Percussion Methods
You will need to purchase the books listed for the Study Level given by your Instructor for the PWX Lessons.
(These are the STANDARD lesson materials but may be restructured or altered to meet individual student needs.)
Drum/Mallet Percussion:
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Enhanced Book 1, Drums & Mallet Percussion Composed by Bruce Pearson. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.PW21PR). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Enhanced Book 2, Drums & Mallet Percussion Composed by Bruce Pearson. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.PW22PR). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Book 3, Drums & Mallet Percussion Composed by Bruce Pearson. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method Book. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #W23PR. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.W23PR). |
Timpani/Auxiliary Percussion:
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Enhanced Book 1, Timpani & Auxiliary Percussion Composed by Bruce Pearson. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.PW21TM). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Enhanced Book 2, Timpani & Auxiliary Percussion Composed by Bruce Pearson. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.PW22TM). |
Theory/History Workbooks:
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Book 1, Theory & History Workbook Composed by Bruce Pearson, Chuck Elledge, Jane Yarbrough. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.L21). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Book 2, Theory & History Workbook Composed by Bruce Pearson, Chuck Elledge, Jane Yarbrough. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.L22). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence Book 3, Theory & History Workbook Composed by Bruce Pearson, Chuck Elledge, Jane Yarbrough. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.L23). |
Drumset Methods:
 look inside | Learn to Play the Drumset Beginning Drum Method. Percussion. Beginning. Softcover. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.6620000). |
 look inside | Hal Leonard Drumset Method - Book 1 Drum Instruction. Instruction. Softcover Media Online. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.209864). |
 look inside | Hal Leonard Drumset Method - Book 2 Drum Instruction. Instruction. Softcover Media Online. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.209865). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drum Method Starter Pack Fast Track Music Instruction. Instruction. Softcover Media Online. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.264733). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Method - Book 1 Fast Track Music Instruction. Instructional, Learn To Play and Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.697285). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Method - Book 2 Fast Track Music Instruction. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.697295). |
 look inside | Drumset Syncopation Advanced Techniques and Studies for Playing Between the Beats. Drum Instruction. Instruction, Technique. Softcover. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.102634). |
 look inside | Motivic Drumset Soloing A Guide to Creative Phrasing and Improvisation. Percussion. Instruction. Softcover with CD. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.6620081). |
 look inside | Melodic Motion Studies for Drumset Directional Strategies for Exploring New Sounds from Familiar Stickings. Drum Instruction. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.122224). |
 look inside | Essential Drumset Fills Master Class Series. Musicians Institute Press. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 116 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press (HL.695986). |
 look inside | Rudimental Warm-Ups Skill-Strengthening Exercises for All Drummers. Percussion. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.6620083). |
Jazz Drum Methods:
 look inside | Berklee Practice Method: Drum Set Berklee Methods. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 104 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449429). |
 look inside | Drum Set Warm-Ups Essential Exercises For Improving Technique. Composed by Rod Morgenstein. Berklee Guide. Instructional. Instructional book (softcover). With drum notation and introductory text. 96 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449465). |
 look inside | Berklee Practice Method: Vibraphone Berklee Methods. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 184 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449436). |
 look inside | Berklee Jazz Drums Berklee Guide. Jazz Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 162 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449612). |
 look inside | A Manual for the Modern Drummer - 2nd Edition Composed by Alan Dawson and Don DeMicheal. Berklee Guide. Instruction, Jazz, Jazz Instruction. Softcover. 104 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449560). |
 look inside | Drum Studies Concepts, Reading, Phrasing and Technique. Berklee Guide. Instruction. Softcover. 112 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449617). |
 look inside | Rudiment Grooves for Drum Set Berklee Press. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 64 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50448001). |
 look inside | Accelerate Your Drumming Exercises and Tips to Make You Better - Faster. Instructional/Drum/DVD. Rock, latin. DVD. Published by Berklee Press (HL.320459). |
 look inside | Eight Essentials of Drumming Grooves, Fundamentals, and Musicianship. Berklee Guide. Instruction. Softcover with CD. 40 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50448048). |
 look inside | Reading Studies for Drums and Percussion Rhythms and Multi-Pitches. Berklee Guide. Instruction, Rock Instruction. Softcover. 44 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449550). |
 look inside | Double Bass Drum Integration For the Jazz/Fusion Drummer. Berklee Guide. Fusion, Instruction, Jazz. Softcover Audio Online. 72 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.120208). |
 look inside | Mastering the Art of Brushes - 2nd Edition Berklee Guide. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 48 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449459). |
 look inside | Phrasing: Advanced Rudiments for Creative Drumming Berklee Guide. Instruction, Rudiments, Technique. Softcover Media Online. 112 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.120209). |
 look inside | Beyond the Backbeat From Rock & Funk to Jazz & Latin. Berklee Guide. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 72 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449447). |
 look inside | Stickings & Orchestrations for Drum Set Berklee Press. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 104 pages. Berklee Press #0876390521. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50448049). |
 look inside | Working the Inner Clock for Drumset Private Lessons Series. Composed by Phil Maturano. Musicians Institute Press. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Published by Musicians Institute Press (HL.695127). |
Drum Improvisation & Composition:
 look inside | Improvisation for Classical Musicians Strategies for Creativity and Expression. Berklee Guide. Classical Reference, Improvisation. Softcover with CD. 144 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449637). |
DRUM SOLOS
 look inside | Standard of Excellence: Festival Solos Book 2 - Snare Drum & Mallets Composed by Bruce Pearson. Edited by Dave Hagedorn and Mary Elledge. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method Book. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #W37PR. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.W37PR). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence: Festival Solos-Drums & Mallet Percussion Composed by Bruce Pearson. Edited by Dave Hagedorn and Mary Elledge. Concert Band Method. Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. Method Book. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #W28PR. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.W28PR). |
 look inside | Standard of Excellence: Festival Solos, Book 3 - Percussion Composed by Dave Hagedorn, Mary Elledge, and Bruce Pearson. Band method. Method Book. 61 pages. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #W39PR. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.W39PR). |
 look inside | 50 Syncopated Snare Drum Solos A Modern Approach for Jazz, Pop, and Rock Drummers. Composed by Sperie Karas. Drum Instruction. Jazz, Pop, Rock. Softcover Audio Online. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.119645). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Songbook 1 - Level 1 By Various. Fast Track Music Instruction. Instructional, Learn To Play and Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.697290). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Songbook 1 - Level 2 By Various. Fast Track Music Instruction. Play Along. Softcover book with CD. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.697299). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Songbook 2 - Level 1 By Various. Fast Track Music Instruction. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.695367). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Songbook 2 - Level 2 By Various. Fast Track Music Instruction. Play Along. Softcover book with CD. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.695371). |
 look inside | FastTrack Drums Rock Songbook Composed by Various. Fast Track Music Instruction. Rock. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.696441). |
 look inside | For Drummers Only Music Minus One Drum. Composed by Various. Arranged by Jim Chapin and Bob Wilber. Sheet music. Music Minus One. Jazz, Standards. Softcover Audio Online. 48 pages. Music Minus One #MMO5002. Published by Music Minus One (HL.400589). |
 look inside | Studio Call: Film Scores - Drums Learn to Be a Studio Musician. Composed by Various. Edited by Tom Collier. Sheet music with CD. Music Minus One. Movies. Softcover with CD. 23 pages. Music Minus One #MMO2074. Published by Music Minus One (HL.400185). |
Jazz Drum Solos
 look inside | Modern Jazz Solos For Drum Set (Book with CD) Composed by Thompson. Drum Set Solo. Book and CD. Kendor Music Inc #13555. Published by Kendor Music Inc (KN.13555). |
 look inside | Jazz Standards for Drumset A Comprehensive Guide to Authentic Jazz Playing Using 12 Must-Know Tunes. Percussion. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.6620077). |
 look inside | Jazz Classics - Drums Big Band Play-Along Volume 4. Composed by Various. Big Band Play-Along. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.843101). |
 look inside | The Condon Gang: The Chicago and New York Jazz Scene Music Minus One Drums Deluxe 2-CD Set. By Hal Smith. By Various. Sheet music with CD. Music Minus One. Jazz. Softcover with CD. 36 pages. Music Minus One #MMO5008. Published by Music Minus One (HL.400758). |
