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  Keyboard Percussion - Quality of Sound
Mar 23, 2009
mallet keyboard techniqueAlmost every school owns the equipment for a front ensemble: a number of marimbas, so many vibes, a microphone or two, maybe a xylophone. But the major issue around the nation is a lack of information about how to play these instruments or create a definite, defined quality of sound. With this article I will describe some basic fundamentals behind a full quality of sound from the keyboard percussion section of the front ensemble.