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Arend Weitzel
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!
Timpani Basics
The piece
Timpani check-up for auditions
2024
Free download: http://solopauke.de/downloads/The piece - Partitur.pdf
Prelude Warm-up Practice
Exercices for Timpani-players
21 Stil-Etüden
for 2 timpani
Playing Timpani
A Practice Compendium
Pastimes with good timpani
Rhythmic accuracy through flowing movements
The definitive pedal method for timpani
A practical workbook
Published 2014 by Leu-Verlag, Neusäß
Available directly from the publisher: Leu-Verlag
or at: Brandt - Percussion
€ 22,00 + shipping
Learn Timpani
A Modern Method for Beginners
Published 2012 by Leu-Verlag, Neusäß
Available directly from the publisher: Leu-Verlag
or at: Brandt - Percussion
€ 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
KATA
Grand etude for 4 timpani.
Pauke üben (Timpani Practise)
Progressive technical exercises for timpani
Published 1996 by Musikverlag Zimmermann, Frankfurt/Main
Available at Brandt - Percussion
€ 16,00 + shipping
In USA:
Available at Steve Weiss Music ($ 18,00 + shipping)
Die Glocken (The Bells)
Concert study for 5 timpani
trrr - The Timpani Roll
Published 2008 by Gretel Verlag, Dinklage
Available directly from the publisher: www.gretel-verlag.de
or at: Brandt - Percussion
€ 16,00 + shipping
In USA:
Available at Steve Weiss Music ($ 25,00 + shipping)
10 unreasonably demanding etudes for timpani
Published 2011 by Gretel Verlag, Dinklage
Available directly from the publisher: www.gretel-verlag.de
or at: Brandt - Percussion
€ 12,00 + shipping
In USA:
Available at Steve Weiss Music ($ 18,00 + shipping)
Further publications
Johann Carl Christian Fischer - Symphony with 8 Obligato Timpani
Arranged for piano and timpani by Gerhard Weitzel
Lilly’s Drum Book
Etudes for children
Published 2010 by Gretel Verlag, Dinklage
Available directly from the publisher: www.gretel-verlag.de
or at: Brandt - Percussion
€ 14,00 + shipping
9 Variations On A Theme by Edgar Varèse
For solo snare drum
Published 2007
Available at Brandt - Percussion
€ 8,00 + shipping
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