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title: Percussion
description: Percussion encompasses instruments played by striking, shaking, or scraping, including snare drums, marimbas, and auxiliary instruments. Learners will understand rhythmic notation, hand techniques, mallet grip, and timing to perform in orchestral, marching, or world music settings.
category: music-audio
subcategory: instrument-training
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/percussion
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# Percussion

Percussion encompasses instruments played by striking, shaking, or scraping, including snare drums, marimbas, and auxiliary instruments. Learners will understand rhythmic notation, hand techniques, mallet grip, and timing to perform in orchestral, marching, or world music settings.

## Available Resources

3 Books • 1 Courses • 1 Websites

## Courses

### 1. Drumming Fundamentals

Learn essential percussion techniques with "Drumming Fundamentals," a course by Stephen Taylor. Master the basics and build a solid drumming foundation!

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://stephentaylordrumming.com/fundamentals/

**Tags:** drums, percussion, beginner, technique

## Podcasts

### 1. The Percussion Podcast

**Author:** atpercussion

A long-running podcast featuring interviews with percussionists, composers, and educators across genres, discussing performance, technique, and career paths in the percussion world. Episodes rotate through several hosts and cover a wide range of topics.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://atpercussion.podbean.com

**Tags:** percussion, podcast, interviews, music-education

## Books

### 1. The Art of Percussion Playing

**Author:** Anthony J. Cirone, Neil Grover, Garwood Whaley

Combines three method books into one volume covering bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, and 17 percussion accessory instruments, with history, instrument selection, and performance technique for band, orchestra, and percussion ensemble players.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1574630474?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, instruments

### 2. Percussion Pedagogy

**Author:** Michael Udow

A practical teaching guide introducing the bouncing-ball technical system across snare drum, timpani, marimba, vibraphone, and other percussion instruments, addressing tone quality, integrated motion, anatomy, and musicianship for percussion teachers and students.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190902957?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, instruments

### 3. Modern School for Snare Drum

**Author:** Morris Goldenberg

A classic method book of studies and etudes for orchestral snare drum, progressing from basic rudiments to advanced rhythms and interpretive exercises, plus excerpts of major orchestral repertoire for percussion students and professionals.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/075790906X?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, music-performing-arts, instruments

## Websites

### 1. drumeo.com

Drumeo is an online drum education platform offering comprehensive lessons and technique tutorials from professional drummers. Its library includes video lessons, play-alongs, structured courses, and practice resources for drummers of all levels and styles.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://drumeo.com

**Tags:** websites, music-performing-arts, instruments

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