Instrument Introductions
General Info
Year of Published: 2025
Publisher: Gottry Publications
Difficulty: Elementary
Cost: $10.00
Instrumentation
Drums: Timpani & Snare Drum & Bass Drum & Concert Tom Toms
Keyboard Percussion: Glockenspiel & Xylophone & Vibraphone & Marimba
Cymbals: Crash Cymbals & Suspended Cymbal
Auxiliary Percussion: Tambourine & Triangle & Wood Block & Temple Blocks
Description
Instrument Introductions was created to provide an opportunity for students to become familiar with common ensemble instruments in the percussion family and the corresponding techniques for performance of those instruments. Basic techniques and performance approaches for each instrument are provided along with a four-measure etude that can be rehearsed and/or performed in small or full ensemble with any of the other instrument etudes.
Books for Percussion by this Author
Timpani
Mallets
Classroom Percussion
Digging Deeper
Instrument Introductions
Co Author Books
Buyer, Paul; Gottry, Josh. The Art of Vibraphone Playing. Meredith Music Publications, 2017.