Hand Me a Note
THE LOWEST NOTE ON
MOST OF THE MALLET INSTRUMENTS
THIS PART OF YOUR
ARM SHOULD BE RAISED
SO THE STICK DOESN’T
MAKE CONTACT WITH THE
BAR
Elbow
MOST MALLET HANDLES ARE
MADE FROM THIS MATERIAL (IF
IT IS NOT MADE OF WOOD)
Plastic
THE MALLET INSTRUMENTS WITH WOODEN BARS
ARE TYPICALLY CALLED THIS
Xylophones
ONE SOUND, ONE BEAT
Quarter Note
THE NOTE BETWEEN “D”
AND “F”
E
THIS PART OF THE BAR
MAKES THE BEST SOUND
Middle
A RUBBER BALL THAT’S WRAPPED
ON THE TOP OF THE MALLET IS
WRAPPED WITH THIS TYPE OF
FABRIC
Yarn
THE LOWEST INSTRUMENT IN
THE ORFF FAMILY
ONE SOUND STRECHED ACROSS TWO BEATS
Half Notes
AFTER B, YOUR NOTES START
OVER AT THIS LETTER
WHEN YOU PLAY, YOU MUST LIFT OFF YOUR BARS! OR
THINK OF IT AS THIS OTHER
WORD…
Bounce!
IF A GLOCKENSPIEL IS PLAYED,
THIS NON-WOOD MALLET HEAD
WOULD SOUND APPROPRIATE
Rubber or Plastic
WHAT METALLOPHONE BARS ARE
TYPICALLY MADE OF
Metal
THIS MANY EIGHTH NOTES SHARE A BEAT
Two
THIS IS HOW MANY NOTES ARE
ON YOUR INSTRUMENT WITHOUT
REPEATING ANY LETTERS
7
DON’T SLOUCH! MAKE
SURE YOU USE THIS
WHEN YOU PLAY YOUR
ORFF INSTRUMENTS
Good posture
THIS HARD OR SOFT COMPOUND
IS ON MALLETS USED FOR
SEVERAL ORFF INSTRUMENTS
Rubber
A GERMAN WORD THAT MEANS
“TO PLAY THE BELLS”
Glockenspiel
NOTES MAKE _____, RESTS MAKE _____
ON SOME GERMAN ORFF
INSTRUMENTS, THE “B” NOTE
IS LABELED THIS LETTER
GRIPPING YOUR MALLETS
REMINDS YOU OF THIS PART
OF YOUR BICYCLE…
Handlebars
THE GENERAL LENGTH OF A
MALLET IS AROUND 12 INCHES,
OR SOMETIMES CALLED THIS
A Foot
ONE SIZE HIGHER THAN
THE ALTO IS THIS
Soprano
A WHOLE NOTE PLUS TWO HALF RESTS PLUS TWO EIGHTH NOTES EQUAL THIS MANY BEATS
Nine