Handbook of Percussion Instruments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of Percussion Instruments write by Karl Peinkofer. This book was released on 1976. Handbook of Percussion Instruments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This handbook is designed to provide today's practicing musician and music student, and especially today's percussionist, with a comprehensive survey of the entire arsenal of percussion resources they are likely to encounter. Among the subjects covered are: classification of the instruments into basic groups; detailed descriptions of the construction of each instrument including many Latin-American, Afro-American, and East-Asian instruments; a brief tracing of the origin and history of each instrument; the ranges of all pitched instruments; the most commonly used beaters, etc., for each instrument, as well as the common ones; the essential playing techniques for each instrument; the way the instruments have been used in the most significant compositions of the orchestral and operatic repertoire (detailed references); over 100 musical examples (mostly complete score pages) from the literature, showing how the instruments appear in context; a special listing of Latin-American percussion instruments, and how to substitute for those that are unavailable; an English-German-Italian-French glossary; a special listing of the percussion instruments used in the Orff Schulwerk; photographic illustrations of virtually all instruments covered.
Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments
Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments write by Voichita Bucur. This book was released on 2022-07-07. Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book describes the properties of materials used for making percussion instruments for classical music played by a symphony orchestra in which the instruments could be played as a soloist instrument or as a group or several groups of instruments, as they are included into a musical work. A chapter is devoted to the bells. The scope of this book is primarily confined to percussion instruments of symphony orchestras taking into account the centuries of musical art and tradition. This book bridges the gap in the technical literature on describing the properties of materials for percussion instruments—timpani, other drums, marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, gong, cymbal, triangle, celesta, castanets.
Sound Designs
Sound Designs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sound Designs write by Reinhold Banek. This book was released on 1995. Sound Designs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text has plans for 50 musical instruments, including over 100 drawings and photographs. It teaches the reader how to build their own musical instruments, using knowledge of a variety of diverse cultures from around the world. It includes instruments such as: oil drum gongs, thumb pianos, cowbells, tube drums and willow whistles. All necessary materials can either be purchased or found in nature or a junkyard.
Percussion Repair and Maintenance
Percussion Repair and Maintenance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Percussion Repair and Maintenance write by Mark Bonfoey. This book was released on 1999-10-25. Percussion Repair and Maintenance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A performer's technical manual on repair and maintenance of all standard percussion equipment. Contains graphic illustrations on repair techniques and instrument construction.
The Percussion Instrument Owner's Handbook
The Percussion Instrument Owner's Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Percussion Instrument Owner's Handbook write by Michael Paglairo. This book was released on 2017-12-23. The Percussion Instrument Owner's Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Percussion Instrument Owner's Handbook is the fourth in a series of musical instrument owner's handbooks. Following the structure of The String Instrument Owner's Handbook, The Woodwind Instrument Owner's Handbook, and The Brass Instrument Owner's Handbook, the percussion book provides professionals, musicians, teachers, students, and individuals interested in percussion instruments with an abundance of knowledge. A touchstone work for both uninitiated and advanced players, The Percussion Instrument Owner's Handbook provides a roadmap for every step of the owning process from selecting and buying (or renting) to maintaining, repairing, modifying, upgrading, and even reselling your instrument. Chapters answer such questions as: Where did these instruments come from? What are the different kinds of historical and contemporary percussion instruments? How do these instruments work? Who makes them and how? How do I choose and buy a percussion instrument? How do I rent one? How do I take care of my percussion instrument? And so much more. The book also provides readers with an instrument diary and in-depth glossary of terms. This work is an invaluable addition to the libraries of not only every professional percussion player but also of students, teachers, technicians, and parents. Books by this author are: The Musical Instrument Desk Reference (Scarecrow Press, 2012); The Instrumental Music Director's Guide to Comprehensive Program Development (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014); The String Instrument Owner's Handbook (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015); The Brass Instrument Owner's Handbook (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016); Basic Elements of Music (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016) and The Woodwind Instrument Owner's Handbook (Ardsley Scholastic Press, 2017).
