Ethnic Percussion Method Books
Reed-Bongo and Conga Drum Technique
Ted Reed's Bongo and Conga Drum Technique cover all the basic of hand drumming. Basic rhythms, variations, fill-ins, short solos for the bolero, cha-cha, merengue, m...
Eduardo/Kumor-Drum Circle: Guide to World Percussion BOOK ONLY
Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion by Chalo Eduardo & Frank Kumor is a book no percussionist should be without! This unique guide to world percussion features de...
Grosso-Hand Drumming Essentials
Hand Drumming Essentials by C.A Grosso teaches the essential skills needed to master many traditional to exotic hand percussion. This book is packed with techniques and exerci...
Dworsky/Sansby-Secrets of the Hand
This book is for advanced hand drummers who want to play complex solos using simple sequences of hand strokes. Whether you play Djembe, conga, or ashiko, the practical hand-pa...
El-Dabh-Derabucca
The Derabucca by Halim El-Dabh is a resource for traditional Derabucca (doumbek) hand techniques and notations used in music. A collection of exercises will serve to improve t...
Berlioz-Conga/Tumba Method (Vol 1)
The purpose of Congas Tumba Volume 1 by Gerard Berlioz is to instill a base set of skills and knowledge of the instrument. A collection exercises and terminology only serve to...
Kalani/Camara-West African Drum and Dance Student Enrichment Book
The rhythms and dances of Guinea, West Africa spring to life in this ground-breaking multimedia collection, West African Drums & Dance from award-winning author Kalani...
Tanner-Steel Band Game Plan
The Steel Band Game Plan: Strategies for Starting, Building, and Maintaining Your Pan Program, the first comprehensive resource devoted to steel band pedagogy, is a must-have ...
Morales/Adler-How to Play Latin American Rhythms
The bible of Latin patterns and sounds. This compendium of native instruments shows how each instrument plays its part of the beat. There is also a special section of suppleme...
Torre-Djembe Method for Technical and Creative Development
Djembe Method for Technical and Creative Development by Ivano Torre is a collection of exercises that is intended to teach the techniques associated with Djembe.
Sabanovich-Brazilian Percussion Manual
This manual introduces the percussionist to Brazilian instruments, rhythms, techniques and history. Includes complete applications for the drum set and two model pieces (with ...
Grosso-Hand Drumming Ensembles
C.A Grosso composed Hand Drumming Ensembles to teach the essentials of a percussion ensemble through the study of 12 full performance scores.
Egger-Ritmos Cubanos
Ritmos Cubanos by Uwe Egger explores traditional rhythms from Cuba for congas and Cuban rhythm instruments. This book gets into the history, forms and music from this unique ...
Evans-Authentic Conga Rhythms (Revised)
Authentic Conga Rhythms buy Bob Evans is designed make traditional conga rhythms second nature giving the student of this text the ability to develop their own voice on the in...
Feldman-Learning Tabla With Alla Rakha (Book w/VHS videotape)
This book is an introduction to the tabla as taught by Alla Rakha. It is also Ustad Alla Rakha's introduction to his Punjab Style of solo tabla performance,with its characteri...
Orozco-The Stick Bag Book of Latin Percussion
The Stick Bag Book of Latin Rhythm And Percussion is the ultimate resource for drummers and musicians. It features the most influential styles, rhythms, and techniques—a...
Mauleon-Salsa Guidebook
The Salsa Guide book by Rebeca Mauleon is a complete guide to classic Salsa music ensembles and the musical techniques they employed.
Gerard-Salsa: The Rhythm of Latin Music
Salsa! The Rhythm of Latin Music provides an intuitive look at the enormously popular Latin Music. This insiders perspective is informative and fun.
Burt-Beck-Playing the African Mbira
Playing The African Mbira by Carol Burt-Beck is to give a practical and logical method by which the fundamental principles of playing the instrument can be established. Histor...
Berlioz-Conga/Tumba Method (Vol 2)
The purpose of Congas Tumba Volume 2 by Gerard Berlioz is to continue to instill a base set of skills and knowledge of the instrument. A collection exercises and terminology o...
