Building Percussion Technique


Book Description

A supplement to any beginning method for snare drum, bass drum, and keyboard percussion instruments. All exercises can be played as duets on the snare drum or combined with the keyboard parts for ensemble performance.




Building Bass Drum Technique


Book Description

This book from Modern Drummer publisher Ron Spagnardi will help drummers using a traditional single bass set-up attain the most effective and efficient results from their playing. In a simple and methodical manner, it presents bass drum development exercises using 8th notes, triplets, two common 16th-note figures, straight 16th notes, 16th-note triplets, and 32nd notes. The last section of the book presents five challenging solos using combinations of the previously studied material.




Recital Solos for Snare Drum


Book Description

(Meredith Music Percussion). Thirty musically challenging solos for concert or adjudication. Advanced. (a href="http://youtu.be/RwoTLKoK7nY" target="_blank")Click here for a YouTube video on Recital Solos for Snare Drum(/a)




Accents and Rebounds


Book Description

George Lawrence Stone's Accents and Rebounds, the follow-up to the classic Stick Control, builds on the basics with accent routines and more advanced rhythms to improve the player's finesse and control. This book includes sections on accented eighths, dotted notes, and triplets, as well as rebound control and more. If you are a fan of Stick Control, then this method supplies the perfect next step for your practice routine. This updated edition adds Joe Morello's legendary arrow notation to help students incorporate the motions of the Moeller technique.




Sound Percussion--An Intermediate Method for Individual Or Group Instruction


Book Description

A comprehensive resource for the intermediate to advanced percussion students and their teachers. Chapters cover issues of rhythm, meter, rudiments, rolls, and more. Features exercises for individual or group work, and introduces a variety of different instruments. Online media includes play-along tracks, video lessons, and supplemental content.




Stick Control


Book Description

George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it one of the top 25 drumming books of all-time. In the words of the author, this is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced rhythms and moves through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.




The Couch Potato Drum Workout: Technique-Building Exercises You Can Do While Watching Tv!


Book Description

Let's face it, we all practice in front of the TV sometimes, so why not make the best of it? The Couch Potato Drum Workout is a fun, straightforward, no-frills approach to building drum technique while watching your favorite TV show or just vegging out on the couch. It's perfect for drummers of all levels and styles looking to develop power, speed, and endurance. Learn how to turn your couch into a practice drumset, and how to use your relaxation time in the most efficient and productive way possible. With tons of exercises to develop your technique in astonishing ways, this book is your ticket to advancing as a drummer---all while sitting on your couch!




Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone


Book Description

The "Goldenberg book" has been used by generations of orchestral mallet players to develop their skills. As well as studies and etudes, this book includes excerpts of major orchestral repertoire for keyboard percussion instruments. This edition, edited by Tony Cirone, includes phrasings that were inherent in the music but not specifically written out. Stickings are also addressed: the original stickings are in uppercase letters, and the added stickings are in lowercase. This book is the primary source for keyboard percussion players to learn technique and orchestral repertoire.




Steve Smith - Pathways of Motion


Book Description

Miscellaneous Percussion Music - Mixed Levels




Alfred's Drum Method


Book Description

"Rudimental studies, roll studies, reading studies, actual drum parts, contest solos, bass drum & cymbals"--Cover.