Rudimental Grand Tour (Book + Online Audio)
Drumming Across 22 International Traditions
Rudimental Grand Tour is a compendium of drumming cultures and traditions from twenty-two distinct regions throughout Europe and the Americas, designed to expand rudimental knowledge and develop international percussive skills. Each of the rudimental systems on the Grand Tour is broken down with a short history, an explanation of the notation styles and rhythmic quirks, a region-specific rudiment list with rhythmic interpretation, musical excerpts for cont ...more
Product Number:
31093M
Format:
Book + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
104
Binding:
Squareback Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
1-5134-7173-2
ISBN13:
978-15134-7173-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
2/10/2023
Rudimental Grand Tour is a compendium of drumming cultures and traditions from twenty-two distinct regions throughout Europe and the Americas, designed to expand rudimental knowledge and develop international percussive skills. Each of the rudimental systems on the Grand Tour is broken down with a short history, an explanation of the notation styles and rhythmic quirks, a region-specific rudiment list with rhythmic interpretation, musical excerpts for context, an online recorded example, and a list of sources for further study. 
 
All twenty-two of the regions have contributed to the current state of the percussive arts and studying their rudimental drumming can help achieve higher levels of control, finesse, flexibility, creativity, and pure chops. Rudimental Grand Tour incorporates over 600 years of history and hundreds of unique rudiments that are not found on the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) 40 list. 
 
American fife and drum, Basler trommeln, Scottish pipe band, Mexican banda de guerra, Norwegian trommeslåtter, Swiss tambour-ordonnanz and sixteen more cultures are represented—both well-known and obscure. Whether you are a marching specialist, kit drummer, world percussionist, or classical artist, a world of rudimental possibility awaits.
 
The author includes definitive online recordings of examples of each of the twenty-two drumming traditions explored in the book.
 
 
 
[Rudimental Grand Tour] is the most thorough, in-depth presentation of the topic that I’ve ever seen, with an incredible amount of information … I’m sorry I didn’t write it myself! 
– Joel Rothman
 
This is a serious collection of rudimental info! … I really checked your book out and find it to be a stellar text.                           – Edward Freytag

History

An Example of Rudimental Variation

Further Philosophical and Explanatory Notes

The Basel System

Basel – Arabi (19 Century)

The Swiss System (Tambour-Ordonnanz)

Swiss – General Marsch (1728)

The French System

French – La Retraite (Broutin)

The Spanish System

Spanish – Asamblea (Pablo)

The Mexican System (Banda de Guerra)

Mexican – Bando (Traditional)

The German System (Prussian)

German – Wecken (1906)

The Austrian System

Austrian – Allarm=Streich (1851)

The Bavarian System

Bavarian – Feldschritte II (Fröhlich

The Dutch System

Dutch – Taptoe (1861)

The Italian System

Italian – La Pregheira (1869)

The Norwegian System (Trommeslåtter)

Norwegian – Telleslåtten (Sundvor)

The Russian System

Russian – На молитву (Vasiliyev)

The British System

British – Dinner Call – The Roast Beef of Old England (1817)

The Scotch System (Pipe Band)

Scotch – Massed Bands (Traditional)

The American System

American – Neptune (Lusby)

Other Traditions

Sweden

Mellanmarsch (Traditional)

Denmark

Fanetrop (18th Century)

Belgium

Rigodon (Traditional)

Ivrea

Generala (2020)

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Marcia Fucilieri (1846)

Argentina

Marcha Fúnebre (Mansilla)

Colombia

Bandera (1862)

Acknowledgements

Common Rudimental Terms in Various Languages

About the Author

 
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