Sonata for Timpani is composed in three movements Mysteriously Jazz-Like and Fast and includes unusual techniques like striking the bowl of the timpani rolling between two drums striking the timpani with fingers and playingin the centre of the head. The work is now a standard in the solo timpani repertoire.American composer Percussionist conductor and educator John Beck is now Professor Emeritus of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music inRochester New York after nearly fifty years on the faculty. In addition to his long performing recording and teaching career he has also published the Encyclopedia of Percussion.

Six exciting works by Nexus percussionist Bill Cahn for unaccompanied timpani for the advanced performer. These pieces include a variety of styles influenced by music from Western Classical and Romantic periods North Indian tabla drumming and West African rhythms. Each piece may be played alone or in any combination.

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. Contrary to what one might think, it is particularly difficult to write a solo or concertante work for an instrument that a person is very familiar with. Whenever I encounter this situation, I always feel a certain reserve or prudence, or even apprehension about leaning toward facility, in terms of gestures. Lack of objectivity can result in the imagination being more instrumental than purely musical. However, when Benoît Cambreling came to me proposing that I write a concerto for timpani, I did not hesitate for an instant because this instrument possesses extraordinary and often under exploited musical potential. This percussion instrument often provides a type of harmonic and rhythmic base in the orchestra, but can also assume the role of a soloist. I began by writing an etude for solo timpani making use of glissandi, rhythmic inflections, as well as the melodic potential. Once this first step was completed, I began to 'orchestrate' the etude, or rather to extend the instrumental material into the orchestra by creating illusions of resonance, doublings, and echoes. Sometimes, the timpani also become a reservoir of ideas for the orchestra capable of triggering textures (as in instrumental electronic music). Here however, the instrument is above all treated in a melodic manner, reinforced, or not, by orchestral instruments that create a backdrop and the illusion of extension./ Répertoire / Timbales

Grades 6 - 8. Par LCM. The second of the two books covering the timpani grade examinations for the popular London College of Music and Media percussion syllabus adds piano accompaniments to a number of the pieces, which represent a wide selection of exciting composers currently writing in this field. Three timpani are required for Grades 7 and 8. Details of tuning requirements, specimen sight-reading and aural tests, plus guidance for the viva voce, are included, along with a separate piano part supplied with the volume./ Recueil / Timbales

Grades 3-4-Exercises pieces and sight reading examples for the ABRSM Timpani exams Grades 3-4 composed and devised by Ian Wright.

These 15 expertly written, intermediate-level solos were written as a companion to Fundamental Method for Timpani, but can act as supplementary material to the simultaneous study of any method book. Each solo is suitable for contests or juries and features a challenging variety of musical styles and contexts. / Timpani

Etude, Méthode, Exercice, tout est bon pour apprendre et perfectionner son apprentissage musical. A travers, cette partition pour 2 Timbales Et Piano vous pourrez découvrir une des oeuvres de Berlioz G. en l'occurence 30 Pieces Progressives Volume 1 Pieces 1 A 14 qui a été éditée par la maison d'édition Leduc. / 2 Timbales Et Piano / Partition

Grades 7-8-Exercises pieces and sight reading examples for the ABRSM Timpani exams Grades 7-8 composed and devised by Ian Wright.

Grades 1-2-Exercises pieces and sight reading examples for the ABRSM Timpani exams Grades 1-2 composed and devised by Ian Wright.