Percussion Pedagogy

Michael Udow

General Info

Year of Published: 2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-1909-0295-7
Cost: $75.30

Description

In Percussion Pedagogy, author Michael Udow offers a practical guide for students interested in teaching percussion as well as improving their technique. Udow first introduces the bouncing ball system, a technical analogy that teaches students to resist the effects of inertia. Throughout the book, the bouncing ball analogy develops into a core performance principle based on integrated motions resulting in refined tone quality and meaningful musicianship. The book applies this principle to several instruments including snare drum, timpani, marimba, vibraphone, multiple-percussion, tambourine and triangle, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tams, and a variety of Western concert and world percussion repertoire. In particular, Michael Udow addresses the importance of coupling stroke types with stickings to set the foundation for precise rhythmic playing and expressive musicality. Chapters also focus on integrated rhythms, breath, and pulsed rhythms, anatomy and physiological health, psychological health, purposeful listening, and the importance of singing when practising. Offering solutions to common performance problems, the book's many examples serve as a paradigm for future problem solving. A comprehensive companion website complements Michael Udow's teachings with a wealth of video tutorials and listening examples.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

A Bird Whispered, ""Your Children Are Dying"" – Percussion Quintet
Acoustic Composition No. 1 (Solo) – Multiple Percussion; Tape
Acoustic Composition No. 1 (Ensemble) – Percussion Duo; Tape
Acoustic Study No. 1 – Multiple Percussion
African Welcome Piece – Percussion (12)
As the Wind Colors – Percussion Quartet
Barn Burner – Multiple Percussion; Trombone; Piano
Bog Music (Solo) – Multiple Percussion; Percussion Ensemble
Bog Music (Ensemble) – Percussion Quartet
Concerto for Percussion with String Quartet – Multiple Percussion; Strings
Coyote Dreams – Percussion Trio; Marimba
Cycle, Retrace, Progress, Be Still – Vibraphone; Dance
Dance for J.P.C. – Percussion Quartet
Dinosaur Dance (Solo) – Timpani
Dinosaur Dance (Ensemble) – Percussion Quartet; Timpani
Dreams from A Bayou - Long Ago but not Forgotten - – Vibraphone; Flute
Duet (Udow) – Multiple Percussion; Dance
Flashback – Percussion Quartet
Flashback with MIDI – Percussion Quintet; Tape
Four Movements (Udow) – Percussion Quartet
Fracture – Multiple Percussion
Illusion I – Solo Percussion - Claves; Conductors (5)
Inside - Out with a Secret P.S. – Snare Drum
Lightning II – Percussion Trio; Oboe; Saxophone
Limits – Percussion Trio
Music for Cross-Cultures, No. 1 – Percussion (12)
Reality I – Percussion Quintet
Remembrance (Udow) – Multiple Percussion; Wind Ensemble
Sandsteps I – Percussion Duo
Shadow Songs I – Percussion (12)
Shadow Songs IV (Sextet) – Percussion Sextet
Shadow Songs IV (Ensemble) – Percussion Ensemble; Marimba
Suite for Jazz Drums and 4 Handclappers – Drum Set
Tennei-Ji – Marimba
The Contemporary Percussionist – Multiple Percussion
The Enchanted Land – Percussion Duo; Oboe
The Shattered Mirror –
Thoughts from Almost Near Somewhere – Percussion Sextet
Threnody – Multiple Percussion; Tape
Timbrack Quartet – Percussion Quartet
Token City – Multiple Percussion; Video
Two Transparent Structures for Percussion Quintet (Ensemble) – Percussion Ensemble; Marimba
Two Transparent Structures for Percussion Quintet (Quintet) – Percussion Quintet
Understanding – Percussion Octet; Tape
Vistas – Multiple Percussion; Bass Clarinet
Zig-Zag – Percussion Duo

Books for Percussion by this Composer

Udow, Michael. Percussion Pedagogy. Oxford University Press, 2019.
Udow, Michael and Watts, Chris. The Contemporary Percussionist. Meredith Music Publications, 1986.