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Level 1-3: |
Beginners, Intermediate and Accomplished Grades 1-6 UK examinations |
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Duration: |
10 pieces of approx 3-4 minutes each |
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Solo booklet and piano accompaniment book - Now
with FREE piano accompaniment CD |
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Xylophone/glockenspiel and piano |
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Ten delightful and very popular pieces
for tuned percussion and piano which feature on the exam syllabuses of
the Guildhall and Trinity Schools of Music in London, England. All the
pieces encourage the performer to play musically and sensitively,
integrating with the piano accompaniment (also see the next three
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£8.50 including FREE piano accompaniment CD |
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£4.25 - Solo booklet only |
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"Ask any young percussionist what
their first "real" tuned pieces were with a proper piano
accompaniment and they're bound to mention David Hext." "....real
music with shape and colour together with an interesting piano
part which lift any performance and any performer."
NAPT magazine May 1999 |
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Level 1: |
Beginners. Grades 1-2 UK examinations |
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Duration: |
12 pieces and 6 studies of approx. 2-4 minutes each |
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Format: |
Solos book and piano accompaniments booklet |
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Instrumentation: |
Xylophone/glock or vibes and piano |
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12 very enjoyable new pieces, all with
easy piano accompaniment, along with 6 unaccompanied studies make this
new publication excellent value. It also features all of the scales,
arpeggios and broken scales aswell as sightreading, aural test and viva
voce examples for Grades 1-2 of the new exam syllabus for the London
College of Music in England (see also next item).
See also CD Volume 1 |
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£7.50
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"These excellent books
undoubtedly fulfil an important role in the future of mallet
percussion......they are really an essential purchase to carry
mallet percussion into the 21st Century."
NAPT magazine September 2000 |
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Level 2: |
Intermediate. Grades 3-4 UK examinations |
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Duration: |
12 pieces and 6 studies of approx. 2-4 minutes each |
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Format: |
Solos book and piano accompaniments booklet |
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Instrumentation: |
Xylophone/glock or vibes and piano |
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As book 1 except that it meets the
requirements for Grades 3-4 of the LCM syllabus. The pieces and studies
introduce a very limited use of the third mallet (see also next item).
See also
CD Volume 1 |
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£7.95 See our Special Offer
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Level 3: |
Accomplished. Grades 5-6 UK examinations |
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Duration: |
8 pieces and 4 studies of approx. 3-5 minutes each |
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Format: |
Solos book and piano accompaniments booklet |
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Instrumentation: |
Xylo. or marimba/glock or vibes and piano |
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8 very enjoyable new pieces, all with
easy piano accompaniment, along with 4 unaccompanied studies. This book
is particularly good value since it also features all of the scales,
arpeggios and broken scales aswell as sightreading, aural test and viva
voce examples for Grades 5-6 of the new exam syllabus for the London
College of Music in England. The pieces and studies introduce a very
limited use of the fourth mallet (see also next item).
See also CD Volume 2 |
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Price: |
£8.50 See our Special Offer
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"David Hext has once again given us some
invaluable additions to the examination repertoire, and both he
and the London College of Music deserve our support for their
initiative. I also feel that his initiative could have
far-reaching effects, playing a definitive role in the development
of mallet percussion in this country, and as such it cannot be
ignored."
NAPT Newsletter Spring 2002 |
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Level 4: |
Advanced. Grades 7-8 UK examinations |
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Duration: |
8 pieces and 4 studies of approx. 3-5 minutes each |
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Format: |
Solos book and piano accompaniments booklet |
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Instrumentation: |
Xylo. or marimba/glock or vibes and piano |
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As book 3 except that it meets the
requirements for Grades 7-8 of the LCM syllabus. The pieces require the
performer to be quite proficient with four mallets.
See also CD Volume 2 |
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Price: |
£9.95 See our Special Offer
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Example |
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"David Hext has once again given us some
invaluable additions to the examination repertoire, and both he
and the London College of Music deserve our support for their
initiative. I also feel that his initiative could have
far-reaching effects, playing a definitive role in the development
of mallet percussion in this country, and as such it cannot be
ignored."
NAPT Newsletter Spring 2002 |
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Tuned Percussion Accompaniments |
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CD Volume 1 |
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A compact disc featuring the piano
accompaniments to all of the pieces in books 1 and 2 of the Tuned
Percussion series |
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£9.45 See our Special Offer
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Tuned Percussion Accompaniments |
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CD Volume 2 |
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A compact disc featuring the piano
accompaniments to all of the pieces in books 3 and 4 of the Tuned
Percussion series |
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£9.45 See our Special Offer
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"David is an experienced performer and composer
who is at the forefront of percussion education. Those who have
played his music and those who have read his enthusiastic
contributions to the NAPT Newsletter will be aware of his
commitment to the development of percussion playing in general
and to tuned percussion in particular."
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"Ask any young
percussionist what their first "real" tuned pieces were with a
proper piano accompaniment and they're bound to mention David
Hext." "....real music with shape and colour together with an
interesting piano part which lift any performance and any
performer."
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