The Technique of Percussion Playing: Mallets, Implements and Applications = Die Spieltechnik des Schlagzeugs: Schlägel, Anreger und Anwendungen

The acclaimed percussionist Christian Dierstein has joined forces with a research group at the Basel Academy of Music to examine the techniques of percussion playing from an innovative perspective. The main focus falls less on the instruments than on their sound producers: beaters, mallets, sticks, bows, specific manual techniques up to and including electronic pulse generators. This book describes all of them in detail and illustrates their range of application in carefully selected and annotated examples from the repertoire.

Many essays by guest authors such as Nicolaus A. Huber, Steven Schick, Fritz Hauser and Bernhard Wulff relate the performance descriptions to ongoing aesthetic debates. They reveal that sound production and interaction with sound-generating objects have moved centre stage in contemporary composition and its expanded concepts of material and performance. The result is a comprehensive reference book for composers and performers that will also serve as a source of inspiration for future innovative approaches in percussion playing.

CONTENIDO:

Geleitwort von Christoph Caskel / Preface by Christoph Caskel

I Vorwort / Foreword

II Methodik und praktische Anwendung / Methodology and User Guidelines

III Grundlagen / Basic Information:
-Aufbau von Schlägeln / Construction of Mallets
-Grundsätzliche Verwendung und Zugehörigkeit / Basic Use and Affiliation

IV Spieltechniken und Instrumente / Playing Techniques and Instruments:
-Vorbemerkung / Preliminary Note
-Zweischlägeltechniken / Two-Mallet Techniques
-Mehrschlägeltechniken / Multiple Mallet Techniques
-Fußtechniken / Foot Techniques
-Artikulation und Schlägel / Articulation and Mallets
-Aufbau und Bestandteile der Hauptinstrumentengruppen / Construction and Components of the Main Instrument Groups //

V Schlägel und andere Anreger / Mallets and Other Implements:
-Hände / Hands
-Elementare Schlägel / Elementary Mallets
-Zusammengesetzte Schlägel / Composite Mallets
-Bezogene Schlägel / Covered Mallets
-Umwickelte Schlägel / Wrapped Mallets
-Hämmer / Hammers
-Ruten / Rutes and Rods
-Besen und Bürsten / Brushes
-Bögen / Bows
-Kombinations- und Multitoneschlägel / Combination and Multitone Mallets
-Instrumente als Anreger / Instruments as Implements
-Fußmaschinen und Pedale / Bass Drum Pedals and Pedals
-Elektrische und elektronische Anreger / Electric and Electronic Implements
-Weitere Anregungsarten / Other Kinds of Excitation

VI Schlägelpraxis / Mallet Use:
-Grundausstattung / Basic Equipment
-Hinweise zur Schlägelwahl / Comments Regarding Choice of Mallets
-Kombinierbarkeit von Schlägeln / The Possibility to Combine Mallets
-Schlägelwechsel / Mallet Changes

VII Notation und Aufbauhilfen / Notation and Setup Assistance:
-Notation / Notation
-Aufbauhilfen / Setup Assistance

VIII Anhang / Appendix:
-Systematik der Schlägelbeschreibungen in Kapitel 5 / System for Describing Mallets in Chapter 5
-Verzeichnis und Inhaltsangabe der Videobeispiele / Index and Synopsis of Video Examples
-Verzeichnis der abgebildeten oder erwähnten Partituren / Index of Scores Displayed or Mentioned in the Book

Bibliographie / Bibliography
Über die Autoren / About the Authors