Playing with Four Mallets on Lead
My teachers plays with four mallets on his double tenor and I was wondering if any one has/is playing using four mallets on the lead pan. How do you adjust to the two extra sets of mallets?
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Permalink Reply by brad shores on
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i have yused 3 in the past
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Permalink Reply by Chris Garner on
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Cool. Post some videos
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Permalink Reply by Tony Bongiovanni on
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Hi Chris
I've been messing around with 4 mallets for minor chords but it will take practice like anything else.
For Cmin I'll grab the C-G (first n fifth ) and the Bb-Eb ( b3 n b7th ) with the other 2. It sounds sweet but it's tricky to change to other chord. Still I'm not giving up on it.
I also created what I call the 7th stick. ( my teacher thinks I'm crazy : ) Two sticks. one's 12 inches long and the other in normal size. For C7 I grab the G n Bb with the 7th stick and the A on the other side of the pan with the normal stick. It takes practice but works well for comping on a song like WATERMELON MAN which is all 7ths. I play a low C pan
Good Luck
Tonypanman
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I have been doing four mallets on Oye Como Va when I just play the same part as the organ. MY backtrack includes the organ solo and I made a tiny percussion solo as well.
Tony Bongiovanni said:Hi Chris
I've been messing around with 4 mallets for minor chords but it will take practice like anything else.
For Cmin I'll grab the C-G (first n fifth ) and the Bb-Eb ( b3 n b7th ) with the other 2. It sounds sweet but it's tricky to change to other chord. Still I'm not giving up on it.
I also created what I call the 7th stick. ( my teacher thinks I'm crazy : ) Two sticks. one's 12 inches long and the other in normal size. For C7 I grab the G n Bb with the 7th stick and the A on the other side of the pan with the normal stick. It takes practice but works well for comping on a song like WATERMELON MAN which is all 7ths. I play a low C pan
Good Luck
Tonypanman
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