Title:
The complete idiot's guide to playing percussion / by Michael Miller.
Author:
Miller, Michael, 1958-
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Alpha, c2009.
Call Number:
MT655 .M54 2009
ISBN:
9781592579297
Physical Description:
xix, 243 p. : ill., music ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in. : digital)
General Note:
CD includes examples of 57 different instruments being played, and the composition, Into the west, by Michael Miller. The score is included in the book (p. [223]-228).
Includes index.
Contents:
Welcome to the world of percussion. A quick tour of the percussion family ; A quick guide to percussion notation -- The world of concert percussion. Drums ; Timpani ; Cymbals and gongs ; Mallets, bells, and chimes ; Auxiliary percussion -- The world marching percussion. Marching drums and cymbals ; Marching bells and mallets -- The world of popular percussion. Drum set ; Drum circle drums and percussion -- The world of ethnic percussion. Latin percussion ; African percussion ; Middle Eastern percussion ; Indian percussion ; Asian and Indonesian percussion -- Appendixes.
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