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Published by Carl Fischer
The Art of Expressive Playing for Winds and Percussion
A Study in Individual, Small Ensemble and Large Group Performance.
Concert Band. For Winds, Percussion

This book focuses on woodwind instruments and mallet percussion, and how important it is to play expressively. It features examples and exercises that are scored in appropriate keys for the chosen instruments. Nowak breaks down the series concepts in detail in twelve units.