Includes index. CD includes examples of 58 different instruments being played, and the piece Into the west (the score is included in the book).
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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