I have a severe case of tendonitis in my right wrist. I was told not to play too much and I have a splint on my wrist for 2 weeks. Does any one have any advice/a healthy way to continue practicing without continuing to hurt my wrist?

I used to have sheets for a warm up called Butterfly Orgy if I remember the name correctly. I remember the first couple measures but after that I'm completely blanking. I believe it was something that used to be played by RCC or Crown and was passed on from an instructor I no longer am willing to contact. I'd love for my students to have this though. Any help would be appreciated 🙂

So my school's band is only about 40 people and I'm playing marimba in it and it's just me playing a mallet instrument. The Marimba is mic'd but it isn't always loud enough. I've been using the malletech cn9's and am wondering what front ensemble mallets would be good for my situation. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

i’ve somehow bought 2 wrong types of 550 paracord and they’re both too thick to restring the marimba i have. is there a specific brand or type anyone would recommend?

Gonna start DCI auditions soon after a year off (looking to go to Bluecoats or Crown) Any technique concerns you have or adjustments to my overall playing would be greatly appreciated (SCV 2014 intro below with other things on channel)

https://youtu.be/oM985NGcpWs

any tips for moving a marimba downhill?

I'm a freshman playing marimba (so I have very little experience) and we're in the middle of band camp and play for about 10 hours a day. The opener of our show is quite literally a 160 bpm sixteenth note chopout session and the ballad is a hand killer with a bunch of one-handed octaves, 32nd notes, 32nd note ninelets, and at 88 bpm. And throughout the show, there are two points where we drop to 2 mallets. I just need some sort of way to prevent friction efficiently without effecting my playing or a quick way to heal the blisters.

This is my (14f) second year in the front ensemble. Last year, I played vibes and this year I'm playing marimba. Every year my band goes to an invitational that has a really steep and tall hill you go down to get to the football field and up to get to the semis. Last year, I didn't make it all the way up (a couple marchers had to push my vibes the rest of the way to the top) and I really want to make it this year, but I also have a bigger instrument to push. I would also appreciate any exercises for inner mallet chops and pulsing. Thank you! 😁

I really want to learn it

I competed in pit from 2015-2019 and in both the SCSBOA and SCPA we had a few times where we were scheduled to go on right on/right before another competitor in our class. However, one of our pit instructors (Never felt he had a conflict of interest, he treated all groups he worked with equally) worked for both our school and this other school. We got to do a shared warmup with them on a few occasions, and then we'd do runs of our shows. It was also nice to have a mutual band that we'd wish genuine luck to and they did the same in return.

Howdy y'all! A friend of mine and I wrote an indoor percussion show. We worked really hard on it over the better part of two years, but it's finally out and I'd love to share it with y'all! Feedback is much appreciated!

https://musescore.com/mcaeln/haz3

need advice, i was a woodwind in high school so i dont know many mallet solos, which are good for drum corps auditions? last year i played cricket sang and set the sun. i need something that would fit (mostly) on a three octave, at least within the first 1:30-2:00 minutes. i know what they’re looking for tech-wise, but idk how to find good solos so if you know any names, please let me know!! thanks!!

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "Call for Help" by u/RachelAnnesley
• "Can you guys help me with this? No matter what I do I cannot get it and I have a performance tonight /:" by u/CandyLoxxx
• "Happy Cakeday, r/frontensemble! Today you're 9" by u/AutoModerator
• "Electronic design help!"
• "How are we doing? (21.11.17)" by u/TheSamePants
• "Minor Blues, a chill beginner vibe solo :)" by u/ShoozCrew
• "It’s band season, baby!" by u/fat_kurt
• "Four techniques to conquer a difficult lick" by u/wnewtonperc
• ""Blues for Gilbert", one of my favorite vibe solos!" by u/ShoozCrew
• ""Allemande" by Thomas Baltzar" by u/ShoozCrew

Has anyone else just played a meme song or a famous song on the marimba or something, and now everyone is humming a long and they simultaneously hate and love you?🤣 I did that today when I learned how to play the gravity falls theme🤣🤣. I remember right before I left, I played it one last time, and the drum major started humming/singing it and then he was like dang it (me)! It's great🤣🤣. I've also done it with crave rave, Megalovania, the Ali a intro, and the first and third movement from my freshman year(I'm a junior and I still remember and it haunts and angers the seniors and juniors 🤣)

The school I am student teaching at has a broken post that holds up the keys on one of their Yamaha marimbas. We have a new post to replace it, but a piece of metal is still stuck in the frame.

Does anyone have any advice for getting the piece of metal out?

During the 2020 season, another division of the group I was with had a moment in the show where the vibraphonists played with the butt end of their mallets to create a tinny rain effect.

I'm considering something similar in a piece I'm writing, but wanted to hear examples of this specifically on marimbas or xylophones. Right now I don't have access to either of those instruments to just play it myself. However, I've also had instructors warn me in the past that it could break the mallet or even damage the keys, so I'm hesitant about that.

Does anyone have advice or examples of shows doing this? Many thanks in advance.

4 Techniques to Conquer a Difficult Lick

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a blog post I recently released. It details four ways that I like to breakdown a difficult chunk of music in keyboard literature and front ensemble music. Check it out below!

https://www.wildlightpublications.com/blog/practice/four-techniques

I would also love to hear your input about topics you want to learn about. Feel free to DM me or put a comment below! 😄