Mallets

Because of the need to use different hardnesses of mallets, some players, when playing with four or more mallets, might use graduated mallets to match the bars that they are playing (softer on the left, harder on the right).

Five or six mallets: To achieve denser sound and richer chord voicings, some vibraphonists have experimented with three mallets per hand, either in both hands for a total of six mallets citation or in just the left hand for a total of five.

Composers sometimes specifically request other types of mallets like felt mallets or timpani beaters for different attack and sustain qualities.

Composite materials are not preferred by top players, because the shaft of composite mallets can't absorb vibrations as well as traditional cane mallets.

Mallets that are too hard will damage the instrument, and mallets that might be appropriate for the upper range could damage the notes in the lower range (especially on a padouk or rosewood instrument).

Softer mallets are used at the lowest notes, and harder mallets are used at the highest notes.

Sometimes medium to hard rubber mallets, very hard core, or yarn mallets are used for softer effects.

He was naturally left-handed, which tweaked the force and influence of the mallets on the metal bars.

And he laughed and laughed and ran out of the room because he noted I was standing right next to the drawer containing knives and meat mallets.

The Mallets continue their continental visit up the California coast, into and across Canada to New York.

Within seconds of the start, the ball was hit down the field, clacking as it hit players mallets.

In the same scene, Burton shifts the tone to comedy as Betelgeuse plays a carnival game with two humans, his oversized mallets sending them flying through the roof.

Adding higher notes is also impractical because the hardness of the mallets required to produce the characteristic tone of a marimba are much too hard to play with in almost any other, lower range on the instrument.

Adding lower notes is somewhat impractical; as the bars become bigger and the resonators become longer, the instrument must be taller and the mallets must be heavier in order to produce a tone rather than just a percussive attack.

Along with loose mallets and tar pots used for caulking, this variety of tools belonged to one or several of the carpenters employed on the Mary Rose.

Ancient mallets were made of willow wood with spoon-like bowls on the beaten ends.

A tremolo, or roll (played with two mallets alternately striking on opposing sides of the cymbal) can build in volume from almost inaudible to an overwhelming climax in a satisfyingly smooth manner (as in Humperdink's Mother Goose Suite).

Female players often use lighter mallets than male players.

For linear passages with leaps, all four mallets are often used sequentially.

For wide intervals, the thumb often moves in between the two mallets and the inside mallet is held in the crook of the fingers.