Percussion instruments

This Companion explores percussion and rhythm and is written by performers, composers, conductors, scholars, instrument designers, and scientists.

In Percussion Pedagogy, author Michael Udow offers a practical guide for students interested in teaching percussion as well as improving their technique.

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), the Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking quick pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music.

Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History is a vivid account of the events that led to the "e;accidental"e; invention of the steel drum: the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the 20th century.

In this intimate and open account - nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read - Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.

First emerging in North America and Europe in the late 1920s, contemporary percussion practices have transitioned from the fringes of contemporary music to the forefront over the past 90 years.

Der renommierte Schlagzeuger Christian Dierstein hat zusammen mit einer Forschungsgruppe der Hochschule fur Musik Basel die Spieltechniken auf dem Schlagzeug aus neuartiger Perspektive erforscht.

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in New York and Dakar, this book explores the Senegalese dance-rhythms Sabar from the research position of a dance student.

In Modern Etudes and Studies for the Total Percussionist, band director and percussionist Chris Colaneri lays out a comprehensive system of total percussion education.

In The Drum: A History, drummer, instructor, and blogger Matt Dean details the earliest evidence of the drum from all regions of the planet, looking at cave paintings, statues, temple reliefs, and burial remains before finding existing relics of actual drums, which have survived thousands of years.

Bringing together much-loved masterpieces with exciting new works, this accessible and inspiring guide is a celebration of classical music.

From snares to cymbals, drums are taking over the stage in this first-ever collected look into some of the most famous drum kits of rock and roll history.

More than eighty years have passed since Edgard Varese's catalytic work for percussion ensemble, Ionisation, was heard in its New York premiere.

Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education.

An icon of global Punjabi culture, the dhol drum inspires an unbridled love for the instrument far beyond its application to regional vernacular music.

The Band Teacher's Percussion Guide: Insights into Playing and Teaching Percussion is an essential practical resource for instrumental music teachers and band directors.

Get down with rock, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin rhythms!

Stan Levey is widely considered to be one of the most influential drummers in the history of modern jazz.

The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge.

Get down with rock, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and Latin rhythms!

The second half of the twentieth century saw vast changes in all aspects of percussion - the instruments themselves, playing techniques, and percussion writing - plus the huge influence of pop music, jazz, and film scores.

Tipbook Drums - The Complete Guide is a totally new and expanded edition of the original Tipbook Drums (2001).

An approachable introduction to the drum kit, drummers, and drumming, and the key debates surrounding the instrument and its players.

In The Drum: A History, drummer, instructor, and blogger Matt Dean details the earliest evidence of the drum from all regions of the planet, looking at cave paintings, statues, temple reliefs, and burial remains before finding existing relics of actual drums, which have survived thousands of years.

Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education.

Culturally Responsive Teaching in a High School Percussion Ensemble: Validating Immigrant Identities addresses themes of immigration, identity, and culturally responsive teaching in music education using a deep case study of Brazilian samba music in the context of a high school percussion ensemble.

Exploring technique, history, musicality and instrumental details, this book covers every aspect of the major drummers of the classic rock era: Keith Moon (The Who), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), among others.

An iconic symbol and sound of the Lucumi/Santeria religion, Afro-Cuban bata are talking drums that express the epic mythological narratives of the West African Yoruba deities known as orisha.

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts.

Timpani Tone and the Interpretation of Baroque and Classical Music explores the nature, production, and evolution of timpani tone and provides insights into how to interpret the music of J.

Scholarship on the musical traditions of Indonesia has long focused on practices from Java and Bali, including famed gamelan traditions, at the expense of the wide diversity of other musical forms within the archipelago.

Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most revered and celebrated drummer.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Orchesterinstrumente und erleben Sie eine Reise durch Jahrhunderte musikalischer Entwicklung und kultureller Vielfalt.

Joel Gion's memoir tells the story of the first ten years of the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Pain and injury are near constant companions for professional musicians.

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts.

A performer''s perspective on Reich''s compositions which explores the techniques developed by musicians to bring his compositions to life.

While composers and percussionists are working more closely than ever with one another, there are few resources that address this collaborative relationship in depth.

Timpani Tone and the Interpretation of Baroque and Classical Music explores the nature, production, and evolution of timpani tone and provides insights into how to interpret the music of J.

Twentieth-century composers created thousands of original works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble.

Djembe drum Tutorial Guide.

Often appearing as a mere onlooker who didn't really want to be there, Charlie Watts - 'the silent Stone' - embraced fame reluctantly.

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), the Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking quick pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music.

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The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge.

The author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence through being fully present with himself and others.