This is HUGE! Thanks for providing all this information in such an easy to understand format. I definitely would have used this so much if I had this when I started marimba!
idk anything about marimba and i only clicked on this video because it looked like you were cosplaying harry potter as a percussion kid… i learned a lot though!
Perfect timing for this video to come out! I just bought a marimba and am reteaching myself how to play. I'm a front ensemble tech for an Arizona Open Class indoor group and am really going back to basics to become not only a better player, but also a better educator. Also, I took your advice and have been recording myself rehearsing a few exercises every day to give myself feedback and track progress. :)
Wow! This is awesome! ❤ Have you ever had an issue with outside mallets shafting on in-out rotations (broccoli)? I’ve been having this issue recently at high tempos especially on descending 2-1. Should there be a slight upstroke of the outside mallet before it travels down during an in-out lateral? It almost looks like your hands “disengage” when playing faster inside mallets mainly in how they rotate around the outsides which I thought was interesting. Combining one-handers and an independent roll seems like a really good way to develop hand independence I’ve never thought of that and it reminds me of the marimba part at Q from the ballad this summer. Surprised but glad to see 7/8 in one of your videos 😂 was not expecting a SCV exercise lol. Overall this is a great resource and a great learning tool I’ll definitely come back to many times. Video is as awesome as any of yours. Thanks Nic!
no slight upstroke, i also call that pre lifting. i have a slight upstroke sometimes, but i try and remove this as it is not necessary and i cannot find a purpose for it. 21 is usually the most under developed double lateral. shafting is just inconsistency of wrist height so maybe checkout amount of arm? lol yeah. 7/8 made the cut. its such an iconic one that i had to include it as a variation. i want more groups to have an iconic chord progression. diatonic am7 kinda mid imo
Interesting. I’ve been thinking about hand mechanics recently and it’s something I don’t know much about and I want to learn more about what is actually happening to your muscles and bones when we play. But outside mallets drop when we play inside and all 4 should be at the same height when we play blocks. And doing independent strokes between 3 and 4 or 1 and 2 the mallets can be completely independent and rotate around each other’s axis while keeping the others at a tacit up. But how does it work when we get to laterals especially at higher speeds? Diatonic Am7 is the broccoli chords, right? I think 7/8 sounds a lot cooler and is good for practicing shift and full strokes at different intervals. But broccoli with two fifths the AEFC then AEGC while it doesn’t sound as good has always seemed better to me because wouldn’t it train you to keep both hands a more similar interval than the classic broccoli does?
@@frosty.marimba laterals both return to the same height. they are like a double vertical with a bit of added rotation. finding one motion to get both mallets to have the same down and upstroke as a double vertical, just slightly offset.
This is amazing! Definitely a resource i’ll be coming back to multiple times. You just earned a new subscriber! Also I really like the sound of those mallets, what are they?
@@ethantodd8240 depends on your goals. one way to work through these quickly is to make a spreadsheet of the tempo you can play every exercise with good technique, then play them 2 times at that tempo and each day increase the bpm by 1.
why am i watching this i'm a trombonist
thank you for uploading the bible
This is HUGE! Thanks for providing all this information in such an easy to understand format. I definitely would have used this so much if I had this when I started marimba!
idk anything about marimba and i only clicked on this video because it looked like you were cosplaying harry potter as a percussion kid… i learned a lot though!
0:09 Double Verticals
3:04 Octaves
3:54 Single Independent/Alternating
8:48 One Handed Rolls
10:19 Inside Two
12:23 Laterals
13:34 Multi-techniques (Broccolis)
Do you have a PDF? 🥺
@@RedstoneManiac13 email me at my first at last name dot org for pdf
You have such a beautiful practice space
Perfect timing for this video to come out! I just bought a marimba and am reteaching myself how to play. I'm a front ensemble tech for an Arizona Open Class indoor group and am really going back to basics to become not only a better player, but also a better educator.
Also, I took your advice and have been recording myself rehearsing a few exercises every day to give myself feedback and track progress. :)
Thank you I’m so washed I haven’t picked up 4 mallets in a year, very helpful for refining my technique!
Blud got that ensemble block merch🗣️
Holy shit. I've always wanted to provide my students with something like this. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this man! I'm a vibraphone player, hoping to be a marimba, and this helped a lot!
Amazing resource! Using this with all my students from now on
Wow! This is awesome! ❤
Have you ever had an issue with outside mallets shafting on in-out rotations (broccoli)? I’ve been having this issue recently at high tempos especially on descending 2-1.
Should there be a slight upstroke of the outside mallet before it travels down during an in-out lateral?
It almost looks like your hands “disengage” when playing faster inside mallets mainly in how they rotate around the outsides which I thought was interesting. Combining one-handers and an independent roll seems like a really good way to develop hand independence I’ve never thought of that and it reminds me of the marimba part at Q from the ballad this summer.
Surprised but glad to see 7/8 in one of your videos 😂 was not expecting a SCV exercise lol.
Overall this is a great resource and a great learning tool I’ll definitely come back to many times. Video is as awesome as any of yours. Thanks Nic!
no slight upstroke, i also call that pre lifting. i have a slight upstroke sometimes, but i try and remove this as it is not necessary and i cannot find a purpose for it. 21 is usually the most under developed double lateral. shafting is just inconsistency of wrist height so maybe checkout amount of arm?
lol yeah. 7/8 made the cut. its such an iconic one that i had to include it as a variation. i want more groups to have an iconic chord progression. diatonic am7 kinda mid imo
Interesting. I’ve been thinking about hand mechanics recently and it’s something I don’t know much about and I want to learn more about what is actually happening to your muscles and bones when we play. But outside mallets drop when we play inside and all 4 should be at the same height when we play blocks. And doing independent strokes between 3 and 4 or 1 and 2 the mallets can be completely independent and rotate around each other’s axis while keeping the others at a tacit up. But how does it work when we get to laterals especially at higher speeds?
Diatonic Am7 is the broccoli chords, right? I think 7/8 sounds a lot cooler and is good for practicing shift and full strokes at different intervals. But broccoli with two fifths the AEFC then AEGC while it doesn’t sound as good has always seemed better to me because wouldn’t it train you to keep both hands a more similar interval than the classic broccoli does?
@@frosty.marimba laterals both return to the same height. they are like a double vertical with a bit of added rotation. finding one motion to get both mallets to have the same down and upstroke as a double vertical, just slightly offset.
Thank you for making this! This is an amazing resource for technique that I will certainly use with my students!
Fantastic resource! Thank you for having great hands and great patience!! :)
great and very helpful video, thank you!
good technique yo
Son geniales tus videos ! 😊
Do you have all of these exercises avaible as one far peice of sheet musics?
This is a lot of great information, do you have a pdf you could share with me?
yeah email me at my first name at my last name dot org
@@nic-farriswill anyone be able to do this too? i'd also like the pdf to learn and reference!
@@twiistedlegkid3835 yeah a bunch have been
Really enjoyed the exercise 14:23!
This is amazing! Definitely a resource i’ll be coming back to multiple times. You just earned a new subscriber! Also I really like the sound of those mallets, what are they?
kolberg 417s i’m pretty sure. will check when home
this is awesome- is there downloadable sheets for this anywhere yet?
yeah email me at my first name at my last name dot org
What is the exercise called at 11:43
chromatic fun
Is there any way to find pdfs of these online?
How many times/how long should I practice an exercise until switching to another one?
@@ethantodd8240 depends on your goals. one way to work through these quickly is to make a spreadsheet of the tempo you can play every exercise with good technique, then play them 2 times at that tempo and each day increase the bpm by 1.
is there a full pdf to download?
@@OrthoJacko email me: nic at farris dot org
Rip g key
is there something wrong with one of the G keys? it sounds really flat
yeah 40 cents flat
@@nic-farris yikes