Download or read book The Complete Timpani Method written by Alfred Friese and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-10-22 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete and extensive method for timpani. Each essential skill is covered: * basic theory (the building blocks of all music) * technique and facts (from sticking, muffling, and rolls to instrument care) * intonation (tuning of intervals, scales, glissandos, three and four timpani exercises) * a large selection of standard symphonic timpani repertoire (from the classics of Beethoven, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, Tschaikowsky, Wagner, and more)