I am having trouble with the outside mallet of my left hand. It likes to wobble around while I play and I can't seem to bring it up to speed with the other three mallets. Can someone please give me some tips. Thanks.

Hey man,

Something that worked well for me is to just do some good old marching pit-style 6-3-2-1, (6 on each note up, three down, etc.) your hands in fifths, and split the mallets.

(Ex.: 1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2....etc)
Of course, double one and three and two and four.

Perhaps I'm rambling and not making sense. Perhaps you've tried this.
At any rate, it'll work, but it's not especially fun until you get it going pretty fast, which will take TIME, as is true with any technique builder.

Hope this helps, and it doesn't bore you to death.

mike

P.S. Don't do this for hours on end, you'll jack up your muscles and drive yourself nuts in the process. Ten-fifteen minutes each day should be sufficient to start, and work your way down as it becomes more comfortable.

Oh yeah,

When I say up and down, I mean a scale. Start with C.

I'm sure you knew that's what I meant, anyway.

mike

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well, depending on what grip you are using, you may want to try a new grip. I use the more traditional of the two ways... if you use that one, you eed to make sure you get mallets with extra long handles.. it helps alot!! and if there is still a problem, you can pull that one mallet in towards you more so you have more support