Marching Mallets
The “Principle Series” is a collection of videos covering the 'fundamentals' of each instrument -- these lessons aim to bring you from the basics of putting your instrument together, all the way to really making music! Our nationally-acclaimed educators walk you through a series of lessons that build upon one another to help structure and support your learning. This series contains an application etude that the educator will be using to guide your instruction. Happy Playing!
Marching Mallets 1: Setting Up the Instrument
Marching Mallets 4: Types of Strokes and Shifting
Marching Mallets 7: Review - Play through the Etude
Marching Mallets 2: Playing Posture
Marching Mallets 5: Moving Behind the Instrument
Marching Mallets 3: Dynamics
Marching Mallets 6: Introduction to Scales
Anna Thamasett, Concentration Coordinator for Marching Mallets
Anna Thamasett (she/her) is from Northern Virginia and is currently a second-year student at the University of South Carolina. She is pursuing a degree in Music Performance for percussion as well as minoring in Chemistry. Anna marched drum corps with Carolina Crown in 2019 and participated in both marching band and indoor drumline all four years in high school (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology) as a member of the front ensemble. She is also a member of the USC Percussion Society Board. For her Girl Scout Gold Award, Anna created a free percussion camp to encourage middle school percussionists to continue playing music. She is looking forward to working with Making Space in Music to help make music more accessible to everyone. Outside of music, Anna loves baking cupcakes, drinking tea while reading, and taking care of her many house plants.