Comments on: WANT http://classicalconvert.com/2008/07/want/ A beginners guide to classical music, by someone who switched at 23 Mon, 21 May 2012 05:15:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maaike http://classicalconvert.com/2008/07/want/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 Maaike Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:15:30 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/?p=397#comment-4044 So what prevents you to invent your own? Get a pair of mallets and play whatever you meet :-) Tables, glassware (plenty of that in your workplace I guess), flower pots, pans; it doesn't really matter what you hit, it's the how. I do this out of necessity; four timpani are rather hard to fit into my appartment, so I practise on four pocket books. I have different sets for different tones, so I can retune too :-) I like how the sculptures look, but I find the sound kind of thin. Perhaps a pair of better mallets brings out more of the tone, and less of the metal. So what prevents you to invent your own? Get a pair of mallets and play whatever you meet :-) Tables, glassware (plenty of that in your workplace I guess), flower pots, pans; it doesn’t really matter what you hit, it’s the how. I do this out of necessity; four timpani are rather hard to fit into my appartment, so I practise on four pocket books. I have different sets for different tones, so I can retune too :-)

I like how the sculptures look, but I find the sound kind of thin. Perhaps a pair of better mallets brings out more of the tone, and less of the metal.

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