Sheet Music
Exercises for timpani
Professional work materials for demanding practice
“The timpani has it easy,
since it only plays two notes:
five one and one five,
and boom boom boom boom boom.”
These lines from the German quodlibet “Die Geige beginnet” (The violin begins) perpetuate a common cliché. Doing something supposedly easy is often quite tricky. Depending on how ambitious you are, there is intensive work involved in playing these “simple” things consistently well, gradually revealing a complexity that you probably had not dreamed of at the beginning.
At any rate, this has been my experience since I started exploring the depths of timpani playing over 40 years ago. Here are my (preliminary) conclusions.
I hope you enjoy my exercises. I wish you much success with them!
The definitive pedal method for timpani
A practical workbook
Published 2014 by Leu-Verlag, Neusäß
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€ 22,00 + shipping
Learn Timpani
A Modern Method for Beginners
Published 2012 by Leu-Verlag, Neusäß
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€ 19,80 + shipping
Practice without timps
Additional methods
Published 2016 by Leu-Verlag, Neusäß
Available at Brandt-Percussion
19,80 €
Studies for Timpani
19 variations on a theme by Franz Krüger
Published 2008 by HeBu – Musikverlag GmbH, Kraichtal
Available at Brandt - Percussion
€ 11.95 + shipping
Pauke üben (Timpani Practise)
Progressive technical exercises for timpani
Published 1996 by Musikverlag Zimmermann, Frankfurt/Main
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€ 11.75 + shipping
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Available at Steve Weiss Music ($ 18,00 + shipping)
trrr - The Timpani Roll
Published 2008 by Gretel Verlag, Dinklage
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€ 16,00 + shipping
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10 unreasonably demanding etudes for timpani
Published 2011 by Gretel Verlag, Dinklage
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€ 12,00 + shipping
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Available at Steve Weiss Music ($ 18,00 + shipping)
