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Ivana Bilic Signature Series high Soprano / Very Hard is light and piercing, with crisp clear sound and articulation. It is designed for virtuoso passages in the upper register and aggressive contemporary-styled pieces
Ivana Bilic Signature Series Singing Tenor / Medium Hard is an expressive solo singing mallet, with a clear but warm and noble sound. It is ideal as a general mallet, adaptive to individual playing style and wide repertoire.
Ivana Bilic Signature Series Boy Alto / Medium is a "shy" mallet that doesn't look for a flashy entrance. It is slightly lighter and softer than the IBR5, introspective with a pure and "innocent" sound, and ideal for chamber music and J.S. Bach.
Ivana Bilic Signature Series Dramatic Baritone / Medium Hard is bold, powerful, and ... dramatic! It is heavy, with a good bounce, and groovy. Ivana recommends it for use as the bass mallet for a combined set, with two IB2's or IB3 + IB2 as the two inner mallets.
Ivana Bilic Signature Series Smooth Bass / Very Soft has choral quality and a velvet humming sound. It is ideal for roll sections and legato playing.
Ivana Bilic Signature Series Power Bass / Medium Soft combines weight, and robust and rich sound, with articulation. It is heavier and harder than the IB5, and makes the low C really ring. Well suited for legato, rolled or fast passages, it sounds particularly nice in the two lowest octaves, enhancing the fundamental with a powerful, vibrant and clear sound. Ivana recommends it as the bass mallet for a combined set, with two IB5's or IB5 + IB4 as the two inner mallets. The combination of softer mallets with IB6 as the bass mallet works very well for chords (with or without rolls) because it emphasizes the bass line, and gives to the chord the right harmonic quality.
The Marimba One Ivana Bilic model IBR1 High Soprano mallets are light and piercing, with crisp clear sound and articulation. It is designed for virtuoso passages in the upper register and aggressive contemporary-styled pieces.Ivana Bilic wanted her new mallet line to emphasize the singing characteristic of the marimba, by relating the sound that each mallet makes to human vocal qualities. Her definitions for each mallet combine the ideal playing range for a mallet with the color/timbre of its sound.These mallets are on Rattan Handles.