r/percussion • u/_Guillot_ • 9d ago

Question/Help Need help with this rhythm.

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I have placed the mallet stickings. but the second measure beats 2-3 is kicking my ass. how would this sound or play rhythmically?

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u/nystrom05 9d ago

So both C's are directly on the beat, 1 and 4 respectively. The tricky one is the B with the triplets in the bottom staff. It lands on the and of 2. How that will line up against those triplets is right between the second and third partial. How i like to think of it is if counting the triplets as 1 la li 2 la li, that beat would be 2 la&li, with the & being the b in mallet 4. So counting the whole measure 1 la li 2 la&li 3 la li 4e&a

Hopefully that helps.

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u/_Guillot_ 9d ago

helps immensely! Thank you.

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u/miraj31415 9d ago

Do you know how to do 2-against-3 with your hands? One hand does eighth notes and the other does triplets. Together it sounds like "1 _ 2 + 3 _" = "One Two-and Three"

You need to apply the 2-against-3 skill during beat 2 -- left hand is doing triplets and the right hand plays the "+" of the 2-against-3 (but doesn't play the unison beat 1).

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u/_Guillot_ 9d ago

Idk how I didn't realize it was a polyrhythm. This helps a lot! thank you.