The Ultimate Beginner Series has helped thousands of aspiring musicians take their first steps towards experiencing the fun of playing music. This book & CD package will teach you everything you need to know to start playing drums. Topics include the drumset, how to hold the sticks, how to play basic beats, note values, song structure, the drummer's role in a song, how to play drum fills, and warm-up exercises. Included TNT software lets you change the tempo to help you practice.

This colourful title aptly combines the basis for the piece and the person it was written for. Tenth grade trumpet player Alex McCarthy would come to quintet rehearsals and, rather than warming up, he would play excerpts from the Denis Di Blasio tune Coconut Champagne which was written for the Maynard Ferguson band. This piece uses the melodic material as a base for this upbeat tune for 4 trumpets, 4 flugel horns, bass and drum set. A written solo has been provided for trumpet.

This tune is a fun piece for 6 trumpets built upon simple jazz backgrounds gradually layering more and more voices. It is not too difficult and would require a minimum of rehearsal to put together (you will need a decent lead player on the top line). It is suggested by the composer to have Trumpet 6 perform on flugel horn. This would add a different colour to the bass line. Groovy Vamp can be performed with or without percussion and a full drum set could also be used rather than just a high hat.

This Zulu folk song is delightfully set for chorus, rattle and large and small drums. Its repetitive nature and the building of voices makes this an exciting multicultural addition to your performance repertoire.

This colorful title aptly combines the basis for the piece and the person it was written for. Tenth grade trumpet player Alex McCarthy would come to brass quintet rehearsals and, rather than warming up, he would play excerpts from the Denis Di Blasio tune Coconut Champagne, which was written for Maynard Ferguson and his band. This piece uses the melodic material as a base for this upbeat tune for quartet and optional drum set.

Triangle, sus. cymbal, crash cymbal, gong, bongos, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, timpani.

Twelve outstanding arrangements for the young jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos is included: swing, ballad, Latin, holiday, rock, and the classic "Take Five" with a 5/4 time signature. This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation -- five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones and four rhythm -- but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just twelve players -- four saxes, five brass, piano, bass and drums. Optional parts are available for flute, clarinet, horn, baritone horn and tuba. Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for rhythms and piano voicings, and guitar chords are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections, and there is plenty of full-sounding ensemble. The conductor's book includes full-length CD recordings. Titles are: Blues in the Night * Burritos to Go * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * Jumpin' at the Woodside * Jungle Boogie * Misty * Night and Day * On Green Dolphin Street * Sax to the Max * Summertime * Take Five * Tastes Like Chicken.

12 outstanding arrangements for the beginning jazz ensemble written by experienced educational arrangers and composers. A variety of styles and tempos are included: swing, ballads, rock, pop, holiday, Latin and a great warm-up chart titled "Loosen Up." This collection of charts is written for full instrumentation of 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and 4 rhythm, but designed to sound full and complete with reduced instrumentation of just nine players - 2 Alto Saxes, Tenor Sax, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Piano, Bass and Drums. Optional parts are available for C Flute, Tuba (doubles Bass part), Horn in F (doubles 1st Trombone), and Baritone Horn T.C. (doubles 1st Trombone). Rhythm section parts offer suggestions for voicings and rhythms and guitar chord frames are included to assist young guitarists. Solos are written out for improvised sections and there is plenty of full sounding ensemble. Conductor's book includes a full length CD recording. Titles are: Chattanooga Choo Choo * El Gato Gordo * James Bond Theme * A Jazzy Merry Christmas * The Judge * Li'l Darlin' * Loosen Up * One O'Clock Jump * Over the Rainbow * Peter Gunn Theme * The Pink Panther * Rock This Town.

This collection of 40 studies includes topics such as the rudiments of music, reading exercises, and a collection of rudimental studies for the beginning snare drummer. By following a progressive method style, all the basic rudiments of music and snare drumming are included, such as: music theory * reading and counting * dynamics and accents * triplets * paradiddle sticking * 5, 7, 9, 13 and 17 stroke rolls * flams * flam accents * flam paradiddles and flamacues.

An affordable collection of concert repertoire for beginning jazz bands; great sight reading material for more advanced jazz bands! For beginning jazz players. Consistent grading. Limited ranges. Easy Rhythms. Few technical demands Playable with as few as: 3 Saxes, 2 Trumpets, 1 Trombone, Piano, Bass and Drums up to full 5-3-2 and 4 rhythm. Unison drills for warm-up and preparatory training Solos with chord symbols are written out for the entire section for solo, improv, or unison section feature Piano part includes complete chord symbols for harmonic analysis CD recording of complete performances by professional musicians Full Score includes complete program notes, rehearsal suggestions and jazz resource suggestions. Parts are engraved in large, easy to read music typography. Contents: And All That Jazz, Ballad For BJ, Billy Boy, Blues For BJ, Carli, Dimples, Greensleeves, Home Cookin', Indigo Blue, Jazz Cat, Jazz Chaconne, Santa's Housetop Caper, Sneaky Pere, Swingle All The Way, Won't You Come Home, Bill Basie.

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By Jacques Offenbach Correlated with The Yamaha AdvantageTM Book 2 - page 29.

The Fifers by Jean-Fran ois Dandrieu/arr. Feldstein & Clark Correlated with The Yamaha AdvantageTM Book 2 - page 22.

This piece by Ludwig Van Beethoven is correlated with The Yamaha AdvantageTM Book 2 - page 4.

In this video, Elliot Easton of The Cars demonstrates some of his more famous solos, explains his techniques and principles, and talks about how he achieves his tone. You'll also get to see and hear Elliot in action as he jams with an all-star rhythm section that features Tim Bogert on bass and Bugsy Wilcox on drums. This is a great video for any serious student of the electric guitar.

For four players. This classic percussion suite is scored for four players, each performing (at different times) on three different instruments. The four movements are: March for Membranes, Dance o' Woods, Metallics, and Finale. Instrumentation: small snare drum, snare drumsticks, triangle, street drum, small woodblock, suspended cymbal (medium), bass drum, large woodblock, suspended cymbal (large), timpani, temple blocks (3), bells.

The famous rhythms of the Portraits in Rhythm snare drum etudes by Anthony J. Cirone have now been transcribed for a multiple percussion setup (bass drum, four concert toms, two bongos, five temple blocks, three wood blocks, three cowbells, two suspended cymbals, triangle, and gong). This folio, though advanced, is perfect for the aspiring percussionist.

Techniques such as time-keeping, soloing, effective filling, phrasing, and chart reading are all studied, demonstrated, and presented in a play-along format. This book will challenge, inspire, enlighten and, most of all, let the drumset player create and improvise.

For four players and conductor. Del Borgo introduces the grade I and II percussionist to ensemble playing through homophonic writing for four players and conductor. Standard instrumentation is used, with the fun of bongos, claves, the suspended cymbal or gong and woodblocks. Instrumentation: snare drum, triangles, bongos, woodblock, bells, tom-toms, suspended cymbal, timpani, claves, large suspended cymbal or gong.

For five players. Who can resist a Gershwin tune! "Fascinating Rhythm" "swings" here in a jazz/pop style. The arrangement utilizes unique percussion sounds (i.e., brushes on tuned timpani, mallet handles on drums and keyboard bars) to create unusual colors. A percussion quintet with two keyboard parts provided. Instrumentation: bells, xylophone, marimba, 3 woodblocks, triangle, 3 tom-toms, bass drum, 3 timpani.

For six players. Instrumentation: bells, maracas, triangle, guiro, snare drum, timpani, hand claps.