Elementary General: Mallet Playlist

Elementary General: Mallet Playlist

Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play mallet instruments!

-For elementary school students
-Starts at a beginning level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 11 activities to engage students in different modes of learning

1. Warm-ups (Get Ready): Warm-ups
-Learning notes and rhythms through patterns

2. Count & Clap: Rhythm practice
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping

3. 2-Part Layer Game: Loop 2 melodic patterns
-Reading and playing two patterns

4. Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove): Listening practice
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms

5. Music Theory (Inside Info): Music theory and fundamentals
-Note names, rhythms, time signatures, etc.

6. Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat): Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythm, then play something different

7. Ensemble Practice (All Together Now): Play duets
-Play different parts of a duet

8. Count & Play: Rhythm practice
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, playing

9. 3-Part Layer Game: Loop 3 melodic patterns
-Reading and playing three patterns

10. Echo Melodies (Play By Ear): Listening practice
-Hear the difference between pitches, listening and echoing

11. Songs: Play familiar songs
-Play familiar songs with piano accompaniment

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Elementary General: Mallet Playlist