12 types of mallet players you will meet / Vibralph

[@lycheeluvr17]

Because of the pipes under marimbas and vibes, I’ve taken naps hiding underneath them in the middle of band class. Sometimes me and the other mallet player will eat food behind the pipes. It’s a party in mallet land

[@wastedintelligence9040]

*Resonators* , not pipes.

[@chickenbreakfast7249]

I will never meet any mallet players cuz who has a mallet

[@user2C47]

@@wastedintelligence9040 pipes would still be an accurate description, as it describes their shape.

[@evanbookout]

WastedIntelligence *I was born with an exceptionally high IQ* , not iamverysmart.

[@evanbookout]

Wheatless Bread mallet. What. That’s what you play keyboards with. A mallet.

[@MalikEmmanuel]

I am not sure that I have met 12 mallet players....

[@vitamin9165]

lol not one

[@marina6424]

Bro at my school there’s only 3 including me and 1 of them only plays piano and not mallets. I would have a stroke if I met 12 mallet players.

[@evanbookout]

Uhh... I’m a four mallet player

[@soupdrinker]

@@marina6424 There is only one at my school, 3 in my school at one would be crazy. I only met other ones because I have been to honor bands so I see the ones from other schools

[@samanthaparkington720]

Lol same

[@chasegessner7860]

You forgot the memer, the one who's only in band to use the keyboards and play meme music.

[@tip4307]

Chase Gessner that’s me before band starts literally playing megalovainia until the teacher yelled at me

[@artsysundae]

that’s EVERY percussionist in my band

[@Gabiiscool]

That's me

[@josephy9970]

OMG that's my band

[@erzakc5737]

should replace 8

[@davidmills5756]

#12 is my dad

[@ibsaltibasmati2436]

David Mills bro

[@yzinspired]

I got here at 12

[@CuppaTeevee]

Oof.

[@EPICninjaASSASSIN71]

F

[@firespittenkitten1273]

Same

[@jonathanm.7520]

I've been playing mallet instruments for 5 years and I still play like a beginner

[@oddnando]

same here, i’ve been playing for 7 years

[@ShockzG5]

ngl same

[@plentyofmagoes1143]

13 years! I can now do a piston stroke 😌

[@froogmaster7869]

I have been playing for two days and know 4 mallet grip, though I do have jazz and piano experience

[@spideypool20]

Hahahha beginners dont write in their music

[@maleenabarrientos1736]

Jenna Magee that’s so true

[@Temulgeh]

And that last note was way too confident for a beginner

[@jessewilliams8724]

They write the notes under the notes

[@evanbookout]

Do they not...? When I was a beginner I wrote in my music... that’s why I’m not a beginner anymore...

[@parkerhewett8585]

Bro I draw pictures in the sides of my music now

[@alyssar7477]

I love how he was like Haha the phone haha Idk y that’s so funny to me but it is

[@evanbookout]

Alyssa R the phone The phone is ringing

[@erzakc5737]

8 doesn't exsist because every percussionist is a hot mess Prove me wrong

[@just_so_meh_]

Watch the metamorph show by the blue devils

[@narglarph9820]

blue devils

[@tip4307]

NAH your actually right lol

[@narglarph9820]

Increasingly Irrelevant who are you agreeing to

[@ttroyscarrlett]

I want to, but I can't

[@frizzon7462]

I love how he sounds like gru.

[@evanbookout]

NeoN he doesn’t sound like gru..

[@lobobaseball2201]

He sounds like gru with a low voice

[@evanbookout]

10,000 subscribers with no videos ...not really

[@wackadack9601]

@@evanbookout yes he does

[@evanbookout]

@@wackadack9601 Not that much

[@carcharias5828]

The one who rushes too. Oh and me, the one who has a really good ear and good technique, but can’t sight read well

[@kalebstateler2938]

Me

[@evanbookout]

My teacher wanted me to play louder on vibraphone in marching band, but it worked too well so when I played the steelpan this year I was 3 times as loud as everyone else.

[@gregithysallee8421]

I can't sight. I guess that's why I can't read.

[@gigi3470]

It’s such a mood not even kididng

[@jayfuror3892]

Haha! I love it. I've been all of these before except number 8. (and usually not 12! Most of the time) Worst case of ten was the very last note in our Star Wars medley, a few semesters ago- it was "Duel of the Fates," and I had a huge fff chime hit on D, and as soon as I hit it, during the concert, the pipe drops off the hook and slams on the floor! I managed to string it back up just in time for the next piece, but I was so upset- my moment to shine! My time in the spotlight! All gone. Sad day.

[@Vibralph]

Love the anekdote, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Number 8 is one we all admire to be but never truly are.

[@digitalgridmusic1768]

We had a #12/#6 in our Marching Band, when there was only two Mallet Players, myself and her. She missed almost every marching show and when we practiced she messed up every part. I felt bad but she had been playing for 4 years and didn't seem to care for help. So I usually covered her parts.

[@josephmurray5915]

I've been number 6 so many times when I'm on auxiliary.

[@evanbookout]

Joseph Murray the joys of auxiliary

[@aj1265]

The show off was pretty cool

[@Voidling_System]

The professional is the one every band director dreams of. The no show is the one every band director lives with.

[@kairyss4285]

You'd think some of these are bad... until you have wind players learning mallet percussion just to play their meme music and undertale. Especially when you've literally a rule - for years - about wind players touching percussion equipment unsupervised.

[@Gabiiscool]

I remembered this one time the teacher said we weren't allowed to mess with the percussion equipment and then he left the room to see what we would do and someone ran over to one of these and started playing loudly AF on it and when the teacher was coming back inside he was like "oh shit" and then he ran back to his seat xD

[@novamber88]

I personally resonate with some of them. Fun fact though: in our percussion section the marimba is behind the timpani and it’s my little corner of heaven during combined or sectionals. I take naps, eat food, do random shit there. Once I was taking a nap while sick, and I was the only kid there since everyone else had something on. My instructor spent like 5 minutes looking for me before he thought to look behind the timpani. Now he knows where I always hide.

[@Vibralph]

Haha playing the marimba can have it's advantages.

[@evanbookout]

Why the heck was the marimba behind the timpani?? lol

[@novamber88]

Vibralph lol

[@novamber88]

Evan Bookout we don’t use the marimba often so it’s mostly stored at the back. We do play it often for recreation but not for orchestra

[@evanbookout]

holynova15 ah gotcha Get your band to play marimba more

[@samanthaparkington720]

Number nine is the most realistic representation of every percussionist

[@islaruiz4741]

I'm the organized one, but at the same time I am the unlucky one😂 Sadly also a bad counter

[@evanbookout]

Isla Ruiz wow cool opposite My binder is a mess but last year my teacher moved me up to vibe 2 from xylo in marching band because somebody quit. Still a bad counter tho

[@eleanorcross7244]

@@evanbookout I somehow have two copies of music for nearly every piece my band plays... I think I accidentally steal other people's when we finish a practice and pack a way or something because they just keep multiplying

[@evanbookout]

Eleanor Cross heh

[@guacamolewillalwaysloveyou5525]

What about the slow, bad timing, quiet, always late one. *IM TALKING TO YOU LILY*

[@kitsu6868]

Damn, lily must've done something to you XD.

[@djsalad5752]

4:00 love the detail that the mallet is under all of his papers

[@sal9064]

Where is the one that always lose their sheet music and constantly needs to borrow?

[@Vibralph]

He was too late to make the list

[@ashleypetrina6475]

I’m twelve in middle school as well. I’ve played for two years and I still act like the beginner person. I’m constantly stressed because I have a solo for solo and ensemble in 9 days.

[@Vibralph]

Thanks for the comment! Remember that music is fun and there is no such thing as a bad playing if you remain strong and happy on stage. Will you let me know how it went? :)

[@marenfinan2268]

I’m kind of in the same situation as you!

[@alexmusicweeks]

Omg I need the music for number 7

[@whistlepunkz]

1,6,7, and 10 sum up my whole section

[@alexkaruhn4165]

I've been in band for about 6 years, and I still can't sight read sheet music, like the different notes, A-G and the flats

[@violante1421]

the beginner is an accurate depiction of me learning notes after 6 years of playing

[@Vibralph]

I think even the most pro readers still have these moments from time to time ;)

[@sniperacpfvlogs4502]

Im just twelve I’m in middle school and I play the percussion or mallet p but I really like this vid post more of this

[@sniperacpfvlogs4502]

Dang your so talented

[@Vibralph]

Thanks ! I'm open for suggestions :D

[@thalassous]

All us young pit percussionists..

[@emilydonahue6392]

keep at it buddy 🤗

[@alecmagill5337]

I’m in a jazz combo, and because there’s no one at my school that can play vibes, and also because we have 2 drummers, we’re both number 2 and number 5

[@LightTuner7024]

You forgot the one that always practices DCI transcriptions. I have a guy that's been working on the intro to Babylon for the past two months.

[@pixphoe]

I’ve been all of these...

[@myotiswii]

I have played an arrangement put of basically just ringtones with my (kids) percussion ensemble. I know them ALL. It was really nice, because it had everything from very easy to very challenging parts, so everyone could practice and improve.

[@mediocrity5693]

Back when I first started 2 years ago, I was a joker. Thankfully I’m getting closer to the professional now.

[@trishyoung6580]

I am 9 and 7 lol I always start playing songs in band class learned like Havana lol and everyone is like "ShOwOfF"

[@Vibralph]

Haha as long as you keep having fun, it's all good

[@evanbookout]

Ew why Havana Sorry but why

[@trishyoung6580]

@@evanbookout because I like it -_-

[@evanbookout]

Trish Young hec sorry 🤣

[@adamluvds]

Percussion: this song is so hard look at it EVERY OTHER INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD INCLUDING RECORDER : U DONT NEED TALENT

[@squiggie7183]

Strongly disagree, percussionists need to have a ton of skill in note reading since our sheet music is made differently from the rest of the band, we also need to know how to play literally every instrument we decide to play since we are expected to be able to the moment we say “I’m a percussionist”. Please, TRY to learn percussion sheet music, try our instruments, try waiting countless measures for your part just for the conductor to make the rest of the band work on individual parts RIGHT before yours, THEN talk about us not needing talent.

[@heylol3013]

i’m the beginner and i’ve been playing for two years💀😂

[@ShockzG5]

two years is still pretty beginner anyways

[@azboy4god216]

Lmao, Number 6 (the Bad Counter) reminds of my time in percussion ensamble.

[@musikgeek9289]

What about the guy who says "i can play a C major scale faster than you" *executes glissando* ...maybe that's "the joker" type?

[@Vibralph]

It would certainly fit the way a Joker would execute it.

[@ohokau1104]

I find that it is my classmates' goal to hit the bar as hard and fast as they can and get my ban director fuming, I'm honestly just waiting for them to break one and have to pay for it.

[@kitsu6868]

Happens to the sixth grade band at my school lmao

[@mysunettingpoem1244]

the beginner is so accurate, but percussionists in my band still do those gross upstrokes before they play....

[@faxylordz1088]

I would like to know what the song you played for show off. It looks fun to play!

[@Vibralph]

I played an improvisation during the show off.

[@sentientape8694]

The beginner rights the note nanes down and not the rhythms

[@superrichwater1679]

I’m the beginner, but I fell in love with the mallets, so now I’m here

[@stupidlele]

I am the joke I always play the iPhone ringtone and Africa mallet thing and Hamilton parts and I’m the joke.

[@applepi35]

Woah what’s the music for the show off? I’d like to try and learn it

[@cjaverysrandomreviews4675]

What mallets did you use

[@Vibralph]

I use several types of mallets, Most are from Mike Balter and Musser. From the top of my head I used the Musser Good Vibes M-229 in this video

[@crimsonp0tat057]

#3 it’s not a table...

[@evanbookout]

CrimsonP0TAT0 thanks for clarifying that for us

[@trishyoung6580]

My teacher always tells us that XD

[@JBSacayanan]

#7 is my music teacher

[@whoopsiedaisyyy]

Aight I started playing mallets a couple months ago and the beginner one is so ME LMAOODJEJJDE NEVER HAVE I RELATED SO MUCHHHDEJJD

[@simonhoyos1428]

I need sheets of number 7

[@AlChemicalLife]

#2 hits home xD .... I've been playing for 4+ years and am still like that sometimes xD

[@owlesent]

Bold of you to assume I will meet new people.

[@moamae5277]

i'm definitely no.4 i fell asleep one time with my head resting on the marimba

[@pinkkittyvoid]

that one who continues to play the minecraft theme

[@hannahmacdonald9661]

In the bands I'm in mine of us are organised we all leave it to the last minute

[@chair547]

you forgot the "always uses 4 mallets even when they only need 2"

[@hjjofficial]

I've been all of them (today lol) except for number 5, 11 and 12.

[@Vibralph]

Bandpractice? ;)

[@Temulgeh]

2:34 me everytime a trombone or an euph plays

[@Temulgeh]

also I'm 100% #10

[@joelfremling2526]

I have literally been all of these, except orgainized.. and not mallets, piano... same idea tho

[@devenpawar9511]

4 was definitely me during marching band. 😂

[@chrisweiand6357]

Heh, I was definitely a showoff in high school, I learned so much and started playing double mallets in each hand all the time, and was always playing random shit, it was wild.

[@BigDaddy-vp5iv]

The bad counter was me

[@johnabarca7729]

Where are the sheets for number 7

[@kingbaleb8317]

Anybody else think the spot on his wall was dirt

[@Vibralph]

I have thought the same several times. It turns out to be a small screw in the wall

[@stewartplumlee5663]

What about the one who posts a video to KZbin?

[@tomsmith2417]

My fellow high school percussion section

[@kailove8767]

The one that doesn’t know how to use a pedal!!!

[@Vibralph]

YES! That one should have also been on the list. I can still hear the clusters of tones haha

[@rosalindagarcia875]

I'm literally number 6 I just give up after I can't and I dont play for the entire class period 😂

[@ellazehrung9429]

I've never met like the first 4😂

[@axlgarcia621]

Percussion version or two set

[@breep6]

Mom said it’s my turn

[@christophermartin3124]

#2: me trying to do the Bp scale

[@thattypicalomni9738]

Bro we have this kid in my band I was just learning some of our mallet warmups because I tried out for vibes for indoor percussion and this kid plays them as fact as he can. And I was like dude really but hey I made vibes

[@Vibralph]

Doesn't matter if the rest is faster than you maybe are. You made the vibes so congrats!

[@box3229]

Number 7 is clearly me right now in intermediate band

[@Coolperson333]

4:00 my teacher hates me for this

[@myotiswii]

the beginner can't read sheet music while playing. hell, i even learn literally all my parts by looking at the notes, and then playing them afterwards, only looking at the instrument. I am not saying I am good, but I can do enough to play orchestral lines. I have been playing for 5 years pretty actively

[@miacasual1263]

Third year playing mallets and I’m still number 2

[@RepJock88]

I’m 1,7,11 on a regular basis. This video has been my self-analysis today.

[@paliagaming]

What's the exercise he plays at #7 ?

[@spoggyfrenchtoast]

The fact that he puts so much on top of his board hurts meee

[@lloyd165]

I wouldnt do any of this on a Marimba or Xylo but nothing is hard or heavy enough to do any damage to a Vibe

[@bpmiller11]

Lol Idek why I am here cause I play the flute and this has nothing to do with that. 😂

[@Vibralph]

You're still more than welcome :)

[@Majorkill675]

Tfw you actively train on playing nr 5

[@somecomposingfudsa]

did you do DCI?

[@Vibralph]

I did not. I started in a classical orchestra. Later on I added bigbands, jazz combos but also popbands and finally studio recordings. But no DCI maybe in the future

[@blueo4508]

1. We have a kid who would be really good but only plays covers or tunes like this 2. In MS we were told to never write in the notes, has helped with my sight reading 3. We are all bored because we play boring pieces 4.dont have one of these 5. Dont have one either, if were lucky 6. I am 6 sadly (I just use other cues) 7. We have one of these for snare 8. Ha, organization 9. None of us are this bad though 10. I dont think any of us have done this 11. None of these either 12. Plenty of this

[@khalilstuckey9333]

Awht is the name of the song you played for number seven?

[@frankhawkes921]

What is the piece 3:10?

[@rosalindagarcia875]

I'm embarrassed to say I've been playing for a couple of years and I'm still like a beginner

[@audiobyjen6589]

3:11 GOD DAMMIT!! Im shock😂😂😂😂

[@SpottedCat.]

#7 was pretty cool

[@col1979]

What about the out of turn guy?

[@drewsmachines5359]

I'm in percussion, although I dont play vibes, I've seen every one of these! What about the one that usually plays marimba and can't play with the pedal?

[@OverHarmonizedThirds]

I played vibes my last semester, and it was fun! I don't play it for pieces that need to be learned in a month or two, because I'm bad with time management, and bad with sight reading

[@drewsmachines5359]

@@OverHarmonizedThirds I've met a couple people that were asked to play vibe, but had problems playing with mallets at the same time as using the pedal. They had only played marimba, and playing with mallets had become second nature. When adding a pedal, they had trouble breaking their focus on their hands and use the pedal. Best way to describe to a fellow geometry dasher is getting used to flying a ship and then trying to upside down straighfly. Just another step they weren't use to at the time. Hopefully this explaination isn't just a ramble of words...

[@Sasha-tm8qy]

My biggest flex is that I'm (quite) organized 💅

[@KellanWu]

Number 3 and 4 is me in jazz band😂

[@J.e.s.s24]

The music reviser

[@just_so_meh_]

I'm like a mix on some of these. Not so amateur, but not so show off either I fall into organize and disorganized at times And I like to joke a little as well Great vid to watch

[@cedricyoungs6348]

I use to be #6 but now I am #7

[@johnglassman9439]

I scream internally whenever I'm #10

[@SunnyC.D.A221]

I am a combination of 6, 9, 10,

[@avaquintanilla3383]

The one who alllwayyyssss plays out of term and is a show I have em