Mallet Instrument Method Books

Delecluse-(Bk 2) 200 Daily Exercises for Xylophone

Delecluse's book 200 Daily Exercises for Xylophone is designed to provide the player with a daily exercise routine. Every exercise in this book focuses on specific t... 

Chantereau-Technique Pianorimba vol. 1

Technique Pianorimba is an in depth look into the keyboard technique of Marc Chantereau. Chantereau's grip is similar to the Burton grip but differs in regards to stroke creat... 

Sewrey/Hans/Schneller-Modern School for Mallet Keyboard Instruments

Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylop... 

Hatch-My Marimba and I

My Marimba and I by Earl Hatch is a collection of solos that are ideal for beginners. This book features recognizable melodies arranged for three and four mallets on 4.0 octav... 

Becker-Becker's Best: Technical Exercises for Xylophone/ Marimba

Becker's Best by Bob Becker is a collection of technical exercises for xylophone and marimba. These exercises help build extreme accuracy and a great sound when playing rapid ... 

Richards-Melody & Rhythm Permutations

The exercises in Emil Richards' book Melody & Rhythm Permutations were developed to improve sight reading and improvisational skills in the advanced player. The inver... 

Gates-Odd Meter Etudes

Odd Meter Etudes by Everett Gates provides a great study in mixed and compound-meter music. It is designed for any instrument, so the range is limited making it very... 

De Lancey-Malletree

An exciting collection of etudes, short pieces and exercises drawn from thirty years of teaching mallets. This innovative volume, varying from the traditional to jazz duets to... 

Carroll-Ten Progressive Etudes for the Marimba

Ten Progressive Etudes for the Marimba by Raynor Carroll is a great beginner to intermediate method book. Practice through this book and your skills will improve. 

Pimentel-Bar Percussion Notebook Vol. 1

Linda Lorren Pimentel's Bar Percussion Solo Notebook Vol. 1 is full of intermediate level solo pieces for the developing mallet player.The music can be performed on ... 

Richards-Exercises for Mallet Instruments

Emil Richards' Exercises for Mallet Instruments contains jazz licks in all keys, adapted from teh music of Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Stravinsky, John Coltrane, and Char... 

Kreutzer-42 Studies (ed. Singer)

The Edmund Singer arrangement of Rodolphe Kreutzer's 42 Etudes for Violin. A great mallet exercise book. 

Baker-Modern Concepts in Jazz Improvisation

David Baker's Modern Concepts In Jazz Improvisation is an excellent book designed to assist musicians with their performance of contemporary (post be-bop) jazz. It focuses on ... 

Dupin-Seventeen Studies for Xylophone

17 Studies for Xylophone by Francois Dupin is a collection of exercises and instruction designed to further the skill sets of players. 

Blume/Spencer-Unbook, The

The Unbook by Julie Spencer and Gernot Blume is a Collection of 200 Short Compositions for Improvisation. Much like a fake book with melody lines w/chord symbols, and partial ... 

Sejourne-Independence: Exercises and Studies for Vibes or Marimb

This is Emmanuel Sejourne's Independence which is a collection of exercises and studies for vibraphone and marimba. 

Pimentel-Bar Percussion Notebook Vol. 2

Linda Lorren Pimentel's Bar Percussion Solo Notebook Vol. 2 is full of intermediate level solo pieces for the developing mallet player.The music can be performed on ... 

Sejourne-19 Musical Studies for Vibes Vol. 5 (w/piano acc.)

With few study books exisiting for the Vibraphone, Emmanuel Séjourné ensures that this gap is filled with his excellent 19 Musical Studies for Vibraphone. ... 

Feldstein-Mallet Student-Level 1

The Feldstein Mallet Student Level 1 is part of the Belwin Student Instrumental Course is a course for individual instruction and class instruction of like instruments, at thr... 

Morgan-Musical Marimbist, The

The Musical Marimbist by Tom Morgan contains twenty etudes designed for a comprehensive keyboard percussion pedagogy program. Each etude is written on a grand staff and...