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The Lion's Roar
Han Kuo-Huang and Patricia Shehan Campbell
Item #:
WMP-7776
Price:
$39.95
11 traditional pieces for percussion ensemble (gongs, drums, cymbals, bells and woodblocks), some with
melody instrument, some with movement, from Chinese and
Chinese-American festivals. This is the first English
language collection of Chinese percussion ensemble music,
appropriate for schools, which includes cultural background information. Ensembles include: Lion Dances, Dragon Dance, Festival Parade, Flower-ball Dance, processionals and others, presented with mnemonics, transcriptions, phonetic pronunciation and step-by-step guides to mastery and performance. Transcriptions are copy-permissible for rehearsals. The companion CD of the Han Kuo-Huang ensemble includes both full performances of all the pieces as well as mnemonics (chanted syllables) for every instrument and rhythm pattern. Illustrated with photographs, paper-cuts, drawings and a map. For grades 3 and up.
A link is included to downloadable electronic images depicting instruments, musicians, children’s lion dance, and dragon dance in Taiwan.
Book and CD, 68 pages.
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