Daily 4-Mallet Warmup by Michael Varner
Transpose through all 12 keys. Play the exercise twice through, leading the chromatic line with mallets 2 and 3 the first time and mallets 1 and 4 the second time. Rehearse with a metronome to keep the "chord" on the beat in the second half.

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Warmup

Michael Varner teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington.