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Essential Percussion Library

These are some of our favorite and essential PERCUSSION METHOD BOOKS!

Snare/Rudimental:
     Anthony Cirone, Portraits in Rhythm
     Anthony Cirone, Portraits in Rhythm (Complete Study Guide)
     
Jacques Delécluse, Douze Études
     Sandy Feldstein & Dave Black, Alfred's Beginning Snare Drum Duets
     Sandy Feldstein & Dave Black, Alfred's Drum Method     
     Thom Hannum, A Percussionists Guide to Check Patterns
     Robert McCormick, 32 Duets for Percussion
     Benjamin Podemski, Podemski's Standard Snare Drum Method
     John Pratt, 14 Modern Contest Solos for Snare Drum
     George Stone, Stick Control for the Snare Drummer
     Mark Wessels, 
A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum
     Garwood Whaley, Audition Etudes
     Garwood Whaley, Basics in Rhythm 
     Garwood Whaley, Fundamental Studies for Snare Drum
     Garwood Whaley, Intermediate Duets for Snare Drum
     Charley Wilcoxon, The All American 150 Rudimental Solos
     John Wooton, The Drummer's Rudimental Reference Book
     Kennan Wylie, Simple Steps to Successful Beginning Percussion     
     Kennan Wylie, Simple Steps to Successful Snare Drumming

Marching Band/Drum Line:
     Jim Ancona & Jim Casella, Up Front
     Thom Hannum, Champion Concepts for Marching Percussion

Mallets:
     Mark Ford, Marimba: Technique Through Music
     
David Friedman, Vibraphone Technique: Dampening and Pedaling
     George Hamilton Green, Instruction Course for Xylophone
     David Hickman, Music Speed Reading
     Gifford Howarth, Simply Four
     Mark Johnson, Solos & Etudes for Marimba
     Aurthur Lipner, Jazz Mallets: In Session
     Thomas McMillan, Percussion Keyboard Technic 
     Luigi Morleo, 120 Progressive Four-Mallet Studies for Marimba
     Luigi Morleo, 60 Advanced Four-Mallet Studies for Marimba
     Leigh Howard Stevens, Method of Movement for Marimba
     
Garwood Whaley, Fundamental Studies for Mallets
     Mark Wessels, A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion
     
Nebojša Jovan Živković, Funny Mallets (Funny Marimba, Book 1)

Timpani
     John Beck, Concepts for Timpani
     Raynor Carroll, Exercises, Etudes and Solos for the Timpani
     Saul Goodman, Modern Method for Timpani
     Richard Hochrainer, Etuden for Timpani (Vol. 1)
     Mitchell Peters, Fundamental Method for Timpani
     John Tafoya, Working Timpanist's Survival Guide
     Garwood Whaley, Fundamental Studies for Timpani
     Garwood Whaley, Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist     

Auxiliary Percussion:
     Adato/Judy, Percussionist's Dictionary
     Alan Able, 20th Century Orchestra Studies for Percussion
     Anthony Cirone, Neil Grover, & Garwood Whaley, The Art of Percussion Playing
     Neil Grover & Garwood Whaley, Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing
     Neil Grover & Garwood Whaley, Art of Percussion Accessory Playing
     Neil Grover & Garwood Whaley, The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing

Multiple Percussion
     Anthony Cirone, Portraits for Multiple Percussion     
​     Nick Petrella, The Multiple-Percussion Book
     Michael Udow/Chris Watts, Contemporary Percussionist

World, Afro/Cuban:
     Chalo Eduardo & Frank Kumor, Drum Circle: Guide to World Percussion
     C. A. Grosso, Hand Drumming Essentials
     C. A. Grosso, Hand Drumming Ensembles
     Maria Martinez, Afro-Cuban Coordination for Drumset
     Chris Tanner, Steel Band Game Plan     
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Drum Set - Beginning:
     Steve Fidyk, Mel Bay’s Modern Drum Method, Grade 1
     Mark Wessels, A Fresh Approach to Drumset

Drum Set - Rock/General Playing:
     Dave Black, Drumset Independence & Syncopation
     Gary Chester, The New Breed
     Charles Dowd, A Funky Primer
     John Pickering, The Drummer’s Cookbook
     Johny Rabb, Jungle/Drum ‘N’ Bass
     
Joel Rothman, Mini-Monster Book of Rock Drumming
     
Joel Rothman, The Rock and Roll Bible of Coordination
     Bobby Rock, Encyclopedia of Groove
     D. Scott Williams, The Funky Six

Drum Set - Jazz/Funk:
     Jim Chapin, Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer
     Peter Erskine, The Erskine Method for Drumset 
     Steve Fidyk, Big Band Drumming, At First Sight
     David Garibaldi, The Funky Beat
​     John Pickering, 
Studio/Jazz Drum Cookbook
     Ted Reed, Syncopation
     John Riley, The Art of Bop Drumming

Drum Set - Play-Along:
     Dave Black & Steve Houghton, Drumset 101
     
Tommy Igoe, Groove Essentials (1.0 and 2.0)
     Steve Houghton, The Ultimate Drumset Reading Anthology
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