This book contains a lot of music, from musical etudes designed for beginning and intermediate players, to recital material appropriate for intermediate and advanced marimbists. It includes: examples taken from contemporary solo and chamber works, with commentary and performance tips; 50 studies to develop four-mallet technique in a musical way; 18 classic and contemporary solos for recitals, auditions or juries, written by Beethoven, Handel, Chopin, Debussy, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and others; and helpful guidelines for mallet selection, grip, strokes, tone production, rolls, stickings, phrasing and other important topics.
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If you've been taking marimba lessons for a while, you're probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to folk songs and classical melodies, several of which originally featured the marimba! Songs include: Amazing Grace • Bohemian Rhapsody • Choucoune • Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) • Hakuna Matata • Jamaica Farewell • Limbo Rock • My Favorite Things • Nants' Ingonyama • Proud Mary • The Star-Spangled Banner • Tequila • Wipe Out • Yesterday • and more.
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Geared toward beginning band and orchestra students, this modern, musical approach to learning snare drum includes play-along audio files that feature full concert band recordings of band arrangements and classic marches with complete drum parts that allow the beginning drummer to apply the book's lessons in a realistic way. This title also includes: fun-to-play solos and etudes; duets that can be played with another drummer, a teacher, or with the play-along audio files; studies in 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 6/8 and cut-time; roll studies that can be applied in both rudimental (double-stroke) and orchestral (buzz-stroke) style; the 40 Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments (including modern drum corps rudiments); and much more! The Hal Leonard Snare Drum Method has been carefully graded and aligned with several popular band methods, including Essential Elements. There is simply no better way to prepare for playing snare drum in a band or orchestra! The audio is accessed online for download or streaming and including PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change key, and pan left or right–available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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25 delightful Disney tunes in arrangements for xylophone. Includes: Be Our Guest (from Beauty and the Beast) • Cruella de Vil (from 101 Dalmatians) • Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (from Frozen) • God Help the Outcasts (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) • I See the Light (from Tangled) • Kiss the Girl (from The Little Mermaid) • A Spoonful of Sugar (from Mary Poppins) • A Whole New World (from Aladdin) • You're Welcome (from Moana) • and more.
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This perennial favorite among drummers helps players develop their bass drum technique and increase their flexibility through the mastery of exercises.
“I used Colin Bailey's Bass Drum Control book to develop my SINGLE bass drum playing and DOUBLE bass drum playing. I had the good fortune to get together with Colin and have him show me some of his insights into the bass drum pedal technique and found it to be very useful.” –Steve Smith
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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| List | $19.99 |
A must-have collection of well-known songs, from pop hits and movie themes to jazz tunes and classical melodies, all expertly arranged for early-level xylophone players and presented in progressive order, from simple to more challenging! Songs include: Billie Jean • Chim Chim Cher-ee • Dancing Queen • Fever • Game of Thrones • God Bless America ® • A Hard Day's Night • He's a Pirate • Heart and Soul • Live and Let Die • Misirlou • Mission: Impossible Theme • Nola • The Rainbow Connection • Roar • Rolling in the Deep • Shake It Off • Skating • Star Wars (Main Theme) • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious • William Tell Overture • and more.
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The Hal Leonard Glockenspiel Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the glockenspiel. This easy-to-use guide provides step-by-step lessons and meticulously graded music by leading percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Video tutorials, demonstration audio, and accompaniment backing tracks are also included, making this book ideal for individual or group learning.
Concepts include: •Music reading skills
• The geography of the glockenspiel
• Positioning, posture, and holding mallets
• Striking the bars
• Sticking
• Playing melodies: steps and skips
• Dynamics
• Mallet technique
• Double stops
• Hand independence
• Hand dampening
• Sound effects
• Original compositions by Evelyn Glennie
• Video tutorials, demonstration audio, and accompaniment backing tracks
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Includes Recitative and Improvisation.
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Hudson Music is thrilled to announce a new full-color book in collaboration with Stewart Copeland, Rock 'n' Hall of Famer and drumming legend of the Police. One of the most iconic and influential rock drummers of all time, a book about his work has been sought after by drummers for many years. Now, with Stewart Copeland: Drumming in the Police and Beyond, Husdson Music presents the definitive document. Combining detailed biographical and analytical text, note-for-note drum transcriptions, and many never-before-published photos, this book covers Stewart's body of work, with special emphasis on his legendary drumming in the Police.
Created with exclusive interviews and input from Stewart himself, the book presents a look behind the scenes of the recording of each Police album, as well as Stewart's memories of his upbringing in the Middle East, early career in London, touring with the Police, and his perspective on the unique brand of drumming he brought to their classic albums.
Each album is documented in detail, and a selction of songs are transcribed and broken down by author Joe Bergamini. Beautiful color photos document all the phases of Stewart's storied career. The book includes a detailed gear section with diagrams of drum setups and specifics on Stewart's equipment and sound, assembled under the supervision of Stewart's longtime drum tech Jeff Seitz.
Among the 18 songs analyzed and transcribed are “Roxanne,” “Message in a Bottle,” “Walking on the Moon,” “Don't Stand So Close to Me,” “Spirits in the Material World,” “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” “One World,” “Synchronicity II,” and more. There are also tracks included from Animal Logic, Oysterhead, Gizmodrome, and Stewart's solo work.
Whether you're a pro drummer, music enthusiast, or just a fan of the Police, you will be taken on an exciting, informative, and visual journey into the mind and work of the iconic Stewart Copeland in Stewart Copeland: Drumming the the Police and Beyond.
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Realistic Rock for Kids is a method by drum legend Carmine Appice. Similar to his award-winning method Realistic Rock, this book shows kids how to play rock 'n' roll drums the quick and easy way. It teaches basics such as note reading, holding the sticks, simple hand/foot coordination exercises, and more. All of the exercises are performed on the online audio tracks. The online audio also include tracks of Carmine rockin' out to some great songs with his band. You can hear how he puts it all together then play along with special remixed drumless versions.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Peter Magadini's Polyrhythms is acclaimed the world over and has been hailed by Modern Drummer magazine as “by far the best book on the subject.” Written for instrumentalists and vocalists alike, this book with online audio contains excellent solos and exercises that feature polyrhythmic concepts. Topics covered include: 6 over 4, 5 over 4, 7 over 4, 3 over 4, 11 over 4, and other rhythmic ratios; combining various polyrhythms; polyrhythmic time signatures; and much more. The audio includes demos of the exercises and is accessed online using the unique code in each book. To see Peter in action demonstrating various polyrhythms, click here.
To purchase Peter Magadini's stand-alone CD Polyrhythm (different from the audio that accompanies this book), you can visit www.petermagadini.com.
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The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and a professional-quality online audio with 99 full-demo tracks and spoken instruction. This drum series can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the audio. This package offers a complete guide to the basics, covering: beats, songs and fills; all musical styles; playing tips and techniques; music notation; and more. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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One of the most recorded drummers in history, Jeff Porcaro became a music superstar held in equal esteem by fans and professionals alike. A founding member of GRAMMY®-award winning group Toto, Jeff also recorded and toured with a list of artists that reads like a who's who of popular music in the late twentieth century.
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“In many respects, this book picks up where the original Master Studies left off. Some of the material shown here is more difficult than that found in the first book. Like Master Studies, it's a workbook of material to use in developing the hands. It is not a drumset or coordination book, although several of the exercises can be played on the drumset. This book can be used by the classical, jazz, rock, or even rudimental drummer, although it does not focus on the rudiments as such. The exercises in this book should be practiced with a metronome. It will help you to play more rhythmically accurate by teaching you to space the notes correctly. Some of the exercises are very challenging to play and require slow, sensible, and accurate practice. Please be patient. The results will be more than satisfying.” –Joe Morello
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Exercises and studies for basic orchestral and ensemble playing. Includes rudiments to strengthen both hands and improve reflexes while developing rapid stick technique. Includes 24 exercises for the student and 24 duets for the student and teacher.
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