Keyboard Percussion

This book provides expert instruction for beginning percussionists on the rudiments of keyboard-percussion instruments and introduces all of the elements for learning to read notes in treble clef.

This book consists of forty-six original etudes and includes techniques for developing the art of keyboard percussion. It is also a companion book to The Orchestral Snare Drummer and The Orchestral Timpanist.

Portraits in Melody is composed of fifty advanced studies for xylophone and/or marimba with maximum rhythmical interest. These challenging solos are based on the rhythms of Portraits in Rhythm for snare drum.

The "Goldenberg Book" has been used by generations of orchestral players for developing mallet skills. Besides technical studies and etudes, it also includes excerpts from major orchestral repertoire for keyboard percussion instruments. This edition, by Anthony J. Cirone, includes phrasings inherent in the music but not specifically written out. Stickings are also addressed (with original sticking in uppercase letters and added sticking in lowercase letters). This book is the primary resource for keyboard percussion players who want to develop sight reading and contains important orchestral repertoire for xylophone and orchestra bells.

This is a collection of techniques and etudes to help develop four-mallet independence for playing the marimba. It contains single-hand, interval, rotation, parallel-motion, and four-mallet arpeggios. A must for the intermediate keyboard percussion student. Engraved and edited by Anthony J. Cirone.

Contributions include 2 and 4-mallet technical exercises by leading concert and recording artists. Motivational and practical information is provided by each author. Compiled and edited by Anthony J. Cirone.

This book is a collection of ninety-two patterns for jazz improvisation. These technical exercises utilize jazz scales and modes that develop technique through practical harmonic concepts. Submitted for publication by Anthony J. Cirone.

This book is a 4-mallet marimba collection based on the 46 melodic etudes from Cirone's The Orchestral Mallet Player. The etudes function well as a first step for learning 4-mallet marimba technique.

Marimba Duets is available in 2 volumes?each written at a different level of difficulty. Transcribed and edited by Anthony J. Cirone from the famous violin duets of Jacques Mazas, Ignace Pleyel, and Charles Dancla, these selected pieces translate perfectly to the marimba keyboard. Each volume contains two sets of parts (one for each player), and is an excellent collection of duets for both performance and sight reading.

Marimba Duets is available in two volumes?each is written at a different level of difficulty. Transcribed and edited by Anthony J. Cirone from the famous violin duets of Jacques Mazas and Ignace Pleyel, these selected pieces perfectly translate to the marimba keyboard. Each volume contains two sets of parts (one for each player). An excellent collection of duets for both performance and sight reading.

This book features 12 excellent solos for marimba, transcribed from the violin sonatas, partitas, and cello and lute suites of J.S. Bach. Transcribed and edited by Anthony J. Cirone, this volume includes a CD recording for each solo, performed by Jack Van Geem, Principal Percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony.

This book contains intermediate technical studies from the guitar music of Fernando Sor. They are perfectly suited for marimba and the exercises are excellent for developing 4-mallet marimba technique. Transcribed and edited by Anthony J. Cirone.

The book contains 25 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas transcribed for Solo Marimba by Tammy Chen.