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Bookshelf
The collection of literature
for percussion is continually growing and improving in quality.
Here are a few methods and reference texts that I use in my
private studio and study.
SNARE DRUM
The Rudimental Cookbook
by Edward Freytag
A collection of 25 rudimental snare drum
solos and developmental exercises from easy to extremely
advanced.
Row-Loff Productions
Musical Studies for the
Intermediate Snare Drummer
by Garwood Whaley
Thirty intermediate etudes for solo snare
drum. Excellent transitional book from Whaley's
Fundamental Studies
to Cirone's
Portraits in Rhythm.
J R Publications
Portraits in Rhythm
by Anthony J. Cirone
Fifty intermediate to advanced etudes
for solo snare drum. Standard literature for advanced
high school and early college percussion students.
CPP
Belwin Publications
Stick Control
by George Lawrence Stone
The technique book for snare drum.
A must have for all percussionists!
George B. Stone &
Son, Inc.
The Snare Drum Plays the Zoo
by Brian J. Harris
Outstanding book for younger
percussionists. Focuses students on standard rhythmic
groupings by associating an animal with each pattern (i.e. four
sixteenth notes is ca-ter-pil-lar). CD included.
Desert Song Productions
MALLET PERCUSSION
For Four by Josh Gottry
A collection of seven original solos for developing 4-mallet
technique. For each solo, there is a full page of
exercises meant for technical development and piece
preparation.
C. Alan Publications
Modern School for Xylophone
by Morris Goldenberg
A thorough and complete method for
beginning to advanced 2-mallet keyboard percussion.
Includes orchestral excerpts.
Chappell and Co. Inc.
Funny Mallets
by Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
Several outstanding etude
collections including
My First Book for Xylophone (easy 2-mallets),
Funny Xylophone
(intermediate 2-mallets), and
Funny Marimba Book 1
(4-mallets). Enjoyable pieces at progressing difficulty
levels.
Gretal Velag, Germany
Method of Movement
by Leigh Howard Stevens
An extensive book of information and
exercises for 4-mallet marimba performance.
Keyboard
Percussion Publications
DRUMSET
Groove Essentials Bk. 1
by Tommy Igoe
Nearly fifty different drumset styles (plus
variations) along with 88 play-along tracks and "real world"
charts. All tracks are minus drums, so you really are the
drummer.
Hal Leonard Corporation
Essential Styles Bk.
1 by Steve Houghton & Tom Warrington
Thirty drumset
styles ranging from 7/4 Vamp to the Mambo. Includes a
play along CD, written charts for every track, and performance
and listening suggestions. Book 2 contains twenty more
styles!
Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Drum Set Etudes Bk. 1
by Joe Holmquist
Thirty-seven etudes for the beginning to
intermediate drumset player utilizing a variety of styles, time
signatures, and technical demands. Excellent reading
material for drumset students. Books 2 and 3 also
available.
Kjos Music Company
Guide to Standardized Drumset
Notation by Norman
Weinberg
"After much research, Norm Weinberg has carefully
refined and clarified the current, most common methods of
drumset notation. If everyone who writes for drumset
adopts these guidelines, the ambiguities inherent in much
current drumset notation can be alleviated." - Ron Spagnardi,
Modern Drummer
Percussive Arts Society
OTHER BOOKS
Fundamental Studies for . . .
by Garwood Whaley
Available for Snare Drum, Timpani, or
Mallets, these method books are easy to understand, well laid
out, and extremely useful for beginning percussionists.
J R Publications
Modern Method for Timpani
by Saul Goodman
An outstanding and classic method including
fundamentals, exercises, etudes, and repertoire.
CPP
Belwin, Inc.
Percussion
Instruments and their History by James Blades
A
complete account of the use of percussion instruments through
the ages, as well as their purpose and mode of employment in
the orchestra.
Bold Strummer Ltd.
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