Passages for bass drum from works of: Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Hartmann, Hindemith, Martin, Mozart, Strawinsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner • Xylophone: Bartók, Berg, Britten, Egk, Gershwin, Hindemith, Humperdinck, Kodály, Ligeti, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Schönberg, Strauss, Stravinsky • Glockenspiel: Debussy, Delibes, Dukas, Glasunov, Hindemith, Humperdinck, Kodály, Leoncavallo, Respighi, Saint-Saens, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner • Vibraphone: Berg, Bernstein, Henze • Small drum: Auber, Berg, Honegger, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rimski-Korsakov, Rossini, Suppé • Becken: Tchaikovsky • Kastagnetten: Ravel, Wagner • Tambourine: Bizet
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For unaccompanied vibraphone.
Contents: Allegretto (Sor) • Allegro (Kuhlau) • Allegro in F Major (Mozart) • Allemande (Rameau) • Aria • Bourree (Bach) • Cantabile (Sor) • Caprice in C# (Legnani) • Caprice in D Flat (Legnani) • Caprice in G Flat (Legnani) • Dearest Emanuel, Lord of Faithful (Bach) • Divertimento (Haydn) • Divertissement (Sor) • Fantasia (Telemann) • Fugue (Campenhout) • Gavotte (Scarlatti) • Little Fugue (Handel) • Lord Christ (Bach) • Lord Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace (Bach) • Minuet • Minuet (Mozart) • Minuet in G Minor (Bach) • My Life is Hid in Jesus (Bach) • My Soul Doth Magnify Lord (Bach) • O Sacred Head, Now Wounded • Passacaille (Campenhout) • Pavana (Milan) • Pavana (Sanz) • Prelude (Visee) • Prelude (Weiss) • Prelude in C Minor (Corbetta) • Preludio (Roncalli) • Sarabande (Weiss) • Spanish Royal March (Handel) • Spinning Song • Spiritoso (Clementi) • To God Let All Human Race (Bach).
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“An invaluable resource!” –Michael Spiro
Latin Jazz Guide covers 12 of the most common Latin jazz styles such as bossa nova, samba, mambo, and cha cha cha, with style-specific information on each one that includes: “at-a-glance” basic info pages for each style; “percussion solutions” scores for basic and advanced players; rhythm section example scores for bass, piano and guitar; background information on each style; answers to FAQs; performance tips; resources for more in-depth study; recommended listening examples; exclusive example and play-along videos on the companion website; and more!
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Now available in paperback edition!
In this meticulously researched biography, author Pelle Berglund presents the first comprehensive book on the life of Buddy Rich, still considered by many to be the greatest drummer ever to pick up sticks. Using interviews with many of Buddy's band members (some conducted by the author himself) along with extensive sourcing of quotes from practically every interview ever given by Buddy himself, a complete chronology of Buddy's life is presented – along with insights into what drove him and what he thought about the various situations and people he encountered through his life.
One of a Kind recounts each chapter of a life lived in the spotlight: childhood star Traps, the Drum Wonder; young jazz drummer with Joe Marsala an Bunny Berigan; star sideman with Artie Shaw, Harry James, and Tommy Dorsey; and leading various incarnations of the Buddy Rich Big Band. A twentieth century icon, Buddy's relationships with Shaw, Dorsey, Count Basie, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Gene Krupa, Norman Granz, Lana Turner, and his family, including wife Marie and daughter Cathy, are insightfully investigated.
Never-before-seen photos of Buddy culled from the private collection of collector Charley Braun add a new perspective on Buddy's life – including a 16-page featured photo section.
Beyond providing a complete timeline of Buddy Rich's life, One of a Kind provides a glimpse into the mind of a musical titan who demanded greatness from himself and those around him, and became of the most celebrated and controversial stars in music.
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Performing in a big band, and accurately interpreting a big band drum part, can present a challenge to beginning and experienced drummers alike. This book by the founder and publisher of Modern Drummer magazine has been written and designed specifically to help drummers better understand the intricacies of this specialized form of drumming. Time notation, section and ensemble figures, phrasing and fill-ins are all thoroughly discussed, and a wealth of practice examples are included to help players improve their big band drumming performance.
“An excellent text that gets right to the core of big band drumming.”
– Louie Bellson
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This book with access to online audio is designed for drummers of all styles and levels, as well as recording engineers and producers. It contains step-by-step instructions along with over 35 professional photos that allow you to see the tools and tuning techniques up close. The 29-track companion audio contains demos for listening, so you can read and hear the differences in sounds. Covers: preparation; drumhead basics; drum construction and head properties; tom-toms; snare drum; bass drum; the drum set as one instrument; drum sounds and tuning over the years; when to change heads; and more.
Featured in Modern Drummer's 2003 Product Extravaganza!
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This book provides challenging solos for drummers interested in supplementary lesson material, or in expanding their recital and solo competition repertoire. Also available by Sperie Karas:
Jazz Drumset Solos (06620078) and Snare Drum Solos (06620079)
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This tribute to Gretsch kits features full-color photos and interviews with sensational players like Louie Bellson, Jimmy Cobb, Chuck Flores, Phil Grant, Jake Hanna, Elvin Jones, Don Lamond, Charlie Persip, Dick Shanahan, and others. Written by Chet Falzerano, a contributor to Modern Drummer, Percussive Notes, and Not So Modern Drummer magazines, plus the books Guide to Vintage Drums and Star Sets.
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In “Double-Pedal Gold”- the latest multi-media release from Hudson Music-drummer, author and educator Joe Morton presents hundreds of challenging exercises that provide double-pedal players with a straight-forward yet incremental method to develop double-pedal technique. The exercises facilitate the use of single and double-strokes in both 16th- and 32nd-note bass drum patterns and include over twenty solo compositions for the drumset that incorporate the techniques learned in the book. Also included is a companion CD loaded with examples of many of the exercises and solos as demonstrated by the author.
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Six Japanese Gardens is another wonderful example of contemporary programmatic composition by Kaija Saariaho for percussion and electronics. It was composed in the summer of 1993, when Saariaho took inspiration from the gardens around her in Kyoto. File information for the download of the electronics is included.
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Scored for Percussion Solo. Written for Robyn Schulkowsky and first performed by her at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg 1985. By limiting the instrumentation to drums only, the composer explored several kinds of patterning, the principal one being cross-rhythms in triplets played with two sticks. Duration 16 minutes.
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In Start Somewhere to Go Somewhere, Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin provides a system for taking core drumming concepts such as rudiments and applying variations to them to come up with a full vocabulary of fill and solo ideas for the drumset.
“The purpose of this book is to accomplish a few things that should be beneficial to every drummer, regardless of skill level or genre,” says Rubin. “On the macro level, it's meant to show you how creativity can develop and flourish from the more basic elements of drumming, while keeping musicality at the forefront and strengthening your weaker side. On the micro level, it takes a step-by-step approach from warm-up exercises and routines, to applying rudiments to the kit, gaining balance and consistency, and eventually showing the near limitless possibility of mixing up all of the above.”
In this book, you will learn:
• Taking an initial basic idea/sticking/pattern rudiment and systematically notifying it to gain a huge arsenal of ideas based on one concept.
• Technique-building exercises to train both hands to equilibrium.
• Ways to apply the most important rudiments and stickings to your playing, including diddles, flams, hertas, drags, and more.
• A graduated approach to taking each sticking and rudiment from a basic exercise to an orchestrated drumset concept.
• Fully ambidextrous/mirrored stickings to develop your limbs equally, whether you play righty, left, or open-handed.
• Real-world orchestration ideas for fills solos.
• Includes audio examples recorded in Ilan's personal studio.
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As a long-time studio musician, Emil Richards knows the importance of sight reading, and in this book has provided a superb source for those who would like to improve the skills needed to play today's music. Sight Reading for Mallets contains over 30 compositions that offer experience playing the unusual rhythms and phrases found in 21st-century writing. Though written primarily for mallets, any instrumentalist will gain the same benefits.
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Compiled by John O'Reilly for various percussion instruments with piano.
Contents: SNARE DRUM: The Phantom Drummer (Weinberger) • Two Unaccompanied Solos (Colgrass) • Introduction and Rondo (O'Reilly) • Metal 'N' Wood (O'Reilly) • MULTIPLE PERCUSSION: Two for One (O'Reilly) • Trinote (O'Reilly) • Fireworks (O'Reilly) • TIMPANI: Lament (O'Reilly) • Primeval Dance (O'Reilly) • Three Designs for Three Timpani (Muczynski) • Sonata for 2 or 3 Timpani and Piano (Tcherepnin) • Two Pieces (Carter) • MALLET PERCUSSION: Gymnopedie (Satie) • Allegro (Loeillet) • Adagio and presto (Handel) • Cool (Bernstein) • Tarantella (Prokofiev) • Scherzo (O'Reilly) • Concertino, Op. 21 (Creston).
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