PFMJ Percussion Performance

• Naxos Music Library ​ (use the smartphone app)
• Orchestral Parts on CD-ROM (full parts as PDFs)
• Jazz Music Library

QUICK TIP: use a keyword search:
 

1. If the piece is a form of music (etude, concerto, sonata, etc.), include the stem of the word with a ? in it (concert?, etud?, sonat?)
2. If the title is descriptive (Twilight Music, etc.), put in as many of the words that you are sure of
3. Include known instruments, key, opus nos., and the composer's name (see example for a percussion concerto -- note: search is not case sensitive)
4. ​Filter your results with the options of scores or audio
    

 
ADVANCED SEARCHING: use the Author/Composer (Search by title) option
 

1. This will give you an alphabetical list of all works by that composer we have
2. More instruction here: Finding Scores and Recordings in the Catalog

STILL CAN'T FIND IT?
 
Come to the Music Center desk. 
Or, look outside the library catalog with our suggestions for Online Scores & Digital Audio

• Oxford Music Online
  Major music resource with 3 different resources to search:
   
  • search The Oxford Companion to Music
    short biographical entries on musicians, as well as musical term definitions
     
  • search The Oxford Dictionary of Music
    Need a quick definition? Look here!
     
  • search Grove Music Online
    The major music encyclopedia: authoritative (but long) entries; good starting point for research
     
• OnMusic Dictionary
  Definitions, audio pronounciation, and occasional music/video examples (OnMusic is the successor to the Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary)

1. Create an Interlibrary Loan Account 
2. Books/Scores/CDs: Search WorldCat via FirstSearch
3. Articles: Search article databases. No text online? Click the Get It Arrow   
4. Remember the ILL time frame:
   • Books, scores, cds, & dvds: 7-10 business days
   • Articles: 2-3 business days
5. Stop by the Music Center for help with any of this!

Here are the percussion-focused magazines & journals we currently receive at IC:
 

• Percussive Notes (print)
• Rhythm! Scene (online)
• Modern Drummer (print)
• NACWPI Journal (print)
• Instrumentalist (print)

Search

• Repertoire Guides (print)
• Orchestral Parts on CD-ROM
• Music Scores Available Online
• NYSSMA Manual

Come on over and see what we've got!
[Stack nos. in square brackets]
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M146 [M5 West]	Percussion solo (snare or timpani)
M175.X6 [M5 West]	Percussion solo (xylophone, marimba, etc.)
M284-M285 [M5 West]	Percussion & piano
M385 [M5 West]	Trios with percussion
M485 [M5 West]	Quartets with percussion
M585 [M5 East]	Quintets with percussion
M685 [M5 East]	Sextets with percussion
M1038-1039 [M5 East]	Percussion concertos
ML1030-ML1040 [M10 West]	Percussion history
MT655 [M12 West]	General methods & excerpts
MT660 [M12 West]	Timpani methods & excerpts
MT662 ​[M12 West]	Drums methods & excerpts

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