Percussion

Arranged for xylophone solo(s) and band, this exciting feature spotlights one or more keyboard percussionists in front of the band.

The most comprehensive method for keyboard percussion ever written. A complete course of 50 lessons including ragtime, improvising, blues and exercises for individual hand development.

This timeless treatise on the professional secrets of percussion performance, written by two of America's most outstanding orchestral percussionists, provides the kind of information that - before this book - could only have been gained by years of public performance. Learn the many tricks of the trade and subtle nuances of artistic percussion performance through text and photos.

For someone with a drumming background, this book is a perfect companion - utilizing drumming experience by presenting the melodic fundamentals of music in an interesting and challenging way. No nursery rhyme tunes or children's songs are found here. Instead, rhythmically interesting and fun pieces are used to speed up the intermediate/advanced drummer's progress on keyboard percussion instruments. Topics covered include: melodic music fundamentals; performance fundamentals; scale studies; triad studies; reading studies; solo studies; utilizing snare drum/drumset skills. Includes play-along CD.

A complete routine of 35 lessons showing how variations and arpeggios are formed in their relation to the fundamental chord. Demonstrates application of variations, arpeggios, double-stops, and scale forms to a given melody. Also includes a thorough demonstration of the invention of ideas, adaption from the piano-part, hot choruses, rhythm effects, and more. Originally published during 1936 and 1937 as a series of lessons available by mail, this title was one of the very first jazz improvisation methods to be published for any instrument.

Volume two of the original Audition Etudes that includes a compact disc (CD) providing an interpretation of each etude. An outstanding all-in-one comprehensive percussion edition for a variety of uses.

Three contrasting and challenging movements that contain many contemporary compositional devices. This work, which requires advanced technical and musical proficiency, is ideal for university recital or jury exams.

This latest work in the Meredith Music master class series presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three legendary compositions for timpani and percussion. Together, Morris Lang, Charles Dowd, and Anthony J. Cirone have put a lifetime of performance and study experience into an extensive volume featuring Eight Pieces for Four Timpani by Elliott Carter, Concertino for Percussion and Small Orchestra by Darius Milhaud and l'Histoire du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky. This in-depth, one-of-a-kind publication includes: corrections of wrong notes, rhythms, phrasings, and dynamics; far-reaching suggestions on interpretation; revised notation when original music was difficult to read; suggested muffling to enhance interpretation; additional articulations when appropriate; suggested sticking to increase musical phrasing; historical references.

A former percussionist for the San Francisco Symphony and professor of music at Indiana University, Anthony Cirone has provided a comprehensive performance analysis of cymbal parts for the major symphonic repertoire. His easy-to-understand explanations are based on countless performances under many of the world's finest conductors. Includes parts for practice and performance.

Principal Timpanist of the Boston Symphony, head of the Percussion Department at Boston University, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and section leader for the Tanglewood Music Center, Tim Genis has provided a comprehensive performance analysis of percussion accessory parts for the major symphonic repertoire. His easy-to-understand explanations are based on countless performances under many of the world's finest conductors.