Keune: Percussion Instruments

Composer: Eckehardt Keune Instrumentation: Percussion Binding: ISMN: 9790200405156 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 152 Look Inside! PDF Preview Description Percussion instruments have of late become an important factor in music. in pursuit of fresh possibilities of sonority and expression the potential range of traditional percussion instruments has been noticeably extended, while elements from the most various of music cultures have infiltrated-and still do so-contemporary music practice to a marked degree. The number and the forms of individual percussion instruments have consequently grown to an almost inexhaustible multiplicity. in this way the percussionist is ever faced with more and more demanding problems: the development of the percussion section, which can almost be an independent and self-contained tonal unit in the modern orchestra, requires from every instrumentalist versatility and matured skills. in the projected four volume Method of Instructio