# MB instrument for credited 'mallets'?
**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Tags:** instruments, relationships
**Created:** [November 20, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094 "2021-11-20T12:02:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ernstlx](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ernstlx)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094/1 "2021-11-20T12:02:17Z")
Hi,
[Junior Gill](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7cf9f0ef-5a59-402e-ab90-095b5f0f132e/relationships) hits all kind of things with his mallets, e.g. vibraphone, marimba and steel pan - known for this album:
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/c225c09a-9593-45b0-8f52-9d020f852f8f](https://musicbrainz.org/release/c225c09a-9593-45b0-8f52-9d020f852f8f)
There are printed per-track credits, but on tracks he used more than one of his instruments, only ‘mallets’ are mentioned.
But mallets is no MB instrument - what should be chosen? Percussion? Other instrument? I picked ‘[percussion idiophone](https://musicbrainz.org/instrument/a2783aac-898d-48a3-a7fd-34457cccf10a)’, because of the explanation, but I’m not really happy with it, and it is probably not what was meant by the credit.
I would be grateful for suggestions!
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### Author:  [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094/2 "2021-11-20T13:39:07Z")
I’d pick “percussion” and rename it “mallets”. That is the more generic term as an idiophone will be too limited to something specific.
If I know that one track has an identifiable Marimba or steel pan heard, then I’d add that in as well. I have done this with a few albums as it is fun to listen and find the details by ear. Or some extreme reading up on “How I made this album” notes. No problem having multiple types of percussion listed on a track.
(But I may not be the best to ask as I’d never select membranophone as it is not a word I have ever heard used outside of this site)
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### Author:  [@ernstlx](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ernstlx)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094/3 "2021-11-20T14:08:21Z")
> [@IvanDobsky](#):
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> have done this with a few albums as it is fun to listen and find the details by ear
Me too, … I think about adding additional instruments, although if I hear steelpan and marimba, that’s probably what was credited as ‘mallets’
> [@IvanDobsky](#):
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> I’d never select membranophone as it is not a word I have ever heard used outside of this site
… and it’s 99% wrong, … although if ‘drums & percussion’ is credited, it probably means real drums (membranophones) and percussion = a drums set 🤪
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### Author:  [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094/4 "2021-11-20T19:42:16Z")
> [@ernstlx](#):
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> although if I hear steelpan and marimba, that’s probably what was credited as ‘mallets’
I would put both for this guy. If he is making a point of using his “mallets” in the credits, then I’d make sure to give them a nice loud credit along with any instrument he is hitting with them.
> [@IvanDobsky](#):
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> membranophone
When I see that word, I just imagine the drummer sitting there playing a Kazoo.
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### Author:  [@ernstlx](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ernstlx)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/mb-instrument-for-credited-mallets/560094/5 "2021-11-20T20:51:17Z")
> [@IvanDobsky](#):
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> When I see that word, I just imagine the drummer sitting there playing a Kazoo.
(nothing more to say) 😆
… and ‘percussion idiophone’ isn’t any better. Since I cannot identify all his instruments, I will fall back on percussion[mallets].