From Works by: Beethoven Debussy Françaix Stravinsky Rabaud Tomasi Wagner Berlioz Saint-Saëns Delibes Lalo Chabrier Bozza and W.A.Mozart

These 15 expertly written, intermediate-level solos were written as a companion to Fundamental Method for Timpani, but can act as supplementary material to the simultaneous study of any method book. Each solo is suitable for contests or juries and features a challenging variety of musical styles and contexts. / Timpani

David Herbert, Principal Timpanist of Chicago Symphony and long-time timpanist of the San Francisco Symphony shares his insights from his many performances and recordings of the nine Mahler Symphonies. His interpretive analysis sets the tone for intelligent, expressive performances of these major orchestral works. / Percussions

Twenty Studies for Timpani by Jacques Delécluse (born 1933) is a set of twenty studies written for 2-5 Timpani and inspired by symphonic repertoire. Written for intermediate-level they require some technical knowledge. Twenty Studies for Timpani features some meter and multiple pitch changes and the studies are written with increasing difficulty. This set will definitely help to master a good technique on Timpani The author Jacques Delécluse is a soloist at the Paris Orchestra and a professor at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. He has conceived a keyboard-percussioninstruments that held his name and is also the author of a series of seven books “À la manière de” for Drums and Piano.

With few study books exisiting for the Timpani Jacques Delécluse ensures that this gap is filled with his excellent Thirty Studies for Timpani. French percussionist and composer Delécluse studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the mid-1900s winning many prizes. The exercises in the second volume of Thirty Studies for Timpani are built on technical examples and problems. New rhythms are developed to ensure progression to a high level. For all aspiring Timpani players Delécluse's Thirty Studies is essential having been compiled by a master of the instrumenthimself.

With few study books exisiting for the Timpani Jacques Delécluse ensures that this gap is filled with his excellent Thirty Studies for Timpani. French percussionist and composer Delécluse studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the mid-1900s winning many prizes. The exercises in the first volume of Thirty Studies for Timpani are built on technical examples and problems intended for students who have just started learning the technicalities of the instrument. Rhythms are developed to ensure continuous progression. For all aspiring Timpani players Delécluse's ThirtyStudies is essential having been compiled by a master of the instrument himself.

Solos for Beginning through Early Intermediate level musicians
1st Recital Series rassemble 12 solos de styles variés qui permettent aux instrumentistes de niveau débutant à élémentaire de travailler des compositions originales et des arrangements d??uvres accordant une large place à l?expression et à la musicalité. Sur le compact disc, chaque morceau est joué à titre de démonstration. L?instrument soliste peut ensuite interpréter les pièces avec l?accompagnement seul. Et pour jouer en direct lors d?un concert, il est également possible d?acquérir les accompagnements de piano rassemblés dans des recueils vendus séparément.
Sommaire:
Kaitlin´s music box - Lindsay, Ann
The koi pod - Alan, Craig
Just as I am - Elliot, C. / Hannickel, Mike
The Can-Can - Offenbach, Jacques / Alan, Craig
Grandfather\'s clock - Work, Henry Clay / Hannickel, Mike
The Entertainer - Joplin, Scott / Lindsay, Ann
Arioso - Bach, Johann Sebastian / Alan, Craig
Along Came a Spider - Hannickel, Mike
Pizzicati from Sylvia - Delibes, Léo / Lindsay, Ann
Funeral March of a Marionette - Gounod, Charles François / Lindsay, Ann
Theme from String Quartet #2 Nocturne - Borodin, Alexander Porfirewitsj / Curnow, James
Rondeau - Nouret, Jean Joseph / Curnow, James / Partitions classique / Cuivres et percussions / Percussion / CURNOW

The book is divided into four sections as follows:The fundamentals of TympaniGraded exercises for the development of technique on two drumsThe technique of three and more drums and technique with the pedal TympaniOrchestral studies and solos

Expertly written by percussionist Mitchell Peters this Fundamental Method For Timpani teaches the basics of timpani playing in a practical and musical way with numerous sticking tuning and ear-training exercises plus over 60 musical etudes in a variety of styles. Covers general information Basic Technique Etudes for two and Etudes for three and four Timpani.

Grades 3-4-Exercises pieces and sight reading examples for the ABRSM Timpani exams Grades 3-4 composed and devised by Ian Wright.