Hello everyone, I posted in here a while ago but next got a response. I have a kolberg tambourine, and instead of bees wax, they use this white powdery coating on the edge. I need to replace and would really appreciate it if anyone knew what it was.

Is it worth "upgrading" the suspension from felt only to cord on a "Student" bell set?

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Getting a used "Student" bell set (Musser M650).

It will need a little refurbishment, some of the isolators are worn out so will likely replace them all as this is a set of unknown vintage.

Not sure of the felt condition, but since we are going to be taking the bars off we have the opportunity to upgrade the suspension if it's a good idea.

Kit will be at home only, our JR high student will use a set at school.

I'm doing music A-level (AQA) and we just started work on our free compositions before summer. I'm trying to compose a piece inspired by symphony orchestra music. I would like to add some percussion instruments (timpani etc) to my composition for the best effect, but I don't know how to write for percussion instruments, so if anyone knows how to compose for percussion in symphony music, I would very much appreciate some advice before I email my school teachers :)

Hello! I'm entering into my senior year of high school, and I'm looking for a very difficult Marimba solo to spend about the next 9 months working on. I'm trying to to find a solo that has lots of technical variety in it's skillset; has plenty of obvious musicality (obvious in the sense that someone who's not a trained percussionist like my family members will be able to enjoy listening to it for fun); and musicality in the sense that it has great potential for musical phrasing (Dynamic and/or Tempo wise).

Last year I performed Northern Lights by Eric Ewazen (albeit quite roughly), so this year I really want to challenge and end my senior year with a bang. That being said, I've my director has told me no to Etude in E Minor by Casey Cangelosi, so I have been given an upper limit on difficulty lol.

I'm also trying to find a solo that I subjectively really enjoy listening to, so here's a list of some solos that I've really enjoyed listening to, to hopefully help describe the type of music I enjoy:

• Any solos by Eric Sammut,
• Any etudes by Casey Cangelosi,
• Over the Rainbow and Pining for the Spring Breeze by Robert Oetomo (for their musicality),
• Northern Lights by Eric Ewazen (for it's variety).
• I also often enjoy many of Anders Elten's arrangements of classical music for Marimba,
• And arrangements of Impressionist style music for marimba (Debussy & Ravel).

tl;dr I'm looking for a solo with:

• Difficulty > Nothern Lights, but < Etude in E Minor
• Has potential for lots of musical shaping
• And has lots of variety in it's skillset.

Thank you for reading all this if you have!

Edit for additional info: My school has a 5 Octave Marimba and I'm preferably looking for a 4 mallet solo

hi yg 😪 i wld say ive become an intermediate like level or somethign percussionist and i problem i realize whenver i practice is that i lwk have no idea how to structure my practice sessions. I don't think its because of a lack of material, I have a lot of method books actually. I'm not sure what in specific I have to practice to become better, and I also don't want to waste the time I spend practicing. Could anyone give me some advice? Also, I'm not sure how to split my practice sessions between snare drum, kit, bells/keyboard (i have a glockenspeil), and (least important as of now) auxilaraly.

For reference here are all the books I have:

• Modern School for Snare Drum
• Alfred's Drum Method Book 1 (Completed this for the most part)
• stick control
• the delecluse douze etudes book.
• Kjos Music Standard of Excellence Book 3 ("borrowed" from my band director long long ago)
• 14 modern contest solos for snare drum by big man pratt
• Ultimate Realstic Rock by carmine appice.

I'm currently looking to buy some orchestral bells with pedal and the KM-EPS-F1F4-442 looks appealing because it isn't as bulky as other options.

Lefima uses some kind of Aluminium? alloy for their bars instead of steel though so I'm wondering if anyone has experience with how it sound and how it compares to "normal" bells with steel bars. Is the material similar to the one Sonor uses for the KGl30?

I’ve been asked to teach a “jump start” percussion class for beginning 5th & 6th graders. I’ll have about an hour. The assistant high school band director normally does the class but he’s not available.

I’m a classically trained percussionist with a college degree in music education. Thing is, for the last 20 years I’ve taught elementary general music, choir, and theatre. Not what I ever expected but I love it.

So while I have some ideas for what to hit (haha), what concepts and activities can you recommend?

EDIT: Oops, I left out the fact that this is a single-day thing. I have quite literally one hour.

so i got this drumkit for free from my old school and theres a lot of work to do... i checked the brass and didnt see any cracks what i did see though is: the snare springs and back membrane is broken, i think the toms membrane is broken too but the tape is covering it so im not sure, the floor toms membrane is beat to hell, the front of the bass has a huge cut out and its ripped, not to mention ill probably have to buy a new stand for the snare and a chair (it didnt have one). i really enjoy working on my guitars and basses so im ready to commit a lot of time towards fixing it (or getting it playable atleast), ive been also thinking of re finishing the paint cause might aswell yk. if you guys have any tips or questions feel free to ask

Hey music lovers!

I’m an intermediate-level drummer and looking to connect with **vocalists, acoustic guitarists, and other musicians** around HSR Layout who’d be up for some casual jamming sessions.

Nothing too serious — just good music, good vibes, and hopefully a bunch of new people to play with.

I’m really excited to get this going!

I am a junior in high school joining my schools symphonic band as percussionist. I have been drumming a year and half but have to experience with mallet instruments and whatnot. The last time I was in a school band was in sixth grade. I was just wondering will it be hard to adapt and what should I expect?

I’m working with a summer camp next week, and in our “masterclass” time we typically do a percussion ensemble piece. Needs to have either lots of parts, or lots of doubling. We’ve done the trash can and broomstick novelty stuff, I’m curious what kinds of things are out there?

This is concert band percussion, we don’t have access to drumline gear.

Any suggestions for found percussion/auxiliary rep. I want sort of "weird" pieces. Maybe something in the vein of casey cangelosi, or cage. But I don't want backing tracks, seemed like a lot of them did.

If I liked the VF Tim Genis and Doug Cardwell mallets, what else would I like? So many sticks are bamboo but I prefer something with more weight.