The electronic accompaniments for The Book of Percussion Audition Music are intended to be a musical aid for learning the solos and are designed to enhance players' musical development by placing the solos in a broader musical context. Each accompaniment begins with either 6 or 8 subdivided woodblock clicks. This is indicated at the start of each printed solo and below.

You have three options for using the electronic accompaniments:

1. Download all of the accompaniments for each instrument using the links below by right-clicking (control-click on a Mac) the link and selecting "Save Link As."
2. Play directly from this page by scrolling to the desired accompaniment and clicking the play button on the music player.
3. Download individual accompaniment files by right-clicking (control-click on a Mac) the link and selecting "Save Link As."

Timpani Accompaniments

Download All TIMPANI Accompaniments (19.5MB)

Download mp3 for Timpani #1 (2.3MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #2 (2.7MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #3 (1MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #4 (1.1MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #5 (2.2MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #6 (1.4MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #7 (1.3MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #8 (1.8MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #9 (2.2MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #10 (1.8MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #11 (2MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Timpani #12 (1.4MB) - 6 clicks

Keyboard Percussion Accompaniments

Download All KEYBOARD Accompaniments (16.7MB)

Download mp3 for Keyboard #1 (1.8MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #2 (1.2MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #3 (2MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #4 (1.4MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #5 (3.3MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #6 (1.4MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #7 (1.8MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #9 (1.1MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #10 (1.1MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #11 (1.3MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Keyboard #12 (1.4MB) - 8 clicks

Snare Drum Accompaniments

Download All SNARE DRUM Accompaniments (13.6MB)

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #1 (1.4MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #2 (2MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #3 (1.1MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #4 (0.9MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #5 (1MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #6 (2MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #7 (2MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #8 (1.7MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #9 (0.9MB) - 8 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #11 (1.1MB) - 6 clicks

Download mp3 for Snare Drum #12 (0.5MB) - 8 clicks