I'll second the Solomon book: excellent! **Leigh
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009, John Howell <john.how...@vt.edu> wrote: >I'm not familiar with the book, but you have to realize that a drum >set is a single instrument played by a single player, and is NOT a >comprehensive look at any and all percussion toys. For that I would >certainly recommend Samuel Z Solomon, "How to Write for Percussion: A >comprehensive guide to percussion composition," copyright 2002 by >Samuel Z Solomon, www.howto.szsolomon.com, ISBN 0-9744721-0-7. I >have found it extremely helpful, most recently when wanting to write >for dumbek. I'm sure the section on keyboard percussion is quite >extensive. > >John > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale