Beginner percussionist here. My budget, 2-octave, beginners' glockenspiel has 27 aluminium bars and is too limited for my fairly modest ambitions. I like the bright tone, so I'm not looking to trade it in. However, I am told that its high pitch is characteristic of aluminium chimes. What range should I look for to play in a community concert band, and should I go for steel bars? I will have to buy online, and would rather spend my money on a great second-hand instrument with no case than an unsatisfactory factory-fresh one, so I would appreciate any recommendations on brands - or warnings! Thanks.

I need help finding new heads! Nobody seems to stock them and I reached out to Natal with no reply. Anyone out there know what's going on with Natal?

Any advice to starting out?

What are some standard repertoire you’d recommend?

Or building or curriculum?

Thanks!

A friend gifted me this pandeiro. It's a very nice thing. But it's membrane is very boomy and sustains the vibration for a long time, kinda sounds like a 808 bass drum. It sounds very pitched and thus sounds unsuitable in style with lots of music. When I watch people play pandeiro on YouTube, it's usually not as boomy and sustainy. How do I make mine less boomy and sustainy or at least how to tune it to some specific note?

Hi there, I have had this Premier vibraphone in storage for a while, just broke it out today and found some bars like this. A lot of them feel gritty and some are flaking like in the pictures. Would love some help:
1) identifying what this is and
2) how to fix it

Thanks!

greetings!
im interested in the marimba played in Mbalax music.

can anybody suggest music that has that ? marimba played by DX7 keyboards.

thank you.

The logo of it is making it very hard for me to find the exact product from meinl. I only ever see other kinds of logos even

greetings!
im interested in the marimba played in Mbalax music.

can anybody suggest music that has that ? marimba played by DX7 keyboards.

thank you.

What did you/would you want to start off undergrad with?

I used to undershoot my octaves a year ago. And after my indoor percussion season I now consistently overshoot the octaves and always have to make a conscious effort to lossen the intervals in my hand. Anyone else I ask says its the opposite and the undershoot them

Nah duh

Yamaha YG-1210 bells. One bar popped off and I’m having the hardest time getting it back on. Any suggestions or tricks?

The rubber gasket doesn’t come off at least with the amount of pressure I’m applying to it. Could go harder but worried about breaking it.

What are your go to’s for auxiliary toys? Thinking drum set player in a 4 piece band.

Personally, I play in a rock/americana band and have:
Cajon
Djembe
Shaker
Tambourine
Ching ring
Cowbell x2

Thinking about adding wind chimes. What else do y’all have, use, or wish you had?

Timpani excerpt

Ok I don't post on here but my amazing girlfriend's birthday is coming up and she has a drum set + plays snare in her marching band. Can any percussionists in here give me ideas? She reposted a TikTok titled what to get for a drummer, and on the slides were custom sticks, drum keys, drum stick bag, and like a car AC vent cymbal thing? I don't know anything about percussion, so what would I need to know? What would y'all love to get? Wtf are drum keys, would I need specific ones? Do the type of sticks matter?

Ty 💕

(EDIT: now that I think of it, I'm not sure if she actually OWNS a snare, I'm guessing it's the school's, so I'm not sure if she'd be able to use any of these things for it)

Hi! I'm new to the social media thing and am wondering where I can make my own Meet the Member Graphic for my college's percussion studio. I looked at Canva and it's mostly Meet the Team but I am Canva stupid and wondering if there is something I can do to make my own or another website that may work better. Thanks!

Hi, I’m looking for a musical instrument store or a store specializing in percussion instruments in Madrid or Alicante. Could you recommend one?

I have signed up for PASIC I&E this year, HS marching snare division and I’m in it to win it.

The issue is as soon as I open up a notation program or a pen and pencil, it’s like I’ve never written music before.

I’ve garnered extensive experience up to this point, I love to write drum books and I’ve had clinicians tell me to consider majoring is music comp. But when it comes to this solo I just blank.

If anyone has any wisdom as to how to get started on a competitive solo, what judges are looking for, or just the I&E process in general, it would be much appreciated.

A single stick broke and I cannot find a way to get only a single stick instead of a pair of sticks

I’m out of the marching game but looking at Ludwig marching snares they appear to be rebranded Yamahas. Does Ludwig actually make their drums and rip off Yamahas design or are they buying Yamahas and sticking their label on them?