Percussion: A Course of Study for the Future Band and Orchestra Director

Thomas Siwe

General Info

Year: 2007
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Media Press Inc.
Cost: Book Cost - $0.00   |   Supplemental Books - $0.00

Source: Siwe, Thomas. Percussion: A Course of Study for the Future Band and Orchestra Director, Second Edition. Chicago, Media Press Inc., 2007.

Chapters

Chapter I:
Chapter II:
Chapter III:
Chapter IV:
Chapter V:
Chapter VI:
Chapter VII:
Chapter VIII:
Chapter IX: Castanets

Provides images and steps to proper technique and gives the reader exercises and etudes to practice castanets.

Chapter X: Small Wood Instrument

Includes claves, ratchet, slapstick, slit drum, temple blocks, and wood blocks. Lists the playing techniques of each instrument, as well as a brief history behind each instrument.

Chapter XI: Resonant Mental Instruments

Including anvil, cowbell, crotales, gong, and tam-tam. Lists the playing techniques of each instrument, as well as a brief history behind each instrument.

Chapter XII: Mallet Keyboard Instruments

Including marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, and vibraphone.

Works for Percussion by this Author

Siwe, Thomas. Percussion: A Course of Study for the Future Band and Orchestra Director Second Edition. Chicago, IL.: Media Press Inc., 2007. - Method Book
Siwe, Thomas. Percussion Ensemble Literature. Champaign, IL.: Media Press, Inc., 1998.
Siwe, Thomas. Percussion Solo Literature. Champaign, IL.: Media Press, Inc., 1995.