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Is the counting correct

Is the counting correct

I’m on bass 5 and I don’t quite understand the counting please acknowledge me.i think I play 1 the and of 2 and beat 4

u/Different-Baby3331 — 1 day ago

Comedic Marimba Piece

I am preparing for Solo and Ensemble performances for the 2027 spring season, and was wondering if anyone knew any marimba pieces that almost tells a story?

Something I can almost "act out" while playing, that will make the audience catch on that it is supposed to be funny.

Thanks!

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u/sinfulxmadz — 1 day ago

Subreddit logo idea part three (final update)

I'm not gonna do any other iterations of this. If you don't like any of these, whatever. No matter what I try, some will say yes to it, others will say no. I can't please everyone. If none of these get used for the logo, I really don't care. This was a fun project to practice my photoshop skills. Maybe I'll re-use this logo elsewhere. Like always, criticism is welcome.

Ideas that were suggested: Center the cymbal better, add a brush, xylophone/bell mallet, remove the triangle beater. Some of you wanted sticks and mallets, others did not. One even suggested adding random aux stuff in the middle (I chose not to do this option, as it would be too chaotic IMO).

What I did: Added Becker Blues, changed the color of the marimba mallet to blue to keep one color mallets, added a brush. Each version has a text option too (r/percussion). A blank one with no logos or text is included here as well.

u/ggfchl — 2 days ago
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Help me find rudiment combinated exercises for DCI and Pipeband, please.

I really start to feel outrunning of my exercises.

I hope you can help me out with some nice exercises to improve my drumming on the snaredrum.
(Maybe with some stick tricks to learn eventually)

u/Sticks-Man — 2 days ago

Adult percussion private lessons in the Albany NY area?

Anywhere other than Blue Sky have percussion private lessons? I already reached out to Blue Sky and am awaiting to hear back! I’m interested in lessons at music stores or schools, not at private homes. Thanks!!

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u/bekkalea — 3 days ago
▲ 521 r/percussion+72 crossposts

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u/ModCodeofConduct — 5 days ago

A Madal, two Dejembe and a bodhran

These instruments I recently inherited from my Grandad. I have many fond memories of him playing them when I was little.

The double sided black drum is a Madal which is the national instrument of Nepal and the backbone of its folk music

The red rimmed drum is a Djembe with a snake skin.

The next drum with the fur is potentially one of a kind, I am struggling to find anything similar potentially a type of Djembe? Ashiko?

Both the African drums likely originated from Nigeria where my Gran did some work for a number of years.

And finally the bodhran is a traditional irish frame drum. Annoyingly the tipper (beater) got separated from the drum before I rescued the drum from the house clearout, I am working on making my own replacement, seen in the last photo, while holding out hope it might turn up.

Now I just need to learn how to play them properly and learn how to maintain them properly.

u/IdrisTheDragon — 3 days ago

Working on Competition List

You can see my previous post for information about the mallet competition I'm helping with. We are struggling with the upper levels. We moved Flight of the Bumble Bee down into level 7. We have Valse Brilliante – George Hamlin Green in level 8. We would like a contrasting piece to this work. Any thoughts?

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u/jamapplesdan — 3 days ago

Just obtained this vibraphone for cheap but need to fix the motor.

https://preview.redd.it/fbt4at5xd02h1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=6bb6386e1338322b74ee2f3e906b75ae034b8b84

Going to be picking it up tomorrow and excited to take a better look at it. I am not really experienced with percussion instruments, but it seemed like a steal so I jumped on it and will be putting it next to my Magnus Grand chord organ I got from the same place.

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u/Asphodelus99 — 3 days ago

Subreddit logo update #1

I removed branding. I also added a snare stick, marimba mallet, timpani mallet, and a triangle beater. Second image, I added the text r/percussion.

I'm always open to more suggestions and changes.

I tried my best to remove the zildjian logo. It's still slightly visible. Let me know if that's an issue.

u/ggfchl — 5 days ago

Subreddit logo idea

I wanted to include some sort of mallet percussion but it just didn't work well with the rounded shape unless I included a crotale. Any improvements on this? Should I add text?

u/ggfchl — 6 days ago

Looking for a concerto for Marimba/Vibraphone and Concert Band

Hoping to get some accessible options, some sheet music I can actually just buy and get the PDFs. I liked Prism Rhapsody but the whole "contact the publisher, rent the part, get it shipped physically" model has always seemed absurd to me.

I am not looking for a popular piece either, it can be some obscure piece as long as it sounds good and that I can get the PDFs for all parts. If there are any good options for other percussion instruments I'd be down for that too.

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u/Aleual — 4 days ago
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Is this a good instrument? (Used Kosth Vibraphone)

Would you buy this vibraphone? They want €1,200 for it. I'm not familiar with the brand or the quality of this kind of vibraphone.

u/scorpioiprocs — 6 days ago

Sub icon update

Hey guys, my earlier announcement (https://www.reddit.com/r/percussion/s/hT23h9Y5gK) got some great icon suggestions, thanks to everyone.

Since a vibraslap seemed to be the most suggested it will be the sub icon for now, with that I also added a banner, the sub should look cooler now :)

I also saw u/ggfchl’s design and it’s great, but I think still in draft currently? So if you ever finish it, please feel free to send it to me.

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u/Lingchen8012 — 6 days ago

Lending out symphonic cymbal as crash cymbal

I got the question to lend out my (relatively thin) 17" meinl symphonic cymbal to a band for them to use it as a crash cymbal. Are your experiences telling "no" since it can warp and maybe break the cymbal or do you think it will be fine? I will make some money out of it, so that's why I'm slightly considering it

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u/jonaman0802 — 6 days ago

How to wrap around beaters?

So I’ve been handed beaters, and they haven’t came with those little things you wrap your hand around with. Instead, I’ve got to attach but not sure how. Any way on how to attach it?

u/Fun-Mycologist5065 — 7 days ago

PICK UP THE SPOONS!!!

This is a week of playing the spoons, this is the most fun I’ve had playing anything. It’s just 2 spoons with a paper towel wrapped around the handles, it’s so much fun 😭😭😭 thank you Appalachian people!!

u/Formal-Grade-2103 — 6 days ago