How to write for percussion: a comprehensive guide to percussion composition

Introduction. How this book is organized ; Instruments covered ; Working with percussionists ; Location specifics ; The value of not reading this book

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1. Verfasser: Solomon, Samuel Z. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2016
Ausgabe:Second edition
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction. How this book is organized ; Instruments covered ; Working with percussionists ; Location specifics ; The value of not reading this book
General framework. A dysfunctional family. Comparison of family relationships -- The problem of pitch. The pitches of percussion ; The validations and limitations of novelty ; Three methods for indeterminately pitch instruments -- The written/improv divide. Expanding the color palette (to shrink the setup) ; The value of improvised and non-notated music -- Social composition. Write for people, not sounds ; Write what is wanted, not what to do ; Working with percussionists
General logistics. Instrument choice and management. Six stories, three sad and three happy ; Why use fewer instruments? ; How to consolidate ; Inexpensive instruments ; Exotic instruments ; Electronic percussion ; Multiple options for a specified instrument ; Instruments percussionists may not play ; Multiple percussionists ; Section setup ; Orchestra ; Wind ensemble ; Broadway pit ; Drum corps and marching bands ; Specialists ; Non-percussionists playing percussion ; Chairs and stands -- Issues of playability. Excessive polyphony ; How fast percussionists can play ; Unidiomatic writing : music that often requires memorization ; Dynamics ; Reaching the instruments ; Instruments with pedals ; Physical exertion and shaking ; Working with headphones or headset microphones
Beschreibung:xviii, 288 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagrammme, Notenbeispiele 26 cm
ISBN:9780199920341

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