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This is fun to practice: The „Somethat-Different-Technical Snare Drum Method“

Arnold F. Riedhammer is a German-American musician, composer and arranger. He is solo percussionist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the group “BLECHSCHADEN”. As the son of German-American parents, he received percussion lessons at the age of 8. In 1958 the family returned to Germany. From 1966 – 1970 he

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Christmas carol discovered: “When cosy with shimmering flakes”

When intimate with shimmering flakes Winter is snowing the earth, And around the metal bells To the christmas ringing This is how the Christmas song begins, written and set to music by Ferdinand Freiligrath. Born in Detmold in the Principality of Lippe, he learned the profession of a merchant, was

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A treasure of gold for harmony music found!

Austrian National Library hoards largest collection of harmony music In search of unknown, high-quality music for harmony music, Heinz Prammer found an extensive collection for this genre from the collection of the “Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Kapelle” in the Austrian National Library. It quickly became clear to him the dimension that this

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What’s the beatbox doing in the string orchestra?

What’s a beatbox? This is a “percussion line” which imitates a drum kit with mouth, nose and throat. Beatboxing is often equated with vocal percussion, but strictly speaking it only describes a special form of it developed in hip-hop. Lauren Bernofsky used in her composition “7th Street Beat” a “Beatbox

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