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
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 BARRED MALLET FAMILY
BASS BARS
ONE SOUND STRETCHED ACROSS TWO BEATS
HALF NOTE
THE HIGHEST NOTE ON MOST OF THE MALLET INSTRUMENTS
A
WHEN YOU PLAY, YOU MUST LIFT OFF YOUR BARS! OR
THINK OF IT AS THIS OTHER WORD…
BOUNCE
THIS NON-WOOD MALLET HEAD WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE WHEN PLAYING A GLOCKENSPIEL
RUBBER OR PLASTIC
WHAT METALLOPHONE BARS ARE 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 MALLET INSTRUMENTS
GOOD POSTURE
THIS HARD OR SOFT COMPOUND
IS ON MALLETS USED FOR
SEVERAL MALLET INSTRUMENTS
RUBBER
A GERMAN WORD THAT MEANS
“TO PLAY THE BELLS”
NOTES MAKE _____, RESTS MAKE _____
SOUND, SILENCE
ON SOME GERMAN MALLET
INSTRUMENTS, THE “B” NOTE
IS LABELED THIS LETTER
H
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