Customer Reviews

Portraits in Rhythm

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This book contains 50 solos that each work a different aspect of playing. One must pay special attention to note length and placement. It works timing and different feels of classical music. This pieces are meant to be played as orchestral pieces, not marching. Make sure all rolls are buzz and pay attention to if they are tied to a downbeat or not. It is an excellent book to work on every aspect of snare playing. Try to play the pieces for someone with musical knowledge so they can tell you if your interpretation of the solos are correct.

Any percussionist looking to improve their sight reading skills should own this book. The notation is clear and printed nicely, the paper is of a high quality overall a wonderful method book. There some challenging parts of course but thats to be expected with a Cirone book. Portraits in Rhythm should be in any serious drummers inventory.Larry Salzman [...]

This is an excellent beginning snare drum book. The solos are just challeging enough to keep a younger player well u on their toes to try and learn them.
The difficulty varies, and not chronologically, so going through the book in order may be a problem unless a more experienced player is using it for sight reading purposes.
Overall great book, a must have for young snare drummer, both concert and rudimental.

PROS:

50 challenging snare drum solos
Great range of solo types
Each solo can always be improved (dynamics, accents, etc.)

CONS:

They have no specific order (i.e. difficulty), so you have to jump around a bit

I highly recommend this book for any intermediate-advanced percussionist; especially those wanting to study music at a professional level or just for fun. Amazon is the way to go with this book; you won't find it in that many places.