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I've been dreaming of a graduated bar Mallet Kat closely matching the playing surface of a vibraphone.
*** So you can use the same ingrained mallet spread or spacing for both instruments !
A Mallet Kat is essentially an electronic mallet instrument that plays any sound you want.
All the pads are the same size.
You plug it into any amp or sound system. We may add a built in, for practice, speaker.
Kat's website; https://www.alternatemode.com/malletkat/instruments/

Having some fun learning how to use my new MalletKat and checking out some of the sounds on the GigKat2. Finally living out my dream of being a string player.. This is a little tune I wrote titled "Context".

If anyone has any tips for new MalletKat users please send them my way! I'd love to hear what sorts of uses others have found for the instrument.

Here is the video of them playing.

Below is the transcription:

What a cool tune. It seems like the chords don't go together, but they do.

I.E. the bridge
B Ab Db Bb

i think it of it as sort of
Eb- Ab7 Db Bb Eb- D- G C

Sort of and very cool!

Here's one of my versions on Marmaduke. I have been playing the tune every day! I love it!

Great hang with Charlie. Thanks to Tom Brown for hosting and setting this up!

Getting into the last few etudes. This one has some really cool harmonic stuff. I tried to be mindful of the dynamics and phrasing, but I did intentionally leave out a ritardando in the middle section because I wasn't quite hearing it.

This is a transcription of Tom Harrell's two choruses on I Remember You, from the 2009 recording on Philip Catherine's album by the same name. Original track superimposed over the transcription. A few wrong notes but nothing's perfect... enjoy!

PDF of transcription (including head in) attached.