This collection features Harry Breuer's greatest mallet solos. The solos and piano accompaniments have been totally re-engraved and printed on high quality paper. Titles: * Back Talk * Bit O' Rhythm * Happy Hammers * On the Woodpile * Powder Puff * Encore-Elise * The 1908 Rag

(Meredith Music Percussion). Five original solos with piano accompaniment by a multi-faceted composer/performer and historically significant mallet soloist. This set includes program notes and a composer biography. These five pieces Mallets Ala Zurke * Rag Doll Rag * Temptation Revamp * Waltz in Ragtime * and Joplin on Wood are fun to play, fun to listen to, and will surely add to any concert or recital program, as well as repertoire for solo performances of any nature. Includes a CD recording of Harry Breuer playing each piece with piano accompaniment.

Originally published in 1933, this book has become a classic to all snare drum teachers concerned with developing their students' reading skills. This revised edition omits out-of-date pages while keeping all of the core materials for reading development on snare drum and bass drum.

These expertly written, early- to late-intermediate solos were written as a companion to Fundamental Method for Mallets, but can act as supplementary material to any method book. Each solo is suitable for contests or juries and features a challenging variety of musical styles and contexts.

"This collection of duets was written to be performed by two intermediate-level players, or to be used as sight-reading material by more advanced mallet percussionists."--Page 1

This book provides etudes that will develop the various technical elements involved in 4-mallet playing, and also introduces students to a variety of contemporary harmonic, rhythmic and notational styles, and different musical forms. Contemporary Etudes for 3 & 4 Mallets still provides one of the few pathways leading students from traditional harmonies, simple rhythms and conventional notation to the complexity and variety of musical styles they will encounter in the 21st century.

Designed to encourage students to learn sight-reading from the very beginning of study, Sight-Reading Duets for Beginning Mallet Players provides duets in a variety of styles, keys and time signatures. Playable on one four-octave marimba or two larger mallet instruments, these duets are truly an important addition to early mallet studies.

Contemporary Solos for 4 Mallets was written as an intermediate-level follow-up to Contemporary Etudes for 3 & 4 Mallets. Both books were designed not only to develop the technical elements of 4-mallet playing, but also to introduce students to a variety of contemporary harmonic, rhythmic and notational styles. The student who has progressed through both volumes should be well-equipped to tackle much of the serious and difficult solo material available to marimbists today.