Spring percussion is in the air!
The Percussion Circle #3 is in your care.
Enjoy music for marimba and snare;
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It’s our spring percussion issue! (Read previous issues here.) We have some great articles, exercises, and music prepared for you—with some new twists. As always, the music and articles are free to print and copy. Be sure to spread the word far and wide. Share it with students, friends, music teachers, and fellow percussionists!
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Here is issue #3 of The Percussion Circle:
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The Percussion Circle Issue #3 Content
- …And Now For Something Different – With a focus on spring percussion, we have a few new features you’ll like.
- How to Be a Better Player – 15 tips on how to improve your skills and performance level. No matter your ability level, you’ll find some helpful ideas here.
- Snare Drum—Exploring Grace Notes – Explore the different textures available with flams, drags, and different length ruffs.
- Timpani Corner—Roll Studies – Build your timpani rolls with three exercises and two fun etudes.
- Keyboard Percussion (2 mallets)—Double Stopping with Czerny – Did Beethoven’s most prolific student write for marimba and xylophone? No, but we’ve adapted some of his piano music to mallet percussion, and we have some cool new exercises as a result.
- Keyboard Percussion (4 mallets)—Smart Arpeggio Stickings – Guest composer Larry Lawless provides some excellent ideas for building your fluidity around the keyboard.
- Ba-Dum Crash! – Percussion humor and word search fun.
- The Percussion Cabinet: Triangle—Triangle Timbres – Think triangle is easy? Think again! Explore the range of sounds you can get on the triangle with two challenging etudes.
- Cymbals—Crashing Cousins: Two Etudes for the Cymbal Family – Suspended cymbals and crash cymbals have unique sounds and technical challenges. This music will help you explore both.
- Hand Drums—Clave Coordination – Enjoy coordination challenges? You’ll get your workout with these clave-based rhythms. You can play these on bongos, congas, or just about any hand drums.
- The Drum Set Groove—Incomparable Comping – Here are some swing patterns to build your comping skills. Quality comping requires both good hands and good ears. These exercises develop both.
- Reader Feedback – Our name-the-letter-column winner is announced. We share your feedback and answer your questions.
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