Percussion
Congratulations on selecting Percussion!
Below are some drop down boxes with information to get you started as well as some great links to percussion players who represent great sound and technique.
Daily Required Supplies
For Beginning Band:
Beginning Percussionists should bring to school:
Mallets and sticks: A Vic Firth Education Stick/Mallet Pack EP2 or a stick bag and the equivalent sticks and mallets included in the EP2 pack: SD1 and SD2 snare sticks, M3 and M6 mallets, and T3 timpani mallets.
See below for items needed for home practice.
All Bands Percussionists: For home practice, all percussionists also need:
for home practice: a Real Feel practice pad (see steveweissmusic.com)
for home practice: a practice xylophone, practice marimba, or practice orchestral bell set (practice bell sets are cheaper, but they can sound shrill and unpleasant).
Some people choose to get a larger education kit, such as one of these, listed by Steve Weiss Percussion.
Advanced Band Percussionists should also bring brass bell mallets, general and staccato timpani mallets, and a chromatic pitch pipe to band every day. The brass bell and general timpani mallets can be bought separately or as part of a mallet pack, such as the Model BDS1 from Mike Balter.
Percussion Instructions and Pictures
These two links are for use by Hilltop Middle School students and teachers only. Those from other schools who wish to use them should purchase the Percussion Project from Teachers Pay Teachers.
Beginner Resources (Bell Kits/Mallets)
Bell kit set up - Alexandra Finnie
Mallet Grip (percussion!) - Alexandra Finnie
Getting to know your bells & musical alphabet (percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
1st Note = Bflat (percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
Bflat Practice (percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
2nd Note = C (percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
C Practice! (Percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
3rd Note - D! (Percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
D Practice! (Percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
1st 3 notes in review (percussion!) - Alexandra Finnie
Hot Cross Buns (Percussion) - Alexandra Finnie
More Resources
Percussion Clinic from the U. S. Army Master Classes
40 Essential Rudiments from Vic Firth Videos and play-along tracks
Quality Instrumentalists
This list was found at the Elizabethtown Area High School Website.
Timpani
Vic Firth
Marimba
Evelyn Glennie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLAQ0myEFgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHBsFOl-SnA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGR9SM58DJs
Nancy Zeltsman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtLUWU71a_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gje4AcQTxvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt5J8o_jsJA
Katarzyna Myzca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vBmSns9CBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPl6vQ86un8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPBqV3sXnR4
Pius Cheung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nS_rk1118M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkIqz20qEig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eeYsPJ-wv8
Eriko Daimo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh78agjZhQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju50DN102Dk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u0rBztzuOw
She-e Wu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuuBltmXeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Oi2zQKMVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNMRRgp5kM
Keiko Abe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3_Fn3-iJ5E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjGOB6fmT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxdiRXXFfVQ
Vibraphone
Lionel Hampton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_rTICMVXQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P6FVbxEyLk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KME0TMnhF6M
Gary Burton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxfi0g_5CiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSjLkj0VMw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9j3-XPzNiQ
Milt Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUjzbElp-wQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5u7TZhL22U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3TMe98FJDw
Red Norvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=783FLa1Dlzg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg10gHo2OPU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0cRiUcXpgE
Bobby Hutcherson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL4IaFQQA0Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rk3I3MJTLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzSAKN3UdTI
Cal Tjader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9YIs_kdtY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALs8bfhB6B0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVeB-ydiJho
Stefon Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqK5hW0ANhM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lP2rz-bbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFFAqsV9JxQ
Xylophone
Ian Finkel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpwaXlhZVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OS_AUWXxr8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAoTCqcOnpk
Bob Becker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flIy4_Ug88o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHrtfFgNn-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYltZ1QofeA
Steve Przyzcki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A06uhOfacDU
Percussion
Evelyn Glennie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffm2WYsatE
Steven Schick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ6e08rxDpQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dADgD0Lngk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igah0mQ-HLA
Casey Cangelosi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP_-yKfSAsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMetViw-ykI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_WRp9ZQCA
Bill Bachman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPAO0TSp594
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-azemcjzB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHfqCO1fvyU
Drumset
Buddy Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esWG6A6g-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94DeieWZgTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRJWFj7EXu8
Gene Krupa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHr4XQ9SEcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEeIwooW0Uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr5keYcHgo4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYWTjO6t-vQ
Jazz Band
Stan Kenton Big Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9sp6ApX4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_okd-n42p0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3EkI3ISz28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oax-u-X0G8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5L0TS3V91Y
Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrZ269Nwco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhoWapIQpB0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIzFRhMjwI
Count Basie Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHMYhajNtNg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCTYcc2tskQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTSoLzZ3-U
Duke Ellington Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkn57XP-_kM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez-ljQA2Kn8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDVZdZMCc0w
Bob Florence Limited Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tyaE3v1g14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCcatUt3Gg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pjPBg6iF0
Mingus Big Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Ont66qoQc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W3lwmIf6m4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY
Buddy Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRKc90kuAaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpMRuGslVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEKAWZ1Nbk
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFhcL-YrDU