A basic step-by-step method and study for the younger player: including hand and foot independence studies, rock and roll beats, and fill-in studies.

Multiple percussion solos in seven parts, with performance notes: Prelude * Allemande * Courante * Sarabande * Bourees I and II * Gigue.

Alfred's Drum Method, Books 1 and 2 are the ideal teaching tools to help prepare beginning players for all styles of snare drum and percussion performance. Book 1 contains 80 pages of sequential instruction covering rudimental studies, roll studies, contest solos, and bass drum and cymbal technique. Book 1 also includes 23 solos suitable for recitals and contests. Book 2 is much more than just a snare drum method It continues the learning process by covering additional rudimental studies, tonal properties of the snare drum, theme and variations, musical forms, solos and duets. Book 2 also covers traditional rudimental style, corps style (by Jay Wanamaker), orchestral style, accessory instruments, and multiple-percussion techniques. The DVD includes demonstrations of all the rudiments and accessory instruments, plus solo performances by the authors. This title is available in SmartMusic.

Though Led Zeppelin's fourth album was actually released with a cryptic title, it has come to be known as Led Zeppelin IV. Perhaps best known for its hit "Stairway to Heaven," the album remains a favorite of classic rock fans of all generations. Rolling Stone has even placed it on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Drawing from more than 30 years of documentation, interviews, and recorded footage, this book delivers unprecedented accuracy. Titles: Black Dog * Four Sticks * Misty Mountain Hop * Rock and Roll * Stairway to Heaven * When the Levee Breaks.

A complete warm-up technique book containing units on lip slurs, chorales, major scales and scale studies, minor scales, chromatic scales, arpeggios, interval studies, articulation and dynamic studies, rhythm studies, and rudiment review. Written by James D. Ployhar, with individual tuning suggestions and warm-up exercises by additional experts on each instrument.

Classic Festival Solos, Volume II continues to afford the advancing student the opportunity to find performance materials graded from easy to more challenging, including exposure to a variety of musical styles. Many of these works appear on state contest lists. Snare Drum, Volume II contains 15 different solos for snare drum and piano accompaniment. Elementary to advanced contest standards by Feldstein, Hoey, Barnett, and Masoner. Contains: Drumfounded (Barnett) * Flim Flam (Barnett) * George M. Cohan Medley (Cohan, arr. Barnett) * High School Cadets (Sousa, arr. Barnett) * Hoedown (Barnett) * A Horse of a Different Color (Barnett) * March - Two (2) (Knohr/Sousa, arr. Moyer/Barnett) * Pet Rock (Barnett) * Polka Dots (Barnett) * Snap, Crackle, Pop (Barnett) * Stick to It (Barnett) * Sugar Beats (Barnett) * Sweet Rolls (Barnett) * Tiki's Tune (Barnett) * Track South (Hoey).

This trio collection of 15 keyboard, vocal and instrumental pieces covering the Baroque to the 20th Century periods can be played together in harmony by any number or combination of instruments. Woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion can play in like-instrument or mixed instrumentation. It's an all-purpose folio that makes classical music fun! Contains: Adagio (Corelli) * Andantino (Turk) * Canon (Caldara) * German Dance, Wo0 13, No. 2 (Beethoven) * Landler (Schubert) * Passacaglia (Purcell) * March (Satie) * Minuet, Hob. XVI, No. 5 (Haydn) * Rigaudon (Daquin) * Romance (Schumann), Rosamunde (Schubert) * Trio in F (Bach) * The Village Maiden (Rameau) * Waltz (Tchaikovsky) * Waltz in B Minor, Opus 39, No. 11 (Brahms).

The rock-solid approach to rock-solid drumming. Starting with how to set up and tune the drumset, hold and use the sticks, and coordinate your hands and feet, this easy, step-by-step approach will guide you all the way to playing in the styles of the greatest rock drummers.

A comprehensive guide for mastering the drumset. Loaded with descriptions and photos of important techniques, tons of solos and examples to play, effective practice tips for good musical development, and progressive skill-building exercises. The perfect launching pad for a lifetime of great drumming. 96 pages.
Intermediate Drumset is great for drummers who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. After a set of exercises to warm up the hands and feet, triplets, swing eighths and shuffle beats are introduced along with new time signatures like 6/8 and 12/8. Also covers techniques such as the flam and drag, plus more advanced rudiments and practical topics for building endurance. A must for every serious drummer.

With Elements, drummer John Favicchia presents a comprehensive system to improve your drumming vocabulary and improvisational skills. After presenting the elements---one-beat variations of basic sixteenth-note and triplet rhythms---Favicchia shows you how to execute accent figures in any place in the measure, play accents in any desired position combined with double-stroke rolls, orchestrate all your ideas in more creative ways around the kit, improvise with much more freedom, recognize and execute any given ensemble figure encountered on a chart, solo around the hits while playing with a band (no matter where the hits fall), and more. Included is an MP3/data disc jam-packed with examples from the book and play-along charts.

Emboldened by the success of Led Zeppelin IV and the classic "Stairway to Heaven," Led Zeppelin's fifth album marked a broad stylistic expansion by Britain's pre-eminent band of the '70s. Drawing from more than 30 years of documentation, interviews, and recorded footage, this book delivers unprecedented accuracy. Titles: The Crunge * D'Yer Mak'er * Dancing Days * No Quarter * The Ocean * Over the Hills and Far Away * Rain Song * The Song Remains the Same.

Division of measure includes counting rest values as well as note values. A mistake in counting note values while playing is heard and corrected by the instructor, but counting rest values is a silent business and difficult at times for the instructor to detect just where the mistake was made, or who made the mistake. 101 Rhythmic Rest Patterns will help solve that problem, as the unison feature will enable the instructor and the whole ensemble to count aloud all in unison, on any or all rest patterns until each rest pattern is perfect.

Hand Drumming Ensembles is the companion to the method book Hand Drumming Essentials: The Instruments, Techniques and Compositions for Ensemble Performance. This supplemental volume contains 12 complete performance scores of compositions for hand drumming ensemble. These compositions (Rhythm Chants) are written at a variety of levels and can be learned by young musicians and students with no previous musical training. All of the Rhythm Chants can be studied and performed by more proficient musicians.

In-depth coverage of popular percussion instruments, including history, tuning, maintenance, techniques, exercises, ensembles, and more, from a world-renowned educator and performer, Kalani. Each book comes with an enhanced CD featuring additional multimedia content, including demonstrations of all rhythms and techniques and tuning instructions.

In-depth coverage of popular percussion instruments, including history, tuning, maintenance, techniques, exercises, ensembles, and more, from a world-renowned educator and performer, Kalani. Each book comes with an enhanced CD featuring additional multimedia content, including demonstrations of all rhythms and techniques and tuning instructions.

The Belwin Student Instrumental Course is a course for individual instruction and class instruction of like instruments, at three levels, for all band instruments. Each book is complete in itself, but all books are correlated with each other. Although each book can be used separately, all supplementary books should be used as companion books with the method.

A performer's technical manual on repair and maintenance of all standard percussion equipment. Contains 116 graphic illustrations on repair techniques and instrument construction.

For six players. Written for the James Caldwell High School Percussion Ensemble, it calls for three snare drums, cymbals, triangle, and bass drum.