Percussion Guide  Tags: percussion instruments  

Books and printed music are arranged according to the Library of Congress' Classification System. The library has circulating (stacks) and non-circulating (reference) collections. Each collection is divided in to three sections.

• M = Printed music/scores (organized by instrument/genre)
• ML = Books about music and musicians
• MT = Books on music theory, pedagogy, and technique

The best finding aid is the CIM/Case library catalog.

Where can I find studies for the snare drum?  Using the following table. etudes for solo percussion instruments will be found at M146-175.   

Note: Ensemble music includes pieces for one or more percussion instrument(s)

To locate printed music for a specific instrumentation, you may use the subject search in the library catalog.   Each resource has been tagged with specific subject headings that describe its content.  For comprehensive repertoire lists for ensembles, see the Bibliographies & Repertoire Lists tab in this guide.

Subject headings for printed music typically use the name of the instrument(s) followed by the word music (e.g. piano music, flute music)  To find duets for two distinct instruments, use the the following form:

• percussion music
  
• marimba and electronic music
  

Ensembles of more than two percussion instruments, will typically be under the subect Percussion followed by the genre term (quintets, quartets).

• Marimbas 2 with String Orchestra
  
• Percussion Trios