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

In the biography Keiko Abe: A Virtuosic Life, author Rebecca Kite tells the untold story of Keiko Abe's groundbreaking influence on the evolution of the marimba and its music. Kite also offers a history of the xylophone, the marimba, and the music, composers, and performers that each instrument was associated with over the centuries. Examples of rare and historic recordings are included on a CD. Keiko Abe transformed the marimba into today's five-octave solo instrument and full-fledged member of classical ensembles. Over the course of Keiko Abe's long musical career, beginning as a child prodigy at age ten, her rare gifts have garnered her recognition as a musical genius, consummate artist, innovator in her field, and composer of classical pieces of art music for her instrument. As Abe's audiences worldwide know, she is also a spellbinding performer. Biographer Rebecca Kite is a marimbist and composer whose solo recordings include 'Across Time' and 'Prism.' She is a frequent contributor to Percussive Notes, the journal of the Percussive Arts Society. / Percussions

Au cours de dix ans, le légendaire jeunes compositeurs de bande John O'Reilly et Mark Williams a composé et arrangé plus de 100 oeuvres de création qui sont en corrélation avec des pages spécifiques dans leur méthode de bande très réussie, Accent sur ??le rendement. Alfred Music est maintenant fière de faire ces arrangements disponibles dans un format de livre qui comprend 22 un régime complet de chaque collection.La collection comprend de nombreuses marches Mars original avec des arrangements de thèmes célèbres. / Percussions

Au cours de dix ans, le légendaire jeunes compositeurs de bande John O'Reilly et Mark Williams a composé et arrangé plus de 100 oeuvres de création qui sont en corrélation avec des pages spécifiques dans leur méthode de bande très réussie, Accent sur ??le rendement. Alfred Music est maintenant fière de faire ces arrangements disponibles dans un format de livre qui comprend 22 un régime complet de chaque collection. / Percussions

Facsimile Of The Draft Score and Paul Sacher'S Annotated Full Score Copy-Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion composed in summer 1937 on a commission from Paul Sacher and premièred in Basel in January 1938 is incontestably one of the supreme creations of modern music. This publication with introductory essays by Felix Meyer Robert W. Wason Lászlo Vikárius and Wolfgang Rathert presents two major handwritten sources for this work from the holdings of the Paul Sacher Foundation: the draft score which offers a fascinating glimpse into the sonata's genesis and a 'whiteprint' of the fair copy which contains additions from Bartók and differs substantially from the definitiveversion at the end of the development section in movement 1. The volume also contains on an enclosed CD the radio recording of 1940 with Bartók and his wife Ditta Pásztory on the piano parts as well as a new recording of the sonata in its 'original' form played by the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with percussionists Matthias Würsch and Christian Dierstein.

Per Nørgård I CHING Programme Note I CHING (1982) for Percussion Solo I. Thunder Repeated: The Image of Shock (hexagram no. 51) II. The Taming Power of the Small - 9 sounds (hexagram no. 9) III. The Gentle the Penetrating (hexagram no. 57) IV. Towards Completion: Fire over Water (hexagram no. 64) I Ching (The Book of Changes) four movements for solo percussion was written in 1982 and dedicated to the Danish percussionist Gert Mortensen. I Ching is the thousand-year-old Chinese oracle book whose 64 combinations of six 'Yang' or 'Yin' lines (bright or dark) represent 64 different states of being for all living things includinghuman beings. The 64 states of being should be thought of as an eternal hidden cycle which lies behind everything that we do: for example the supreme the enthusiastic initiative (combination or 'hexagram' no. 1 the creative) or the despair of the moment the warm and friendly and so on. The states of being exist on all levels - the official the private etc. - at the same time in many speeds. From these I selected four the sequence of which progresses from a situation from which there is apparently no solution to a (temporary) relief. In the first movement ´Thunder repeated the Image of Shock´ a vicious circle of claustrophobic closed circuits is represented by the tom-tom part. This is followed by tam-tams and wood sounds but returns full-circle to the tom-toms. The second movement ´The taming Power of the small´has its origins in the violence of the first movement but this time lets it resolve in a long glide upwards which stars with voice sounds ´borrowed´from the Beatles´´Revolution no 9´which are then transmitted to the other instruments. The third movement is ´The Gentle The Penetrating´in which lyrical poetry dominates with gentle bell-like sounds and delicate tunes. Finally the sovereign many-layered world of rhythm triumphs in the fourth movement: ´Towards Completion. Fire over

Includes: Let's Rock Majestic March When The Saints Go Marching In Mickey Mouse March Power Rock Farandole Jus' Plain Blues My Heart Will Go On Rainbow Connection Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Drums of Corona Laredo (Concert March) Pomp and Circumstance Stratford March and Do-Re-Mi.

The Concerto For Percussion (Op. 73) was written specially for Philips Records in 1968 and first appeared on a record issued in 1969. It has since been used several times as ballet music. It is scored for fourunaccompanied Percussion instruments with a set of parts available here. The conductor and composer Leonard Salzedo (1921-2000) was born in London and studied at the Royal College of Music with Herbert Howells. Aswell as conducting a wide range of Ballet companies he also wrote the music for several Ballets and Film scores but he is probably best remembered for his chamber music.

Soloing Strategies for Hand Drummers-This book is for advanced hand drummers who want to play complex solos using simple sequences of hand strokes. Whether you play Djembe conga or ashiko the practical hand-pattern strategies explained here will help you get themost out of your hands with the least amount of effort. And whether you want to solo in a traditional African or Afro-Cuban ensemble in a drum circle in a band or in your living room along with your favorite CDs Secrets of theHand will help you take your playing to the next level. The book is organized into two main sections. The first covers the five basic hand-pattern strategies and the second covers five strategies for creating the illusion ofspeed. Each new strategy builds on the ones before it. And while you're learning the strategies you'll also be learning over a hundred patterns that should be a fountain of ideas for you when you solo.

Peter Magadini's Polyrhythms is acclaimed the world over and has been hailed by Modern Drummermagazine 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.

Akrodha meaning ‘freedom from anger’ in Sanskrit was commissioned for international Percussion soloist Jonny Axelsson and written in 1998. Of this work composer Volans says ‘What would appear as a fairly moderate piece forKeyboard is amplified a hundredfold in difficulty and effect when translated into drum music…I had it turned out written an unspeakably difficult piece.’ The sheet music includes specific instructions on instrumentation andtonality ‘A pentatonic or diatonic scale is to be avoided’ though it is clear that the performer has some leeway to make his own choices of elements to create the sounds.Kevin Volans is a twentieth century composer andpianist who was born in South Africa and has had a variety of inspirational experiences including time spent studying with Karlheinz Stockhausen association with the New Simplicity movement research into African music andmany non-musical friendships and influences. Some of his most celebrated work have been his String quartets.

for Drumset (Cameroon)-Come and get to know the most fascinating grooves from Central Africa! The new volume by Christian Bourdon explains step by step the large variety of rhythms from Cameroon. The patterns of traditional percussion instruments are transferred to the drums thus turning short patterns and combinations into authentic grooves on the drum set. All rhythms and examples on the accompanying CD have been performed and recorded by the author himself for listening and playing along.

No previous knowledge required! With this book and instrument, your child can start playing right away. Everything you need to know about the basics of music is explained especially for little ones. Funny illustrations and colored note heads ensure lasting playing fun and rapid success, thus keeping your child motivated. / Niveau : Débutant / Children's - Methods / Méthode / Percussions