VAP Digital Bookshelf - DRUMMING

VAP DIGITAL BOOKSHELF - DRUMMING

All VAP Digital Bookshelf editions have been scanned at a very high resolution (most often at 600 dip). Each page has been straightened, cleaned and run through state-of-the-art optical character reading software so that entire texts are now searchable. Texts are OCR'd in their original language; so a German text is German language searchable. Each volume is presented in its original format, thus providing the most authentic copies available. Many of these books have been long out of print are are not available anywhere else. Use the "Peak Inside" button to see the depth of the materials and the quality of the publications!
THE LUYBEN COLLECTION

The Luyben Collection is a package of 16 hard-to-find and now out-of-print method books dating from the middle of the 1900s. 

These titles are a wonderful collection for those interested in the history of drumming, drum methodology, and pedagogy. 



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ROBERT KIETZER
SELF-INSTRUCTOR
​FOR THE DRUM

Written in 1894, Robert Kietzer's Self-Instructor for the Drum was one of the very first instruction manuals for the snare drum that was NOT based on military drumming. Interestingly, the text is offered in German, English, and Russian. In addition to technical exercises that focus on rolls, there are a number of exercises in a variety of musical styles.

This is a great book that dives into the technique and performance of the snare drum at this time in its development.



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HARRY A. BOWER
THE HARRY A. BOWER SYSTEM IN THREE PARTS

Harry Bower published his Harry A Bower System in 1912. It is again available through VAP Media's Digital Bookshelf.
This particular copy of the Bower System contains all three volumes: Part I is Drums (which includes snare drum, bass drum, and cymbals). Part II contains instruction on the bells and xylophone. Part III is devoted exclusively to the tympani. Scores of exercises are included in all three parts. This book is one of the earliest comprehensive tutors for percussion published  in the United States.
CARL E. GARDNER
​THE MILITARY DRUMMER

The Gardner book was first published in 1918. "This book has been indorsed [sic.] by the U.S. Army and Navy Authorities as Meeting All Requirements in the U.S. Training Camps". It is again available in the VAP Media Digital Library

The Military Drummer includes information on the Rudiments of Music, Choice and Care of the Drum, Head Tucking, The Sticks, Position of the Drummer, and the Rudiments of Drumming. The book also includes a large number of exercises and tunes for both the fife and drum, and bugle and drum.
ROBERT BUGGERT
TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR THE PERCUSSIONS

Robert Buggert's Teaching Techniques for the Percussions is one of the earlier books intended for Music Education majors at the University Level. First published in 1960, this is an important resource for anyone doing serious research into Percussion Pedagogy.


GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRUMPET AND DRUM
  
Instructions for the Trumpet and Drum, originally published in 1915, is again available through VAP Media's Digital Bookshelf.

The title of this book is actually "Instructions for the Trumpet and Drum Together with the Full Code of Signals and Calls used by the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps." This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone interested in historic military music.


DITSON (Publisher)
THE ARMY DRUM AND FIFE BOOK

Full title: "The Army and Fife Book Containing Full Instructions, the Reveille, the Tattoo, the Various Calls and Beats Used in the Service, and a Choice Collection of Music to Which is Added the Bugler's Call Book, Containing All the Infantry General Calls and Calls for Skirmishers, Used in the U.S. Army."

Published in 1861, this book is now available from the VAP Media Digital Library. If you've ever needed to know the proper pattern to play when Hail To The Chief, the Quick Retreat, or the Water Call is played, you need this book!
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