Terms - M
M.d.
M.g.
M.M.
M.s.
M.V.
ma
ma sensibile
mace
machina a venti
machine à vent
machine head
madrigal
madrigal choir
madrigalism
maestoso
maestro
maggiore
Magnificat
Mail Call
main
main droite
main gauche
mainstream
mais
majeur
major
malinconia
malinconico
mallet
mambo
mancando
manche
mandola
mandolin
mandore
manico
manieren
mannerism
Mannheim
mano
mano destra
mano sinistra
mano sinistro
manouche jazz
manual
Manualiter
manuscript
maracas
marcato
march
marche funèbre
marching band
marching machine
marcia funebre
Marian Antiphons
marimba
marimbula
Mark tree
martellato
martial music
marziale
mascella
mask
Masonic music
masque
Mass
mass for the dead
mässig
Matins
Maultrommel
maxima
mayor
mazurka
mbira
Me
mean-tone
meane
measure
measured recitative
measured roll
mediant
Medieval
medley
mehr
Meistergesang
Meistersinger
melisma
melismatic
melodia
melodic
melodic minor scale
Melodie
mélodie
Melodion
melodious
melodrama
melody
melomania
melos
membranophone
meno
meno mosso
menor
mensural notation
mensuration
menuet
Menuett
menuetto
merengue
Mess Call
messa dei defunti
messa di Requiem
messa di voce
messe des morts
mesto
mesure
metallophone
meter
metre
metrical modulation
metronome
metronome marking
mezza
mezza voce
mezzo
mezzo forte
mezzo piano
mezzo soprano
mezzo-soprano clef
mezzoforte piano
Mezzosopranschlüssel
mf
mfp
Mi
Mi bémol
Mi bemol
Mi bemolle
Mi dièse
Mi diesis
Mi doble bemol
Mi doble sostenido
Mi doppio bemolle
Mi doppio diesis
Mi double bémol
Mi double dièse
Mi sostenido
micropolyphony
microtone
middle ages
Middle C
middle voice
MIDI
Mighty Handful, The
militare
Militärtrommel
military band
military drum
Military music
mineur
minim
minim rest
minima
minimalism
minimalist music
Minnelied
Minnesang
Minnesinger
minor
minore
minstrel
minstrel show
minstrelsy
minuet
minuet and trio
mirliton
miserere
Missa
Missa brevis
missal
misterioso
misura
misuráto
mit
mit Bünden versehen
mit dem
mit den
mit der
mit der Stimme
mit Holz
mit schwungvoll
Mixolydian
mobile
modal
mode
moderado
moderato
modéré
modulation
modus
moins
Moll
molto
monochord
monody
monophonic
monophony
monothematic
monotone
moon mandolin
mordent
more
morendo
moresca
mormorando
Morris dance
mosso
motet
motetus
motif
motion
motive
moto
moto perpetuo
Motown
mouth
mouth organ
mouthpiece
mouvement
movable clef
movable Do
movement
movimento
mp
much
mudanza
multiphonics
multiple bounce roll
multiple bounce roll rudiments
multiple stopping
Mundharmonika
Mundstück
munter
murky
muscadin
musette
music
music box
music drama
music editor
music of the spheres
music theory
music therapy
musica
música
musica ficta
musica funebre
musical
musical bow
musical comedy
musical glasses
musical saw
musical theater
musician
musico
musicology
Musik
musique
musique concréte
musique funebre
muta
mutation
mute
muthig
muting pedal
mallet
[English]
A device used by a percussion player to strike the instrument. It typically has the appearance of a light hammer with a small, rounded or spherical head used to play certain percussion instruments (marimba, xylophone, orchestra bells, chimes etc.). The head will come in a variety of materials of varying hardness to produce a wide range of timbres on the instrument. Head materials range from soft cloth to yarn to soft or hard rubber to hard wood. The mallets can be broken into four main categories:
- Hammers - Used for the chimes and tubular bells, these are hammer shaped beaters and typically have wooden shafts and heads made of rawhide or plastic. Occasionally, a real hammer is used for unique percussion instruments such as the anvil.
- Wrapped Mallets - Wooden or plastic shaft with a head made of kelon, rubber, acrylic or similar material and wrapped with yarn or cord providing several levels of hard and soft. The wrapped mallets tend to be used on the marimba, vibraphone, timpani , and suspended cymbal.
- Unwrapped Mallets - These are mallets with wooden or plastic shafts and heads made of brass, rubber, acrylic or wood. These are meant for instruments such as the xylophone and glockenspiel with bars made of metal or hard wood.
- Felt Mallets - These mallets have wooden or plastic shafts with several layers of felt comprising the head. These are used primarily on untuned percussion instruments and timpani .
Example
Timpani Soft Mallets - soft cotton covered head
Timpani Hard Mallets - wood spherical head
Marimba / Xylophone Mallets - yarn head
Chimes Mallet - cowhide hammer head
Orchestra Bells Mallets - hard brass spherical head
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Last Updated: 2016-06-05 13:12:10