The Art of Percussion Playing

Anthony Cirone
Neil Grover
Garwood Whaley

General Info

Year: 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Meredith
Cost: Book Cost - $19.95   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00

Overview

Cirone, Anthony J., Neil Grover and Garwood Whaley. The Art of Percussion Playing. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music;, 2006.

This book starts out with the tambourine. It gives a list of wind ensemble and orchestra pieces that require tambourine. Then it gives a brief history of the tambourine, what to look for when buying one, and performance techniques. It also includes how to do shake rolls, thumb rolls, grace notes, and playing with the fist or knee. There are playing examples to do these techniques as well. The triangle, bass drum, and cymbals are similarly explained in this format. After, there are 17 percussion accessory instruments (claves, temple blocks, woodblocks, ratchet, tam-tam, guiro, etc.) that give a brief background of the instrument, what to look for when wanting to purchase, and playing examples. This book also includes pictures of each instrument and how to hold or play it.

Chapters

Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing
Chapter III: The Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing
Chapter IV: The Art of Percussion Accessory Playing
Chapter V: About The Authors

Reviews

Review by Ashley Feist: I think this book is very helpful. A beginning percussionist could learn the basics of these instruments. I think it goes into enough detail most of the time, but the reader might have a few questions to better understand something. A weakness is that it never talks about the snare drum which is a very important part of percussion. I think this book is helpful, but not better than Gary Cook’s book. Rating: IV

Each new section in the book gives an example of repertoire that the instruments are known for, both for wind ensemble and symphony orchestra. It then gives the instrument name in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. It then gives descriptions over the history of the instrument, how to select the proper instrument to use for different pieces, and performing with the instruments. If the instrument requires other kinds of treatment (such as preservation, accessories to hold or play the instrument, etc.) there will be a section covering all techniques for the instrument listed. In the bass drum section and cymbal section, tuning o fthe bass drum is covered as well as several different ways to play the crash cymbals, including orchestral ways in literature that composers over the years have written, where they have a certain style in mind. This book however does not include any photographs of the instruments or other equipment listed, all of the examples are hand-drawn. -Trevor Landreth; Emporia State University

Works for Percussion by these Author

Anthony Cirone
Cirone's Pocket Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms
Master Technique Builders for Snare Drum
Master Technique Builders for Vibraphone and Marimba
On Musical Interpretation in Percussion Performance

Portraits Series

Portraits for Drum Set
Portraits for Multiple Percussion
Portraits in Melody
Portraits in Rhythm
Portraits in Rhythm – Complete Study Guide
Portraits in Rhythm – Spanish Language Edition (Traducción al Español por Omar Ruiz-Oliver)
Portraits in Rhythm – With Japanese Subtitles
Portraits for Timpani

Simple Steps Series

Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion
Simple Steps to Percussion Ensemble
Simple Steps to Snare Drum
Simple Steps to Timpani

Orchestral Technique

The Orchestral Mallet Player
The Orchestral Snare Drummer
The Orchestral Timpanist
Orchestral Techniques of the Standard Percussion Instruments
The Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing
The Art of Percussion Playing
The Art of Percussion Accessory Playing
The Great American Symphony Orchestra
The Logic of it All: Professional Secrets Applying Imagination to Percussion Techniques
Symphonic Repertoire for Cymbals
Symphonic Repertoire for Keyboard Percussion
Symphonic Repertoire for Percussion Accessories
Symphonic Repertoire for Snare Drum


Neil Grover
4 Mallet Fundamentals
The Art of Percussion Playing
The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing


Garwood Whaley

Fundamental Studies

Fundamental Studies for Mallets
Fundamental Studies for Snare Drum
Fundamental Studies for Timpani

Primary Handbook

Primary Handbook for Snare Drum
Primary Handbook for Timpani
Primary Handbook for Mallets

Musical Studies

Musical Studies for the Intermediate Snare Drummer
Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist
Musical Studies for the Intermediate Mallet Player

Snare Drum Duets

Beginning Duets for Snare Drum
Intermediate Duets for Snare Drum
Advanced Duets for Snare Drum

Others

4 Mallet Fundamentals
The Art of Percussion Accessory Playing
The Art of Percussion Playing
The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing
Rhythm Reading for Drums, Book 1
Rhythm Reading for Drums, Book 2
Basics in Rhythm
Recital Pieces for Mallets
More Basics in Rhythm