Jacques Delécluse: 20 Etudes pour Timbales: Timpani: Study

Douze Études by Jacques Delécluse (born 1933) is a set of twelves studies often used as solos for exams or auditions. Written for intermediate to advanced level they are considered quite difficult the difficulty progressing throughout the book. Douze Études particularly helps to develop precision and mastery over the roll. It uses dynamic changes placement of ornaments and frequent time changes. It is a must for serious percussionists and as such is widely used all over the world. The author Jacques Delécluse is a soloist at the Paris Orchestra and a professor at theConservatoire National de Musique de Paris. He has conceived a keyboard-percussion instrument that holds 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.

Twenty Studies R. Kreutzer arranged by Jacques Delécluse (born 1933) is a set of twenty studies written for Xylophone . Inspired by a set of exercises for Strings written by Kreutzer Twenty Studies after R. Kreutzer covers passages that would often be seen in modern orchestral music. Rudolphe Kreutzer was a French violinist conductor and composer and the author Jacques Delécluse is a soloist at the Paris Orchestra and a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. He has conceived a keyboard-percussion instrument that holds his name and is also the author of a series of seven books“À la manière de” for Drums and Piano.