Mallet Instrument Method Books

Koors-10 Etudes for Marimba & Four Hands

Zach Koors' collection of pieces, 10 Etudes for Marimba & Four Hands, features pieces with a wide range of musical material designed to challenge intermediate students whil... 

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. 

Zator-Keyboard Fundamentals with Play-Along Tracks

This exercise book consists of 2-Mallet and 4-Mallet exercises that have unique play-along tracks. Musical styles of the tracks include Rock-n-Roll, Latin, Samba, African, Jaz... 

Various-Marimba Creations: Pieces for Performance and Practice Vol. 1

The origin of this etude book is steeped in the joy of collaboration and creation, even at the most challenging of times that we've faced in many years. Born out of the heart ... 

Whaley-4 Mallet Exercises

4 Mallet Exercises was written by Garwood Whaley as an ideal primer for teaching 4 mallet technique in the shortest amount of time. Instead of focusing on the style... 

Londeix-Xylophonia vol. 1

Technical exercises in the first half of this method will prepare you to play the recital etudes in the second half. All of the etudes feature piano accompaniments and moderat... 

Morleo-60 Advanced Four Mallet Studies for Marimba

Morleo's second volume of challenging studies completes his comprehensive offering for the development of four-mallet technique. These studies are well crafted pedagogical mat... 

Berg-Studies for Marimba

Studies for Marimba by Daniel Berg contains etudes and exercises for four mallets. The book addresses both beginners - with basic knowledge of reading music - and prof... 

Beatles-Beatles for Bells/Glockenspiel

Sixty Fab Four favorites have been arranged for bells/glockenspiel are included in this collection. great learning tools as well as adding familiar melodies to your program... 

Welsh-Making Music at the Keyboard (Bk 1 supplement)

J Robert Welsh's Making Music at the Keyboard is a basic study in reading readiness. This method develops aural and physical perception. In this supplement edition you'll find... 

Huteau-Rencontre avec le Xylophone

Alain Huteau offers an amusing and very progressive path to the basic technical work essential to a good knowledge of the keyboard. The great merit of Alain Huteau is to have ... 

Buonomo-Guida per lo Studio

The aim of Guida per lo Studio is to provide students with beginning courses with the basics of percussion keyboard instruments: passages, tremolo, jumps, scales, arpeggios, g... 

Van Geem-Marimba Master Class on Works by Schwantner, Schuller, and Bach

This latest Master Class presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three major works for solo marimba by San Francisco Symphony Principal... 

Del Borgo-Bass Clef Contemporary Rhythm & Meter Studies

Elliot Del Borgo created 28, one-page etudes make extensive use of metric and rhythmic devices commonly found in 20th century works. Composed as recital/performance pieces, al... 

McGuire-Mallet Percussion Workout

Mallet Percussion Workout by Kristen Shiner McGuire fills a gap in mallet method books for everyone from beginners to professionals who want to play mallet instruments with ea... 

Stevens-Method of Movement (Japanese edition)

Method of Movement for Marimba by Leigh Howard Stevens (with 590 exercises) is the most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. Contains 15 chapters ... 

Moyer-Four-Mallet Method for Marimba

James Moyer's Four-Mallet Method for Marimba is a complete method for the beginning four-mallet student. Each of the five basic marimba techniques is presented in a l... 

Del Sole-From Drops to a Storm (Vibraphone)

From Drops to a Storm: 10 Progressive Solos for Vibraphone by Stefano Del Sole. This book is designed to provide beginner, intermediate, and advanced students with a chance to... 

Difilippantonio-Marimba-Synthesis

This collection of etudes by Dana Difilippantonio titled Marimba-Synthesis is intended for marimbists at all performance levels - beginner through graduate student, the... 

Solook-Vibraphone Etudes for Extending Technique vol. 2

I composed these etudes as a collection of short technical and musical scenarios that can be presented in concert. I have tried to deal with technical aspects that I have o...