Re: Percussion Discussion

[Jeremiah Reilly]

Bryan,

On Saturday, December 29, 2007, at 11:36  AM, Bryan Stanbridge wrote:

> I highly recommend the following two resources when it comes to 
> percussion writing:
>
> How to Write for Percussion by Sam Solomon (available on Amazon.com).
> -> This book goes into detail about the different sounds of percussion 
> instruments, etc, but spends some time discussing how each should be 
> notated.
>
> I also firmly believe that if everyone adopted Vaclav Nehlybel's 
> system for percussion notation, the world would be a better place. 
> Unfortunately I can't find where I found this resource (mine's a copy 
> with no attribution). If you can find it, though, it's great.

Thanks for the advice.

The book, How to Write for Percussion by Samuel Solomon is very 
comprehensive and well written. I highly recommend it as a reference 
and resource to lilyponders. One caveat: it is almost exclusively about 
notation and has very little about composing for percussion.

Jeremiah