Author : Alfred Friese, Alexander Lepak

Description

This comprehensive method for timpani encompasses all fundamental skills necessary for mastery. It includes essential music theory, which serves as the foundation for all musical understanding, alongside practical techniques and knowledge related to sticking, muffling, rolls, and instrument maintenance. Additionally, it addresses intonation through exercises focused on tuning intervals, scales, and glissandos, as well as three and four timpani practices. The method also features a diverse array of standard symphonic timpani repertoire, highlighting works from renowned composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, among others.