Welcome to Lesson Two from
"A FRESH APPROACH TO MALLET PERCUSSION"
by Mark Wessels!

This lesson will review how to count quarter notes and rests in quarter time signatures, plus teaches you how to measure distances on the keyboard using HALF STEPS. Then, you'll learn two new notes that you'll use in several music reading exercises: B flat and A flat.

While you will be able to view the music reading exercises on the screen, it is extremely important to position the music on the stand directly in front of the keys on your keyboard! A PDF of this lesson is available for you to print for this purpose (Acrobat Reader program required).

Complete all of the written exercises first, THEN progress to the music reading exercises!





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Excerpted from "A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion" by Mark Wessels • Copyright 1996 • Mark Wessels Publications