Contemporary Studies for the Snare Drum

Fred Albright

General Info

Year: 1963
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Adler
Cost: Book Cost - $0.00   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00

Chapters

No Table of Contents, but it contains 62 studies.

Reviews

This book contains 64 pages of which 62 pages are advanced etudes for snare drum. The text is limited to a few very brief remarks at the top of some pages. The emphasis is on advanced reading material. The studies exploit in a great variety of ways two of the most important aspects of contemporary composition, namely: (1) artificial divisions, and (2) changing, asymetrical meters (i.e. 5/4, 7/4, 3/8, 5/8). This book is one of the finest new collections of etudes for the professional and college level percussionist.

Student Reviews

I think this is a very useful book for a college or upper level percussionist. Personally, I would buy this book because I know it would make me a better player. Plus, Fred Albright studied with Alfred Friese, who has played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, so the studies in this book are written by very successful people.
Rating: I
Review by Ashley Feist

Works for Percussion by this Author

Albright, Fred. Contemporary Studies for the Snare Drum. Henry Adler, Inc., 1964.
Albright, F. (1997) Polyrhythmic Studies for the Snare Drum. Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.