| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 452 p. : ill., music ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-444) and index. |
| Contents |
Glossary -- Illustrations of percussion instruments -- Articles -- The basel drum -- The bass drum -- Brazil : percussion instruments -- Calfskin heads : their history and manufacture -- Castanets -- The classical music traditions of the Indian subcontinent : percussion instruments in performance practice and theory -- Cymbals -- The drum set : a history -- Drum set players -- Electronic percussion -- Hand drumming -- Janissary music (Turkish music) -- The kettledrum -- Latin-American percussion -- Latin percussionists -- Marching and field percussion -- The marimba in Mexico and related areas -- Multiple percussion -- Percussion and dance -- Percussion ensembles -- Percussion in professional new music ensembles in the United States -- The Percussive Arts Society : a historical perspective -- The plastic drumhead : its history and development -- Range of the mallet instruments -- Rock 'n' roll drumming, 1948-2000 -- The rope-tensioned drum in America -- The snare drum -- Steel band/pan -- Symphony orchestra percussion section --The tambourine -- The tambourin provencal -- The triangle -- The vibraphone, vibraharp, and vibes -- Vibraphone players -- The xylophone -- Symbols -- Table of percussion instruments and terms in English, French, German, and Italian -- Published writings on methods for percussion -- Index. |
| Summary |
"The volume is divided into 4 major sections: an alphabetical dictionary of percussion instruments and terms; illustrations of key percussion instruments; longer, individual articles on key members of the percussion family, from Bass Drum to Xylophone, written by leading percussionists and scholars; and finally, several appendices of terms and symbols and a comprehensive bibliography. This new edition is expanded to include new research in the field as well as increased coverage of electronic and world percussion instruments."--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Percussion instruments -- Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Beck, John, 1933- Editor.
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| Added Title |
Percussion |
| ISBN |
0415971233 |
|
9780415971232 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000040934197 |
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