With few study books existing for Percussion Jacques Delécluse ensures that this gap is filled with his excellent Initium III. French percussionist and composer Delécluse studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the mid-1900s winning many prizes. The exercises in the third volume of Initium III are subtitled 'Rhythm through Percussion Percussion through Rhythm'. The third addresses semiquavers trills dotted quavers compound time rests syncopation triplets and sextuplets amongst other aspects. The exercises ensure mastery of a high technical level on a variety of Percussioninstruments. For all aspiring percussionists Delécluse's Initium III is essential having been compiled by a master of Percussion himself.

Inspire your students to make some noise with Teach and Play Balinese Gamelan!The six pieces in this book represent an exciting and varied selection of music from the island of Bali from a Balinese warrior dance and a traditional lullaby to rhythmic 'monkey' chanting and a shadow-puppet play. Each piece is broken down into clear and simple steps that show you how to build up the music gradually with your class. Combined with the accompanying DVD - which contains 60 short clips of the author and a group of KS3 students demonstrating all of the instruments and patterns to each piece - teaching and learning world music has neverbeen so easy or enjoyable.The six pieces are supplemented with valuable background information about the music and culture cross-curricular projects composing ideas advice on assessment and guidance on teaching whole-class world-music ensembles. The material in this book has been designed primarily for use with KS2 and KS3 classes but the addition of higher-ability parts for each piece means the book can be tailored easily to KS4 as well. It is not necessary to own authentic instruments to get the most out of this book as classroom alternatives are suggested and demonstrated. 'This series has been written by a genuine expert who has thorough knowledge of his subject and shares this with the reader in a lively enthusiastic and passionate way. I have never found any books before that are so clear in explaining the fundamentals of these world-music genres and doing so in a format based around practical relevant and achievable tasks is even more remarkable. I can see these books becoming one of those series that every music teacher will have either read or heard about in years to come.'Matt Allen Head of Music Chessington Community College Kingston

The books in Carol Barratt's Bravo! series contain a selection of simple-to-play yet rewarding pieces that will really get pupils listening and performing musically right from the beginning.Each collection is idiomatically edited for the instrument by a leading performer.Bravo! Percussion features the pieces The Duke of Gloucester's March Pamp's Rag Jamie's Two-Step Classical Minuet Russian Dance Two English Folk Dances and more.

With few study books exisiting for the Timpani Jacques Delécluse ensures that this gap is filled with his excellent Thirty Studies for Timpani. French percussionist and composer Delécluse studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the mid-1900s winning many prizes. The exercises in the third volume of Thirty Studies for Timpani are built on technical examples and problems often encountered by Timpani players. The third volume requires a good knowledge of rhythm in order to fully benefit from the studies. The exercises ensure mastery of a high technical level. For all aspiring Timpani players Delécluse's Thirty Studies is essential having been compiled by a master of the instrument himself.

Purchasing Maintenance Troubleshooting and More-Why does that Snare Drum sound like a cardboard box? Why don't the pedals on the Timpani stay in position? What kind of Cymbals should I buy for a Drum set? Why does the Bass Drum rattle when struck? These and countless other questions are answered in this comprehensive text for anyone who deals with Percussion instruments. If you have ever struggled with questions on purchasing maintaining troubleshooting or storing your Percussion instruments then this book will provide you with a wealth of information on these topics and more!