Modern etudes and studies for the total percussionist / Chris Colaneri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colaneri, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Percussion instruments--Instruction and study.

Percussion instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Modern Etudes and Studies for the Total Percussionist, band director and percussionist Chris Colaneri lays out a comprehensive system of total percussion education. This expanded second edition focuses on middle-school percussion students, helping them develop intermediate skills for high school or extracurricular bands.

Contents:

Cover

Modern Etudes and Studies for the Total Percussionist

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

About the Companion Website

Introduction

Equipment You Should Own

Some Basic Necessities

Elementary School

Middle School

High School

Instruments and Equipment

World Percussion

How to Use This Book

Structuring the Year

About the Biography Section

How to Practice

Structuring Your Practice Time

Some More Practice Ideas

1. BASICS OF MUSIC

Staff Attributes

Elements of Music

Repeat Signs

Rhythm Table

Accidentals

Dynamics and Stick Height

Tempos and Metronome Marking

Altering Tempos

2. SNARE DRUM

Setup and Stance

Holding the Sticks

Rolls

Warm-up Exercises and Rudiments

Accent Patterns

Sticking Patterns

Right-Hand Lead

Rhythm Studies

Snare Drum Etudes

Percussionist Spotlight: Snare Drum

Buster Bailey

1922-2004

Anthony J. Cirone

1941-

3. KEYBOARD PERCUSSION

Keyboard Geography

Marimba Graphic with Chromatic Notes

Holding Your Mallets

Beating Spots

Percussion Ensemble Arrangements

Preliminary Mallet Exercises

Say-n-Plays C Major

Just a Few Short Melodies

Say-n-Plays B˜ Major

Techniques Building and Melodies

Further Scale Studies

Four-Mallet Playing

Marimba and the Grand Staff

Percussionist Spotlight: Mallet Players

Keiko Abe

1937-

Leigh Howard Stevens

1953-

Gary Burton

1943-

Lionel Hampton

1908-2002

4. TIMPANI

Reading Bass Clef

Sizes of Timpani and Range

Grip

Rolling

Placing a Note on the Drum

Interval Tuning

Muffling

Crossovers

Two-Drum Timpani Etudes

Four-Drum Unaccompanied.

Percussionist Spotlight: Timpanists

Everett "Vic" Firth

1930-

Saul Goodman

1907-1996

5. CONCERT PERCUSSION

Traps

Tambourine

Dynamics

Dynamics and Rolls

Triangle

Crash Cymbals

Bass Drum

More Trap Instruments

Suspended Cymbals

Temple Blocks

Castanet

Tam-tam

Percussionist Spotlight: Classical Percussionists

Neil Grover

1955-

Alan Abel

6. DRUM SET

Technique

Posture

Hi-Hat

Snare Drum

Mounted Toms

Floor Tom

Ride Cymbal

Crash Cymbal

Parts of the Drum Set

Rock Drumming

Beats, Beats, and More Beats

More Fill Ideas

Combining Beats and Fills

16th-Note Combinations between Hands and Feet

Jazz Drumming

Swing Beat Independence

Ensemble Figures in the Big Band Setting

Sample Big Band Charts

World Beat Drum Set Grooves

Percussionist Spotlight: Drum Set Players

Buddy Rich

1917-1987

Neil Peart

1952-

7. WORLD PERCUSSION

Drum Circle Ideas

Conga

Strokes

Types of Drums

Bongos

Timbales

Djembe

More World Percussion Instruments

Percussionist Spotlight: World Percussionists

Giovanni Hidalgo

1963-

Babatunde Olatunji

1927-2003

Appendix

Bucket Busters

Pangaea

How to Play Chord Changes

Final Thoughts

Percussionists You Should Know

Glossary

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-938915-2

OCLC:

919920887