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Xylophone - Vibes - Marimba Method Books

Here is my collection of mallet instrument method books. When I was teaching, I became obsessed with drum books! Most new books that came into the music store, I would buy. There used to be this big event called The Mammoth Music Mart a few towns over. I would walk out with all kinds of books and records. I also found books at The Chicago Drum show every year I attended. I probably have four to five hundred drum books.

Scanning all of these and looking at the collection, I think my motive at the time being a drum teacher was to ammas a library of books. Looking at it now, I think I liked the artwork and colors on the covers.

 

This is JUST the covers!

Organized by Author's FIRST name

A

       
Art Jolliff   Art Jolliff   Art Jolliff
Solos For Marimba Xylophone or Vibes   78 Solos For Marimba Book 1   78 Solos For Marimba Book 2
1985   1949   1949
   
         
Anthony J. Cirone   Al Payson   Al Payson
Portraits In Melody   Elementary Marimba Method   Progressive Studies In Double Stops for Mallet Instruments
1974   1973   1967
   
 

B

       
Bobby Christian   Bobby Christian   Bobby Christian
Contemporary Marimba Solos Book 1   Contemporary Marimba Solos Book 2   Contemporary Marimba Solos Book 3
1966   1966   1966
   
         
Bob Tilles        
Practical Improvisation        
1967        
       
 

C

       
Clair Omar Musser   Carl Poole   Carl Pool
Master Works For The Marimba   Jazz For Juniors   Jazz For Seniors
1940   1961   1963
   
         
Carl F. Gardner        
Gardner Method for Insruments Of Percussion        
1919        
       
         

D

       
Dale Anderson   Duane Thamm   David Friedman
Well Tempered Mallet Studies   Complete Xylaphone & Marimba Method   Vibraphone Technique Dampening and Pedaling
1971   1966   1973
   
         

E

       
Ed Saindon        
Berklee Practice Method Vibraphone        
2004        
       
         
         

F

       
Fred Wickstrom        
Keyboard Mastery for the Mallet Percussion        
1972        
       
         
         

G

       
Gabriel Pares   Garwood Whaley   Garwood Whaley
Pares Scales For Marimba Xylophone or Vibes   Fundamental Studies for Mallets   Four-Mallet Technical Studies
1956   1974   1975
   
         
Gary Burton   Gary Burton   Gary Burton
Four Mallet Studies   Introduction To Jazz Vibes   Introduction To Jazz Vibes
1968   1965   Updated
   
         
George Hamilton Green   George Hamilton Green   George Hamilton Green
New Elementary Studies Xylophone & Marimba   Xylophone Rags   Instruction Course for Xylophone
1988   1984   1984
   
         
George Hamilton Green   George Lawrence Stone   Gitta Steiner
New Series of Individual Instruction Courses for Xylophone & Marimba   Mallet Control for the Xylophone   Contemporary Solos for Vibraphone & Marimba
1986   1949   1982
   
         

H

       
Harry Breuer   Howard M Peterson   Haskell W. Harr
Mallet Solo Collection   Rubank Elemntary Method Marimba or Xylophone   Marimba and Xylophone Class Method for Band & Orchestra
1984   1988   1975
   
         
Harvey S. Whistler        
Foundation Studies for Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraharp        
1941        
       
         

I

       
Ian Finkel        
Solos For The Vibraphone Player        
1973        
       
         

J

       
James L. Moore   James Progris    
Bach For Marimba   Modern Chord Progressions for the Mallet Percussionist    
1974   1973    
     
         

K

       
         
         

L

       
         
         

M

       
Morris Goldenberg   Morris lang    
Modern School for Xylophoine Mraimba & Vibraphone   15 Bach Inventions for all Maller Instruments    
1950   1966    
     
         
         

N

       
         
         

O

       
         
         

P

       
Phil Kraus   Phil Kraus    
Vibes For Beginners   Modern Mallet Method - Vol 1    
1962   1958    
     
         
         
         

Q

       
         
         

R

       
Randall Eyles   Roger Faulmann    
Raggedy Ragtime Rags   Bach For Bars    
1982        
     
         
         

S

       
Shell Elias   Shell Elias   Shell Elias
For Vibists Only   Good Vibe-rations   Good Vibe-rations
        1996
   
         
Saul Feldstein        
Studies and Melodious Etudes for Mallets        
1970        
       
         

T

       
Terry Gibbs   Thomas L. Davis   Thomas L Davis
Vibes Xylophone and Marimba   Improvise Vibe-Wise Otherwise   Recital for Vibraharp
1981   1974   1975
   
         
Thomas L Davis   Thomas McMillan    
Voicing and Comping for Jazz Vibraphone   Masterpiece for Marimba    
1999   1971    
     
         

U

       
         
         

V

       
Vincent Geraci        
Improvising For All Instruments        
1961        
       
         

W

       
         


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