Contemporary percussion / Reginald Smith Brindle.
| Author/creator | Brindle, Reginald Smith |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1970. |
| Description | x, 217 pages, 8 plates : illustrations, music ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The classification of percussion instruments -- Notation for percussion instruments -- Percussion layouts and the placing of instruments -- Factors influencing timbre -- Writing for keyboard percussion -- Tuned idiophones I: Keyboard percussion. Xylophone and xylomarimba ; Marimba ; Vibraphone ; Dulcitone ; Glockenspiel, bell lyra and keyboard glockenspiel ; Celesta -- Tuned idiophones II. Tubular bells ; Gongs ; Crotales ; Musical saw ; Flexatone ; Glasses ; Steel drums ; Sanza -- Idiophones of indefinite pitch I: Played by striking. Triangle ; Cymbals ; Tamtam ; Cowbells ; Anvil and metal blocks ; Lujon ; Bronze sheets ; Steel plates ; Claves ; Wood block ; Temple blocks ; Wood drums ; Whip or slapstick ; Bamboos or wood chimes ; Glass chimes -- Idiophones of indefinite pitch II: Played by shaking, stroking, and scraping. Sistrum ; Sleigh bells ; Washboard ; Castanets ; Maracas ; Cabaca ; Mexican bean ; Chocolo or ka-me-so ; Guiro or rape ; Reco-reco ; Jaw bone ; Rattle or ratchet ; Cuica, string drum or lion's roar ; Sand blocks ; Switch ; Thunder effects ; Wind machine -- Membranophones I: Untuned. Drumming techniques ; Snare or side drum ; Tenor drum ; Tomtoms ; Bongos ; Congas ; Timbales ; Cocktail drum ; Bass drum ; Tambourine ; Provencal tambourine ; African drum ; Chinese drum -- Membranophones II: Tuned. Timpani ; Boobams ; Tablas -- Tuned chordophones. Pianoforte ; Cimbalom ; Harpsichord -- Aerophones. Whistles ; Siren ; Bull roarer ; Motor horns -- The orchestral use of percussion -- The percussion ensemble -- Conclusion -- Nomenclature of percussion instruments in Italian, French, and German. |
| Contents | Accompanying sound recording contents: Tuned percussion -- Metal instruments -- Various instruments of indefinite pitch -- Membrane instruments. |
| General note | Phonodisc (2s. 7 in. 45 rpm. stereophonic) in pocket. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 208-209. |
| LCCN | 70487416 |
| ISBN | 0193188023 |
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