Percussion Instruments and Their History |
Contents
FOREWORD BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN | 27 |
ORIGINS OF PERCUSSION | 33 |
THE DRUM | 44 |
THE PRIMITIVE XYLOPHONE | 71 |
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS OF CHINA | 89 |
Metallophones ΙΟΙ | 107 |
Wood Drums | 115 |
JAPAN | 122 |
Method of holding side drum sticks page | 371 |
Wire brush | 374 |
Brush tremolo on cymbal | 381 |
Flexatone | 394 |
Puili Polynesia | 396 |
COMPOSERS USE OF MODERN PERCUSSION | 412 |
Chimes threenote clash | 423 |
THE LATIN AMERICAN ORCHESTRA | 450 |
INDIA AND TIBET page | 133 |
MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT | 151 |
GREECE AND ROME | 177 |
ARABIA AND PERSIA | 183 |
NAKERS AND KETTLEDRUMS | 223 |
THE CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA | 236 |
THE ROMANTIC ORCHESTRA 1 | 281 |
THE ROMANTIC ORCHESTRA 2 | 317 |
TECHNIQUES OF CONTEMPORARY PERCUSSION page | 348 |
Maraca gourd | 451 |
Timbales | 452 |
Steel drum | 456 |
CHANGING styles In Light MUSIC | 458 |
USE OF Percussion in EducatiON | 466 |
Foot pedal for bass drum and cymbal | 474 |
Marimbaphone barshaped for bow | 477 |
RECITAL LITERATURE | 479 |
Common terms and phrases
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