GALE Bruce

The band director's handbook: a guide for college and secondary school music directors in Southeast Asia - London: ASEAN Academic Press, 2001 - 338p.

Although written for music directors in schools and colleges this is a comprehensive single volume guide to all aspects of band management. Covers brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments and deals with physics of sound instrumnets, selecting mouthpieces, playing techniques, conducting, creating a mature sound, and writing and arranging for transcription. Well illustrated with diagrams. Includes a glossary, sources of wind band music worldwide, dealing with common problems, a bibliography and index.

1901919358 (pbk.): 18.90 UK


BAND MUSIC
BRASS BANDS
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
WIND INSTRUMENTS