User Manual

JOEL TETZLAFF 2
Yamaha Corporation of America • Band & Orchestral Division
3445 East Paris Ave., SE • P.O. Box 899 • Grand Rapids, MI 49518-0899
www.yamahapercussion.com
This is a basic list of mallets and the basic four percussion mallet instruments.
For an advanced list of songs and suggested mallets for marimba check out
the Percussion Educator Series article “Marimba Repertoir: Choosing the Right
Mallets” by Giff Howarth.
This list is in order of most common use.
Marimba
Unwound
Grade School to Middle School:
ME-105 Purple - Soft; rubber; Educational keyboard mallets
High School to College:
KRB-4: Works for entire range, may be bright on low end. Light green
rubber - medium; unwound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KRB-3 Works for entire range, may be soft on high end. Brown rubber -
medium soft; unwound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KRB-2: Works on lower half. Tan rubber - soft; unwound; Artist-Master
keyboard mallets
KRB-1: Good for lower third. Black rubber - extra soft; unwound; Artist-
Master keyboard mallets
Yarn wound
Gr
ade School to Middle Sc
hool:
ME-203 Medium-soft; yarn wound; Educational keyboard mallets
ME-204 Soft; yarn wound; Educational keyboard mallets
ME-202 Medium-hard; yarn wound; Educational keyboard mallets
Middle School to High School:
KYB-13 Blue - medium; yarn wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KYB-14 Red - medium soft; yarn wound; Artist-Master keyboard
mallets *Shipped with YM-2400
KYB-12 Green - medium hard; yarn wound; Artist-Master keyboard
mallets *Shipped with YM-40 & YM-1430
KYB-15 Aqua - soft; yarn wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KYB-11 Yellow - hard; yarn wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KYB-16 Orange - extra soft; yarn wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KYB-61 Yellow - mushroom - medium; yarn wound; Artist- Master
keyboard mallets
High School to College:
MP-03 Light pink tape, medium-soft professional keyboard mallets *
Shipped with YM-5100A, YM-4900A & YM-4600A Birch shaft
MP-02 Yellow tape, medium professional keyboard mallets
MP-04 Green tape, soft professional keyboard mallets
MV-4030 Light green; medium soft; small; Virtuoso keyboard mallets
MV-4020 Peach; medium hard; small; Virtuoso keyboard mallets
MKA-05 Rattan
MKA-06 *Shipped with YM-6000 & YM-6000A
MKA-03 Two-mallet work
MKA-08
MTB/R-10 Two-tone
MKA-01
V
ibes
Grade School to Middle School:
ME-302 Medium-hard; cord wound; Educational keyboard mallets
ME-304 Soft; cord wound; Educational keyboard mallets
Middle School to High School:
KCB-23 Blue - medium; cord wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
*Shipped with YV-4110, YV-3910 (one pair), YV-3710,
YV-2700/G, YV-1600, YV-520
KCB-24 Red - soft; cord wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
*Shipped with YV-4110 & YV-3910 (one pair)
High School to College:
KCB-25 Silver - jazz; cord wound; Artist-Master keyboard mallets
KCB-62 Yellow - mushroom - medium; cord wound; Artist-Master
keyboard mallets
MV-5030 Green; medium soft; small; Virtuoso keyboard mallets
MV-5040 Medium blue; soft; small; Virtuoso keyboard mallets
MV-7040 Light purple; soft; medium; Virtuoso keyboard mallets
Joel Tetzlaff