LE TAMBOUR, TECHNIQUE SUPERIEURE (PERCUSSION SOLO)

Guy Lefévre

General Info

Year: 1987
Edition: 1st
Publisher: ALPHONSE LEDUC
Cost: Book Cost - $40.12   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00

Overview

Drum - Superior Technique by Guy Lefèvre is a great method to master all the techniques of the Drum. Written in French and in English, this book is a must-have for those who want to really master all the aspects of their instruments, at a superior level. It includes numerous exercises to work on flam taps, paradiddle/ double-paradiddle, single stroke, as well as some rolling exercises, some combination of roll and single stroke and some rhythms such as quintuplets and sextuplets. Guy Lefèvre (1931-2004) was a Conservatoire professor, who contributed to the creation of the Emmanuel Boursault school of Drums.

Chapters

1 Paradiddle - Double paradiddle
2 Roll exercises
3 Stroke rolls
8 Flams
10 Flam taps
12 Patatrata
15 Single stroke
27 Control exercises
28 Combination of roll and single stroke
30 Inverted flam
35 "Coulé"
40 "Coulé" single strokes
45 Single stroke reveille
45 Single stroke "Rigodon"
46 "Coulé" reveille
46 French tattoos
48"La marche du père Lafond"
49"4 marches originales" (Lucien Fouillot)
51"2 marches" (Alexandre Raynaud)
53 "3 marches roulées" (Alexandre Raynaud)

Reviews

Student Reviews

"This book has a lot going on, first it’s in French, this won’t help a perspective student in the long run, but thankfully it has English explanations throughout most of the text. Unfortunately, however, there’s not much in the way of explanation overall in the book. It has multiple changes through to make it more progressive technique wise, but its I feel overall, hard to read just because of the way it notated. I liked the way it notates right hand and left-hand strokes, but not the overall notes notations. It’s very dated, and the last few pages the notation crosses the line, and it’s hard to understand what it’s asking for. I didn’t really like this book overall, it has a well laid out and progressive set of exercises, and a well explained preface that goes over most of the information one will find in the text, but it’s hard to get past the style that the book is in. This would confuse most students that have to read it, it’s not in a style that’s easy on the eyes, along with that, I feel that even some students even with years of experience on the snare drum would not have an easy time reading in this style. Its I feel just not a good notation style. For this and other reasons, therefore it received a three-star rating." -Thomas Scott

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