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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

Maracatu de Baque Virado-Maracatu for Drumset and Percussion explores the traditional Brazilian rhythms of the Maracatu de Baque Virado.Author Scott Kettner explores every aspect of this dynamic genre including instruments of Maracatu de Baque Virado changing traditions of maracatu traditional and contemporary maracatu manifestations drumset applications New Orleans mambo and more.After graduating from New York's New School University Kettner moved to Brazil to learn more about maracatu. With this book he shares an accessible and pragmatic approach to learning and understanding the instruments and basic rhythms of Maracatu de Baque Viradoand how to apply these rhythms to drumset.

This method is designed for anyone just learning to play the steelpan. This easy to use beginner's guide takes you through the basics of the inst rument and its technique. The accompanying audio includes demonstration tracks.

Used and endorsed by numerous college percussion programs, Reading Mallet Percussion Music by Rebecca Kite provides a solid foundation in the scales, arpeggios, and melodic patterns necessary for percussionists to get up to speed quickly in reading music in bass and treble clef. Kite has recorded each page of music which includes 30 technique exercises (more than three hours of music), that is included on the play-along CD. Students will hear what the music sounds like on the marimba and play along with Kite as they practice! There is also a special emphasis on developing speed reading techniques that gives each learner a fast track to reading fluency. The first two sections of the book contain original etudes by Rebecca Kite, written specifically for developing music reading music skills. Especially notable are the illustrations of the marimba keyboard with either a note or scale darkened so the student can identify them on the marimba on which they are playing. The music, all of which is composed for a four-octave marimba, is clearly written with large noteheads that will help the beginner in learning to read. The third section of the book contains thirty classic melodies that are presented in increasing difficulty and are arranged to use the entire four octave keyboard (including reading bass clef). The final section contains 30 technical exercises for two mallets for developing the skill to play the material in the book. For 2 mallets, 4.0 octave marimba. Here is what percussion teachers are saying about this book: 'Reading Mallet Percussion Music is an excellent book, well-written and organized for easy comprehension,' ---John Beck, Eastman School of Music (retired). 'Your two-mallet reading book is absolutely brilliant, and is now a required resource in my curriculum.' ---Kurt Gartner, Kansas State University. / Percussions