Tech-TalkEducational Resources for Percussionists

Percussion Educational Essentials How to Purchase Concert Percussion Accessories Percussion Primer: Tambourine Percussion Primer: Triangle Percussion Primer: Triangle – Japanese Percussion Primer: Triangle – Spanish Percussion Primer: Concert Bass Drum Percussion Primer: Cymbals Triangle: The Good Sound / Creative Tambourine Technique Grover Roll Recipe Timpani Warm-Up Calisthenics   “Tambourine Essentials” by Ben Stiers “The Truth About Practice and Performance” by Andy Harnsberger (reprinted with permission from PAS) “The Fine Art Of Practice” by Karen Ervin

Tambourine

• Holding a Tambourine
• One Minute Thumb Roll with Neil Grover
• Masterful Demonstration of Finger Rolls with Christian Pirola
• “Alborada from Capricccio Espagnoie” with Cristiano Pirola
• Fast Tambourine Passage with SFC William Elliot
• Tambourine Grooves with Bob McCormick
• Tambourine Solo by Neil Grover with NJCU Percussion Ensemble
• Grover Pro Synthetic Head Tambourine
• Grover Pro Tambourines on Tour with Star Wars In Concert

Triangle

• Holding a Triangle
• Triangle Selection with Neil Grover
• Norman Weinberg demos Grover Pro Triangles
• Grover Pro Bronze-Pro Hammered Triangles with Lee Vinson
• Triangle Technique with Frank Kumor

Drums

• Will James: Unmetered Snare Drum Rolls
• Quick Tips for Multiple Bounce Rolls with Bob McCormick
• Grover Pro G3 Snare Drum on Tour with Star Wars In Concert
• Concert Bass Drum with Kristen Shiner McGuire
• Timpani Grips with John Tafoya

Misc. Percussion

• The Art of Percussion Playing
• Grover Pro Castanets
• Chime Technique with Professor John Beckford
• Gong Lesson with Neil Grover
• Strike a Gong