Modern Jazz Voicings: Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0634014439 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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RL Perc said Fantastic for beginner-intermediate arrangers!. I've done a ton of arranging and composing for concert bands, percussion ensembles, and other small ensembles, but jazz is certainly a language very unique to itself unlike anything you likely were taught in college C.P.E. theory or arranging classes.The concepts of basic, effective jazz arranging are clearly laid out even for someone with only a . Written by music professors teaching college-level musicians Modern Jazz Voicings assumes familiarity with terms such as nondiatonic and chromatic. There seems to be an assumption underlying the text that the reader has an instructor or is a college-level musician. This is, for example, is apparent in Chapter 3 Basic Voicings, which explains the important concept of five-part voicings. The book's explanatio. Another awesome Berklee publication (among some very lame ones). If you really wanna learn to compose and orchestrate proper Jazz music I recommend 6 books, and these 6 books only!These titles will give you a comprehensive education of the subject.1: MJV by Ken Pullig and Ted Pease2: Jazz Composition; Theory and Practice by Ted Pease3: Reharmonization Techniques by Randy FeltsAnother awesome Berklee publication (among some very lame ones). PH If you really wanna learn to compose and orchestrate proper Jazz music I recommend 6 books, and these 6 books only!These titles will give you a comprehensive education of the subject.1: MJV by Ken Pullig and Ted Pease2: Jazz Composition; Theory and Practice by Ted Pease3: Reharmonization Techniques by Randy Felts4: Inside the Score by Rayburn Wrig. : Inside the Score by Rayburn Wrig
"A no-nonsense, meat and potatoes source of basic and not-so-basic information about everything relating to jazz writing." -- Kenny Werner, Pianist, Composer, Author of Effortless Mastery"Ted is a legend at Berklee for his musicality, knowledge, and generosity in passing his wisdom on to students." -- Abraham Laboriel"The long-famous 'Berklee voicings secrets' have finally been assembled into a beautifully-organized reference resource." -- Alf Clausen, Emmy and Annie winning composer, The Simpsons, Bette, Moonlighting, ALF
The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music, this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color, character and sophistication to chord voicings. (Berklee Guide). The accompanying online audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions, understanding jazz harmony, overcoming harmonic ambiguity, experimenting with unusual combinations and non-traditional alignments, and many more. The audio tracks feature PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. "A no-nonsense, meat and potatoes source of basic and not-so-basic information about everything relating to jazz writing covers several courses worth of information." Kenny Werner Pianist, Composer and Author of Effortless Mastery