First published in paperback in 2014

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Glossary -- Illustrations of percussion instruments -- Articles -- The basel drum -- The bass drum -- Brazil : percussion instruments -- Calfskin heads : their history and manufacture -- Castanets -- The classical music traditions of the Indian subcontinent : percussion instruments in performance practice and theory -- Cymbals -- The drum set : a history -- Drum set players -- Electronic percussion -- Hand drumming -- Janissary music (Turkish music) -- The kettledrum -- Latin-American percussion -- Latin percussionists -- Marching and field percussion -- The marimba in Mexico and related areas -- Multiple percussion -- Percussion and dance -- Percussion ensembles -- Percussion in professional new music ensembles in the United States -- The Percussive Arts Society : a historical perspective -- The plastic drumhead : its history and development -- Range of the mallet instruments -- Rock 'n' roll drumming, 1948-2000 -- The rope-tensioned drum in America -- The snare drum -- Steel band/pan -- Symphony orchestra percussion section --The tambourine -- The tambourin provençal -- The triangle -- The vibraphone, vibraharp, and vibes -- Vibraphone players -- The xylophone -- Symbols -- Table of percussion instruments and terms in English, French, German, and Italian -- Published writings on methods for percussion -- Index.