it up and add a triplet section in between quarters & sixteenth’s. 😉 maybe even do it in chords that progress chromatically each bar just to get them started on focusing on their shifting...what do you think, Adam?? P.S. Great to see you’re still putting out awesome content. Always refreshing to come back to your page and check out what new stuff you have going on.
broski you have to relax, you look tense and your technique looks frantic, I think it was the fact that you were going a tad too fast. Great Videos!!!!
Hi, nice video thank you for the tip. What types of exercises (of movement in the exercises) i should do for improve the projection of the sound? I want to produce more sound when i play. (Yeah i know all the disclaimers, i justa want your opinion jaja)
I actually talked about this in one of my Q&As (1:45 in Q&A #2: ua-cam.com/video/x-CKVSlw7Jg/v-deo.html) but basically I just 'throw' it and roll it at the same time so that I can move it quicker!
I would say start without mallets at all and just rotate your wrists in mid air like you would open a door knob :) Practice getting this motion nice and relaxed and then grab some mallets and do the same thing without the instrument. Once you have the rotation down you can start doing them in the 1-2-3-4 method, and then put it on the instrument and you'll be surprised!
That would be nice - I should ask Ron about them ;) My feeling is that they'd be similar to a lot of the Marimba One mallets I've reviewed already but we'd have to find out for ourselves wouldn't we...
First of all thanks for your videos man! I would like to say that this kind of a basic shit, you can find this exercises and 100 more in the Stevens book. I wonder if you could some videos about accompaniments on marimba, maybe classic songs, guitar chords on marimba. It sounds definitely interesting to me! Keep going!
Daniel Bolado Thanks for watching man! This is definitely a video more for beginners so yeah you're right it's a bit basic. I've been working on a video on how to make arrangements which might be what you're looking for!
Actually when I first came up with this I wanted to call it #TechniqueTuesday but then I was worried that I wouldn't make enough technique videos for there to be a regular Tuesday slot haha
shanna echeverry I can give a little help with burtons, I had to teach my self but I'm willing to share what I know. I would love to do a collaborative with Adam one day ! :)
I say you don’t need to be a professional to know and give advice on ways to develop chops. I’m tryna get my double lateral strokes going for a Blake Tyson piece 😂.
Adam Tan Just so you know, you're really funny and give great advice and exercises. Thank you for doing what you do and keep doing it please! Hope you have a good one :)
Hope you enjoy this week's #TECHNIQUETALK! Thank you for 800 subscribers :)
It makes me indescribably happy to see you reference Odessa. That is my favorite marimba solo I've ever learned
Hey man. I watched your recital. Don't undersell yourself - you're absolutely a professional. A great performer, knowledgeable and academically trained, not to mention that you're making mallets cool for the upcoming generation.
Thank you so much Stefan, that's very kind of you to say! I still wouldn't consider myself a professional in the formal sense of the term but it's nice to hear that :)
Almost 20 episodes of The Studio!!!!!!! Enjoyed the video. I'm excited for what's to come. :) Thanks for the great content.
Ethan Hight Thanks for sticking around Ethan, that means a lot to me 😀
This HAS to be the best channel in the entire youtube world💀💀💀💀💀
I really think you deserve more subscribers I love your channel, keep doing great!
Julia Larocque Thank you so much Julia! 😄
you deserve many more views than you get ..
Hahaha you are too kind :) I'm just grateful that anyone is even watching!
Nice job as always my man, I like how articulate and to the point you are on these tech talks, really valuable for those who are newer and even for those a little more well versed in all of this. Always love coming back to your channel and watching the numbers grow haha. :)
Thank you for the kind words Ryan, I'm doing my best to cater to as many groups as possible! I'm surprised the numbers are growing this quick, it's wonderful to be part of an awesome community like this :)
Adam Tan Keep it up, be creative ;) and you're right! The music community, specifically the percussion community, is great. I plugged your page on a few percussion forums and they seemed to get a good response! Gotta love all our percussion brothas out there!!
Ryan San Diego Really appreciate you sharing the love man! 😀😀😀
You're awesome. I'm building marimbas myself and it is hard as hell.
This is my first time hearing of the I guess European way of saying quarter eighth and sixteenth notes. This is also the first time that I'll say the way Americans do it is so much better, we should go to Celsius and metric but our way of saying those notes is so much more logical.
I have to agree, I've been brought up with quavers and crotchets but if I could I'd love to refer to them as 8ths and 16ths... it's like the metric system of music!
I love these kind of warm ups
Me too! :) Thanks for watching!
I didn’t know other country’s didn’t call them Quarter, 8th, 16th notes. Learn something new everyday.
Honestly I didn't know about 4/8/16th until I was in university hahaha... I think you guys have the better system for sure :)
In addition to the alternative exercises Adam suggests in the video, after playing the 1234 permutation, continue on to the 2341, 3412, and finally 4123 permutation, essentially making it a "grid" of Double Lateral Strokes. Don't forget to check the balance of mallets hand to hand! At the end of the day, balance from mallet to mallet is as important as playing in time. You need to train your muscles correctly from square 1.
Conor Mulford Fantastic tips Conor, couldn't have said it better myself 😀
Conor Mulford 4-2-1 grid is one of my favorite excersises, especially in the 123234 perm
What a legend.
Benny Nguyen You're the legend 😀
You should do some solo marimba performances in your studio. :) I love literally all of your videos, they're so great!
Thank you so much :) I hope I can do some solo recordings that sound good soon!
even though this was posted 3 years ago, i still come back to this video.
Ooooh, to you, a lateral is one motion for two notes, that's a ripple where Im taught.
I learned a lateral was just two or more notes on one hand.
Here are two exercises I play every day to work on my laterals and ripples.
"Broccoli"
Quarter note = 60-120
Entire exercise is in 16th notes
1234 x4
2341 x4
3412 x4
4123 x4
Repeat above perms, but instead of 4 iterations of each, do just two.
Then go down.
4321 x4
3214 x4
2143 x4
1432 x4
And repeat these perms in iterations of 2.
Then do "The Groove" which is a TON of fun.
1234 2341 3412 4123 x6
4321 3214 2143 1432 x6
Now do the same pattern as above, but on each quarter note move up a scale degree in A natural minor (intervals vary)
And end on a bar of eighth notes alternating out-in (14/23)
Hopefully that makes sense!
The other one is "Jardone" or "Triplet Broccoli" or "Cauliflower" works on ripples
Quarter note equals 160-240
Rhythm is straight triplet eighth notes
123 x8
234 x8
432 x8
321 x8
Same perms, but only 4 iterations each. Then only two iterations each. Then one iteration per perm, but 32 times through.
And just for fun, an exercise I created for myself to work on rebound and proper mallet heights
"BLORi"
In any rhythm you want at any tempo you want, play the following pattern.
Block, left (13), block, out (14), block, right (24), block, in (23)
Block = all four mallets
I usually play this in constant eight notes from quarter note equals 80-160
Great video, new exercises are always fun to learn and challenge myself with. :)
awww, your channel has grown so much ahah
More subscribers for this great man, pleaseeeeeeeee
Brendan O'Loughlin Hahaha you are too kind, thank you 😄
This is the 7th time I've come back to this video for the random 1234 dance
Al Sky Fajardo Gotta love Chris Brown 😉
I love these videos and they're really actually helping me out and they're great
One thing my Percussion Director always gripes about is not pointing the index fingers at each other. He tells us not to close the index finger on the mallet to stay relaxed and be able to change intervals at any moment.
Mallets for dayz That sounds right to me, controlling that index finger is so important ahaha
There is a cavalier front ensemble exercise that helped me with my double laterals. Music city mystique played it too. They called it ad Astra. Check it out.
Hey, just curious. Is the outside mallet meant to be loose in your fingerhold (allowed to swing up and down), or is it meant to be rigid and moving only with the hand
Summertime warm up
Double triple warm up
16 note runs and rolls
Oooooh
I don't play it but I like it
5:03 LOOKING LIKE A JELLYFISH omg I'm dead
Love your videos. :)
Thanks for watching! :)
16 on a hand/verticals mallet exercise
I have a double verticals exercise coming up :)
Good exercises, Adam, try not to confuse single alternating with double laterals though. A double lateral starts as a double vertical with a rotation at the end. One motion (double lateral, similar to a double stroke concept) as opposed to two motions (single alternating, similar to individual piston strokes). The real control comes when you blend the two techniques together and can voice your permutations.
I'm only commenting because I showed my students your channel. You present content in a fun, easy to understand way, and I think it's awesome. Keep up the good work!
Great points Gary - you're absolutely right and I should have been more clear that this exercise is more of a mix between the two than anything else. Definitely the voicing is important and I guess it's more a promotion of looseness!
Thank you for showing your students my channel as well, that means a lot to me :)
you're my hero man!
Oscar Aceves Ahahaha you are too kind!
Just coming back to this as I’m reviewing for a warm up book I’m writing for a school, remembering why I liked it so much. I think I’m gonna change it up and add a triplet section in between quarters & sixteenth’s. 😉 maybe even do it in chords that progress chromatically each bar just to get them started on focusing on their shifting...what do you think, Adam??
P.S.
Great to see you’re still putting out awesome content. Always refreshing to come back to your page and check out what new stuff you have going on.
broski you have to relax, you look tense and your technique looks frantic, I think it was the fact that you were going a tad too fast. Great Videos!!!!
I have to agree Jose, I am sorry for such a bad example of my own exercise LOL... thank you for being honest :)
Have you published your thesis? If so can we get a link?
Elijah Shina It's being examined so it won't be published for at least another four months 😅 but I'll let you guys know when it's online for sure!
Hi, nice video thank you for the tip. What types of exercises (of movement in the exercises) i should do for improve the projection of the sound? I want to produce more sound when i play. (Yeah i know all the disclaimers, i justa want your opinion jaja)
Thanks!
What do you recommend on changing intervals to octaves from smaller intervals?
I actually talked about this in one of my Q&As (1:45 in Q&A #2: ua-cam.com/video/x-CKVSlw7Jg/v-deo.html) but basically I just 'throw' it and roll it at the same time so that I can move it quicker!
more warm-ups
Filiberto Landaverde Deal, thanks for watching 😁
I'm struggling with developing this technique. What would you recommend to get the stroke style down before you can improve it?
I would say start without mallets at all and just rotate your wrists in mid air like you would open a door knob :) Practice getting this motion nice and relaxed and then grab some mallets and do the same thing without the instrument. Once you have the rotation down you can start doing them in the 1-2-3-4 method, and then put it on the instrument and you'll be surprised!
Could you review the Keiko Abe mallets from Yamaha? :)
Kaleah Scanlon Will be doing this one soon! thanks for the suggestion 😀
can you review the lynn vartan series with marimba one?
That would be nice - I should ask Ron about them ;) My feeling is that they'd be similar to a lot of the Marimba One mallets I've reviewed already but we'd have to find out for ourselves wouldn't we...
First of all thanks for your videos man!
I would like to say that this kind of a basic shit, you can find this exercises and 100 more in the Stevens book.
I wonder if you could some videos about accompaniments on marimba, maybe classic songs, guitar chords on marimba.
It sounds definitely interesting to me!
Keep going!
Daniel Bolado Thanks for watching man! This is definitely a video more for beginners so yeah you're right it's a bit basic. I've been working on a video on how to make arrangements which might be what you're looking for!
Thanks for your answer! looking forward then!
What mallets r u using
Vaaaaaan SIIIIICEEEEEEEE ah
Oops, wrong section, I'm a violinist not percussionist, but great video tho :)))
Hahaha well thank you for watching anyway! Violinists welcome ;)
“If you’re in America” 😂
Man, how do you get those chops?
What chops LOL I'm pretty average ;) but exercises like this definitely help!
Is nobody talking about that wall of mallets?
if only you posted on tuesdays, #techniquetalktuesday
Actually when I first came up with this I wanted to call it #TechniqueTuesday but then I was worried that I wouldn't make enough technique videos for there to be a regular Tuesday slot haha
Adam Tan would u be able to make a video explain burden and Stevens grip? ive learned them both but i wanna make sure im doing it right
I don't actually know Burton grip LOL... but I'll think about doing a Stevens video :)
Adam Tan awesome!! im doing okay in burtons i just needed help with stevens, my tec is making me switch grips for the show we are doing this year :p
shanna echeverry I can give a little help with burtons, I had to teach my self but I'm willing to share what I know. I would love to do a collaborative with Adam one day ! :)
I say you don’t need to be a professional to know and give advice on ways to develop chops. I’m tryna get my double lateral strokes going for a Blake Tyson piece 😂.
This is just 8/16 from a drum corps (the cadets I think)
So stiff... why so much sea sawing
You've picked up one of my big weaknesses ahaha... I wish I could be less stiff! More practice needed for me for sure...
Adam Tan Yeah I feel that, I dedicate too much time to Bering super loose 😂. But this exercise helps a lot so thx 👍🏻😊
Noah Man Hey that's not a bad thing at all though! good on you for doing that 😀
Adam Tan Yeah, I mean I'm only 15 but I practice over 2-3 hours a day 😂. I really love music and I wanna pursue that as a career someday.
Haha you are my inspiration my friend :)
How is your nose always so shiny? Haha
Anthony Lira I blame my softboxes hahaha, they heat up the room so much...
Adam Tan Hahahaha nice!
Adam Tan Just so you know, you're really funny and give great advice and exercises. Thank you for doing what you do and keep doing it please! Hope you have a good one :)
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You beat meeeeeeeee
Why does America feel the need to be different quavers or what ever you call them and them the metric system. Why do we need to be so DIFFERENT