by David Valdés
Carmina Revealed (Part 2)
CARMINA REVEALED (part 2) Orff wrote the names of the instruments in German in the manuscript (of which I own a copy). He indicated the following: Pauken (5 kessel) Schlagwerk (5 spiele), 2 kleine Trommeln, 1 grosse Tromel,1 Schelle, 1 Triangel, 1 paar Cymbeln, 2…
Protégé™ Series Triangles Now Available!
Grover Protégé Triangles offer percussionists outstanding sound quality and versatility at an accessible price point. Available in both 6” & 8” sizes, & made from premium steel, these triangles resist corrosion while preserving the natural overtone spectrum for a shimmering, dynamic tone. The 6” model…
New 2025 Catalog!
Announcing the 2025 Grover Pro Percussion Catalog: Celebrating 45 Years of Excellence! We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Grover Pro Percussion Catalog, marking a major milestone in our journey—our 45th anniversary! Since 1980, Grover Pro Percussion has been at the forefront…
“Histoire du Soldat” – Stravinsky’s original setup
David Valdés delves deep into Igor Stravinsky’s “Histoire du Soldat,” underscoring its importance in the percussion repertoire. Valdés details his access to the original sketches which illuminate Stravinsky’s intended drum setup and compositional process. In advance of his PASIC 2024 presentation, he shares new insights in…
PAS Hall of Fame Interview
Neil Grover, the Founder of Grover Pro Percussion, is being inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in November 2024. His significant contributions to the percussion field as a musician, educator, and innovator are highlighted in this new interview with the Percussive Arts…
In The Beginning…
Our founder is the featured artist this month!
CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW WITH NEIL GROVER
Percussion Summer School Starts Now!
Our July summer newsletter contains over 20 great educational videos and downloads covering tambourine, triangle, castanets and snare drum. Whether you’re starting out, or a seasoned pro, there’s plenty of innovative information that will help you sound your best! CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR JULY…
NEW! Educational Essentials Guide
For some, selecting the right gear can be a daunting task! But don’t worry, we have developed a tool to help make selecting the perfect product both quick and easy… CLICK HERE to access our new “Educational Essentials” guide where you’ll be able to view…
Australian Percussion Academy strives for the stars…
The Australian Percussion Academy‘s, core mission is to provide the highest quality of percussive arts f education. They are producing young percussionists with strong fundamental skills capable of performing at the highest skill level. Under the direction of acclaimed percussion virtuoso, Sergei Golovko, the students…
Percussion Accessory Clinic w/Neil Grover
Watch Neil Grover’s 2023 PASIC presentation, “Percussion Accessories – Not as easy as you may think!”. Neil Grover’s PASIC 2023 Masterclass “Video used with permission. The Percussive Arts Society (PAS) is the world’s largest percussion organization, with over 5,000 members in over 80 Chapters across…
TMEA – A SMASH!
We recently returned from the Texas Music Educators Association annual convention in San Antonio. It was a terrific three days of meeting and talking to music educators and percussion students. Everyone love our exhibit, especially the new products on display. Here a quick tour of…
LIEUTENANT KIJÉ AND A PECULIAR TAMBOURINE TECHNIQUE
We all know Prokofiev´s “Lieutenant Kijé” and its overly famous snare drum part, but the tambourine one in the fourth number, “Troika”, tends to go unnoticed. Prokofiev wrote a circle above the first quarter-note of each bar: This is the same notation that Glazunov had…
Neil Grover To Present @ PASIC’22!
We’re thrilled to share that our founder, Neil Grover, has been invited to present a Symphonic Lab at PASIC ’22! His session, “Percussion Accessories: Not as easy as you think!” will be held on Friday, November 12, 2022 in room 205. Students in need of…
NEW ROSEWOOD CASTANETS!
Frustrated by having to choose between castanets that sound good but have no adjustment, and others which have adjustable tension but lack clarity and richness of sound? ¡Olé! Then our GWC-2R castanets are for you! Once you try them you’ll fall in love with the…
Check Out Our New 2020 Catalog!
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Finding the “Sweet Spot”
Professional percussionists often mark the “sweet spot” on instruments. This “targeting” helps percussionists to consistently sound their best. I have always placed light pencil marks on accessories such as cymbals, woodblocks and even triangles! Click the image to watch a short video demonstration…
Sistro, Sistri and Sistrum in “Il Barbiere di Seviglia”
It now seems like a tradition; every time “Barber” gets on the music stand, a discussion arises about what sistro, sistri and sistrum mean and what instruments correspond to that nomenclature. I´ll try to clarify this issue, and I´ll begin with a little bit of…
The Triangle
The triangle is an idiophonic musical instrument of the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, most usually steel in modern instruments, bent into a triangle shape. One of the angles is left open, with the ends of the bar not quite touching –…
Grover Pro Miller Machine Video
Check out the video for the new Grover Pro Miller Machine!
Technique Improvement and Maintenance: Warm Up Routines – Triangle by Will James
Holding the triangle Holding the triangle should look graceful. We want to at least look professional. Resting the clip on the thumb and middle finger, leaves the other fingers available for muting if necessary. Holding the triangle around eye level is preferred so the audience…
Grover Pro Sightings
As our tagline states, Grover Pro products are found in the world’s finest concert halls being played by the world’s finest percussionists! Here are pics of our products recently being used by two of our top professionals.
The Percussion Section – A Minor Miracle by Joseph Jones
I’m often asked if there are different personalities among musicians who play different instruments. It is an extremely difficult question to answer; after all, it is hard to stop laughing when one is laughing that hard! To explain this to someone who has spent little…
PASIC ’13 – Great Success!
We just returned from our 32nd consecutive Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and we couldn’t be happier. Throughout the three-day event our booth was mobbed…MOBBED! All of our newest products were received with great excitement and enthusiasm. Both the new brass tubular triangle beaters, and…
New Bronze Hammered Lite Triangles Now Available!
Distilling the expertise gained through 30 years of triangle making, we’ve created our new Bronze Hammered Lite™ Triangles. BHL triangles are hand-shaped from a special 3/8-in diameter alloy. The proprietary alchemy of these highly resonant triangles is integral to the sonic properties and is a…
Do Yourself A Favor by John Parks
One of the biggest lessons I learned out of school was that subbing in professional orchestras did not mean playing snare drum, xylophone, or bells–or timpani. It meant being really, really good at the stuff I never played in lessons (other than for audition preparation)–triangle,…
You Gotta Do More Than Pray
Grover endorser and motivational artist Mark Shelton is a contributor to the latest edition of “Worship Musician Magazine”. CLICK HERE TO READ “TRIANGLE & SUSPENDED CYMBAL BASICS”
Six Triangle Tips From Chris DeChiara
Always hold the triangle between the music and conductor where you can see both without moving your head. Experiment with different playing areas-and the amount of beater surface-to get the optimal sound for the specific passage. Experiment with different triangles to get the optimal sound…
PASIC ’12 – A SMASH!
We just returned from the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), held this year in Austin, TX. During the 3-day event over 3,000 percussionists gathered for clinics, masterclasses, performances and a exhibits filled with the world’s top percussion products. This year we celebrated our 30th…
New 7″ Bronze Pro Hammered Triangle!
Our line of hammered bronze triangles has been so successful that we’ve added a new model, the TR-BPH-7 triangle. Grover Pro hammered triangles differ from others in that we hammer each bronze alloy rod extensively before forming. We have discovered that our special alloy needs…
Berklee Visits Grover Pro
Berklee College Of Music Professor, Dean Anderson, and a few of his students took time out from the end of the school semester to visit the Grover Pro factory. The group was given a personalized tour of our facility and joined the Grover Pro staff…
NEW 5″ “SUPER-OVERTONE” TRIANGLE
Introduced in 1980, our Super-Overtone™ triangles were the first pro quality triangles specifically manufactured to emit a large array of overtones. Available in two sizes (6″ & 9″) the TR-6 & TR-9 models have been some of the most sought after symphonic triangles. Our NEW…
5 Things To Remember When Playing Triangle
As George Plimpton once discovered, playing triangle in a symphony orchestra is not as easy as it appears. Producing a musical sonority, striking in the right place – at the right time, stricking at just the right velocity and pressure and enduring the ridicule of…
How to Purchase Concert Percussion Accessories
Here’s some general percussive advice geared towards my music educator colleagues. This piece, original written for SB&O magazine, serves to provide insight into the task of acquiring proper basic percussion accessory instruments. The percussion instruments covered include: concert tambourine, piatti or hand cymbals, woodblock, temple…
The Mighty (Grover Pro) Triangle !
The late writer George Plimpton was famous for his participatory journalism: He risked life and limb while playing quarterback for the Detroit Lions, trading punches with boxer Archie Moore, blocking 100-mile-an-hour hockey pucks as goaltender for the Boston Bruins. All to get a good story.…
New Educational Videos
We’ve added new educational videos to our “Tech-Talk” feature on this web site. Three new videos feature both Neil Grover (on holding the tambourine and triangle), and Indiana University Professor John Tafoya (on timpani stick grips). Holding a Tambourine Holding a Triangle Timpani Grips with…
PASIC 2010…UNBELIEVABLE !
We just returned from PASIC 2010 held this year in Indianapolis. It was a tremendous show and a smashing success for us! Thousands of percussionists checked out the wide range of super-high quality products on display in the Grover booth. Here’s a short list of…
Visit Us At PASIC…
2009 marks our 28th consecutive year of exhibiting at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. This year, the convention is being held in Indianapolis, November 11th -14th. In addition to the hundreds of triangles, tambourines and mallets we’ll have on display, we’ll be unveiling some…
NEW BRONZE-PRO HAMMERED™ TRIANGLE !
Grover Pro’s new Bronze-Pro Hammered model triangle represents the collective experience of over 30 years of hand-crafting the world’s finest triangles! Bronze-Pro Hammered triangles are manufactured from a unique 1/2″ diameter special high-grade bronze alloy. Prior to hand bending, the solid alloy rod is repetitively…
