The Drummer's Guide to Musical Styles and the Legends Who Defined Them. By Rich Lackowski. For Drum Set. Percussion - Drum Set Method or Collection. Instructional Book and Examples CD. 244 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Book/Online Audio Drums

SKU: HL.697299

By Various. Fast Track Music Instruction. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.697299).

ISBN 9780793575510. UPC: 073999972993. 9.0x12.0x0.113 inches.

The FastTrack songbooks are designed to let students jam with their friends learning other instruments in the series, so all the books have the same songs and are compatible. Each book includes access to play-along recordings in case a player doesn't have their own band available! The Level 2 songbooks feature 8 classic songs, including: Back in the U.S.S.R. â?¢ Born to Be Wild â?¢ I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man â?¢ Imagine â?¢ Layla â?¢ Maggie May â?¢ No Particular Place to Go â?¢ Takin' Care of Business. Audio is accessed online for download or streaming using the unique code in each book. 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.

About Fast Track Music Instruction

FastTrack is (you guessed it!) a fast way for beginners to learn to play that instrument they just bought. FastTrack is different from other method books: we've made them user-friendly with plenty of cool songs that make it easy and fun for players to teach themselves. Plus, the last section of all the FastTracks books have the same songs so that students can form a band and jam together.

By Scott Bihlman. For Drumset. Book; CD; Method/Instruction; Percussion - Drum Set Method or Collection. The Total Drummer. Blues. 128 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(A Totally Different, Fun Way to Learn). Composed by Pete Sweeney. For Drumset. Artist/Personality; Book; CD; Method/Instruction; Percussion - Drum Set Method or Collection. The New Basics. Rock. Beginner. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Music

(Featuring Instruction from Jason Bittner, John Blackwell, Keith Carlock, David Garibaldi and more). By David Garibaldi, Jason Bittner, John Blackwell, and Keith Carlock. For Drum. Percussion. Softcover with DVD. 104 pages. Hudson Music #HDBK36. Published

The Groove Encyclopedia for the Advanced 21st-Century Drummer. Percussion. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 120 pages. Hudson Music #HDBK17. Published by Hudson Music (

(A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Hip-Hop to Jazz). By Pete Sweeney. For Drumset. Artist/Personality; Book; CD; Method/Instruction; Percussion - Drum Set Method or Collection. Style Resource Series. Jazz; Rock. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

James Gadson - Funk/RandB Drumming by James Gadson. DVD. DVD. Published by Rittor Music

An Essential Study of Blues Drums for the Beginning to Advanced. Composed by Kevin Coggins and David Barrett. School of Blues. Book and online audio. 56 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21066M).

Orchestra

SKU: PR.11641867S

Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Duration 16 minutes, 25 seconds. Theodore Presser Company #116-41867S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11641867S).

UPC: 680160683208.

Contextures: Riots -Decade '60 was commissioned by Zubin Mehta and the Southern California Symphony Association after the successful premiere of the Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Orchestra. It was written during the spring and summer months of 1967. Riots stemming from resentment against the racial situation in the United States and the war in Vietnam were occurring throughout the country and inevitably invaded the composer's creative subconscious. Contextures, as the title implies, was intended to exploit various and varying textures. As the work progressed the correspondence between the fabric of music and the fabric of society became apparent and the allegory grew in significance. So I found myself translating social aspects into musical techniques. Social stratification became a polymetric situation where disparate groups function together. The conflict between the forces of expansion and the forces of containment is expressed through and opposition of tonal fluidity vs. rigidity. This is epitomized in the fourth movement, where the brass is divided into two groups - a muted group, encircled by the unmuted one, which does its utmost to keep the first group within a restricted pitch area. The playful jazzy bits (one between the first and second movements and one at the end of the piece) are simply saying that somehow in this age of turmoil and anxiety ways of having fun are found even though that fun may seem inappropriate. The piece is in five movements, with an interlude between the first and second movements. It is scored for a large orchestra, supplemented by six groups of percussion, including newly created roto-toms (small tunable drums) and some original devices, such as muted gongs and muted vibraphone. There is also an offstage jazz quartet: bass, drums, soprano saxophone and trumpet. The first movement begins with a solo by the first clarinetist which is interrupted by intermittent heckling from his colleagues leading to a configuration of large disparate elements. The interlude of solo violin and snare-drum follows without pause. The second movement, Prestissimo, is a display piece of virtuosity for the entire orchestra. The third movement marks a period of repose and reflection and calls for some expressive solos, particularly by the horn and alto saxophone. The fourth movement opens with a rather lengthy oboe solo, which is threatened by large blocks of sound from the orchestra, against an underlying current of agitated energy in the piano and percussion. This leads to a section in which large orchestral forces oppose one another, ultimately bringing the work to a climax, if not to a denouement. Various thematic elements are strewn all over the orchestra, resulting in the formation of a general haze of sound. A transition leads to the fifth movement without pause. The musical haze is pierced gently by the offstage jazz group as if they were attempting to ignore and even dispel the gloom, but a legato bell sound enters and hovers over both the jazz group and the orchestra, the latter making statements of disquieting finality. Two films were conceived to accompany portions of Contextures. The first done by Herbert Kosowar, was a chemography film (painting directly into the film using dyes and various implements) with fast clips of riot photographs. The second was a film collage made by photographically abstracting details from paintings of Reginald Pollack. The purpose was to invoke a non-specific response - as in music - but at the same time to define the subject matter of the piece. The films were constructed to correspond with certain developments in the piece and in no way affect the independence and musical flow of the piece, having been made after the piece was completed. Contextures: Riots - Decade '60 is dedicated to Mehta, the Southern California Symphony Association and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The news of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King came the afternoon of the premiere, April 4, 1968. That evening's performances, and also the succeeding ones, were dedicated to him and a special dedication to Dr. King has been inserted into he score. All the music that follows the jazz group - beginning with the legato bell sound playing the first 2 notes to We shall overcome constitutes a new ending to commemorate Dr. King's death.