Ebook: Modern etudes and studies for the total percussionist

1. Basics of Music -- Staff Attributes -- Elements of Music -- Repeat Signs -- Rhythm Table -- Accidentals -- Dynamics and Stick Height -- Tempos and Metronomic Marking -- 2. Snare Drum -- Setup and Stance -- Holding the Sticks -- Rolls -- Warm-up Exercises and Rudiments -- Accent Patterns -- Sticking Patterns -- Right-Hand Lead -- Rhythm Studies -- Snare Drum Etudes -- Percussionist Spotlight: Snare Drum -- 3. Keyboard Percussion -- Keyboard Geography -- Holding Your Mallets -- Rolls -- Percussion Ensemble Arrangements -- Preliminary Mallet Exercises -- Just a Few Short Melodies -- Techniques Building and Melodies -- Four-Mallet Playing -- Marimba and the Grand Staff -- Percussionist Spotlight: Mallet Players -- 4. Timpani -- Reading Bass Clef -- Sizes of Timpani and Range -- Grip -- Rolling -- Placing a Note on the Drum -- Interval Tuning -- Muffling -- Crossovers -- Two-Drum Timpani Etudes -- Four-Drum Unaccompanied -- Percussionist Spotlight: Timpanists -- 5. Concert Percussion -- Traps -- More Trap Instruments -- Percussionist Spotlight: Classical Percussionists -- 6. Drum Set -- Technique -- Posture -- Parts of the Drum Set -- Rock Drumming -- Beats, Beats, and More Beats -- More Fill Ideas -- Combining Beats and Fills -- 16th-Note Combinations between Hands and Feet -- Jazz Drumming -- Swing Beat Independence -- Ensemble Figures in the Big Band Setting -- Sample Big Band Charts -- World Beat Drum Set Grooves -- Percussionist Spotlight: Drum Set Players -- 7. World Percussion -- Drum Circle Ideas -- More World Percussion Instruments -- Percussionist Spotlight: World Percussionists -- Appendix -- Bucket Busters -- Pangaea -- How to Play Chord Changes -- Final Thoughts -- Percussionists You Should Know.