Introduction to Percussion
General Info
Year of Publisher: 1976
Publisher: HaMaR Percussion Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Cost: $19.95
Instrumentation
Player 1: 3 Timpani & Temple blocks & 3 Cowbells & Field Drum & Klaxon Horn & Police Whistle & Guiro & Triangle & Xylophone & Marimba
Player 2: Drumset & Suspended Cymbal & Chinese Cymbal & Glockenspiel & Snare Drum & Field Drum & Tambourine & Whip & Finger Cymbals & 2 Rocks & Whistle & Bulb Horn & Bell Tree & Jingling Johnny
Player 3: Bongos & Chimes & Glockenspiel & Gong (Small) & Crash Cymbals & Field Drum & Castanets & 2 Woodblocks & Slit Drum & Bird Call & Cuckoo & Tambourine
Player 4: Hand Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal & Bass Drum & Tam-tam & Conga & Chimes & Ratchet & Claves & Duck Quack & Cowbell
Player 5: Piano & Triangle & Maracas & Slide Whistle & Tam-tam
Description
Introduction to Percussion by Frank McCarty is scored for narrator (or narrator/conductor), four percussionists, and a pianist/percussionist. It consists of ten sections - an introductory movement, repeated at the end, and nine demonstration pieces. Each of the demonstration pieces is written in the style of music from a specific culture in which percussion was significant. Thus, through the combination of narration and musical examples, the audience is shown the origins and social uses of percussion and how the instruments came into the orchestra. Further, the distinctive and exciting talents of the modern percussionist are displayed to great advantage.