The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Playing Percussion presents all the instruments in the percussion family, including orchestral/concert percussion, marching percussion, ethnic percussion, mallet instruments, timpani, and the like. This book is for percussion students; drummers who must also play other percussion instruments; conductors, arrangers, and composers who will be working with the percussion section; and general music students studying the percussion family.
Organized by use, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Playing Percussion presents:
- Essential information about each percussion instrument, including how to play it, making this book a valuable reference resource.
- The accompanying CD demonstrates each percussion instrument discussed in the book so that students know how each instrument sounds.
- A proven user-friendly style used in the author's other best-selling music books.
