Melody & Rhythm Permutations

Publisher: Hal Leonard
More Than 300 Exercises for Mallets and Other Instruments

The exercises in Melody & Rhythm Permutations were developed to improve sight reading and improvisational skills in the advanced player. The inversions of melody and rhythm will keep the instrumentalist busy analyzing and performing these musical studies over the long haul, and a note from the author offers insights and practice suggestions.

Though written primarily for mallet players, any instrumentalist will benefit from mastering these etudes.


Titles:

• Tritone
• Double Tritones
• Double Diminished
• Thirteenth Chords
• Cycles in 5/4 as 3+2
• Cycles in 5/4 as 2+3
• Cycles of fourths in Seven as 4+3
• Cycles of Fourths in Seven as 3+4
  
  
  

• Sight Reading for Mallets
• Exercises for Mallet Instruments
• Melody & Rhythm Permutations
• Mallet Chord Studies