Online Percussion Education Sources

(Check out their Podcasts, virtual lessons, and endless resources these sites have to offer.  And it’s free!)

1. •    Vic Firth, Inc. 
   

2. •    Evans Drumheads
   

3. •    Sabian Cymbals
   

Heads, Sticks, Mallets, and Instrument Sources

1. •    Vic Firth, Inc.
   

2. •    Evans Drumheads
   

3. •    Sabian Cymbals
   

4. •    Lone Star Percussion
   

5. •    Steve Weiss Music
   

6. •    Musician’s Friend
   

7. •    The Percussion Source
   

Suggested Method Books and Music (from the Steve Weiss Catalog)

    Snare Drum

1. •    John Pratt - 14 Modern Concert Solos
   

2. •    Garwood Whaley - Fundamental Studies for Snare Drum
   

3. •    Garwood Whaley - Musical Studies for the Intermediate Snare Drummer
   

4. •    Garwood Whaley - Primary Handbook for Snare Drum
   

5. •    Anthony Cirone - Portraits in Rhythm
   

    Mallets

1. •    David Friedman - Vibraphone Technique: Dampening and Pedaling
   

2. •    Morris Goldenberg - Modern School for Xylophone
   

3. •    Lee Howard Stevens - Method of Movement
   

4. •    Garwood Whaley - 4 Mallet Exercises
   

5. •    Garwood Whaley - Fundamental Studies for Mallets
   

6. •    Garwood Whaley - Musical Studies for the Intermediate Mallet Player
   

7. •    Garwood Whaley - Primary Handbook for Mallets
   

    Drum Set

1. •    Tommy Igoe - Groove Essentials
   

2. •    John Riley - Bop Drumming and Beyond Bop
   

    Timpani

1. •    Saul Goodman - Modern Method for Timpani
   

2. •    Garwood Whaley - Fundamental Studies for Timpani
   

   Various Compilations

1. •    Garwood Whaley - Audition Etudes
   

If you have any questions regarding other music resources, please drop me an email,

I will help you out the best I can. - Jeff