The complete idiot's guide to playing percussion / by Michael Miller.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Alpha Books, c2009. Description: xix, 243 p. : ill., music ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in. : digital)ISBN: 9781592579297 :; 1592579299 :Other title: Complete idiot's guide | Playing percussionSubject(s): Percussion instruments | Percussion instruments -- Instruction and studyDDC classification: 786.9/076 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
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.
CD includes examples of 58 different instruments being played, and the piece Into the west (the score is included in the book).