John Schneider

Contemporary Guitar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While the guitar has stood in the vanguard of musical experimentation, its many new techniques and notations remain a mystery for many composers and players. In The Contemporary Guitar, musician and scholar, John Schneider explains each class of technique and illustrates them with examples.

Produktdetails

• The New Instrumentation Series
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 926g
• ISBN-13: 9781442237896
• ISBN-10: 1442237899
• Artikelnr.: 42402962

Autorenporträt

By John Schneider

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition
Section I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Chapter 1Overview: 1800 to the Present
Section II THE INSTRUMENTS
Chapter 2The Acoustic Guitar
Chapter 3The Electric Guitar
Chapter 4New Developments
Section III THE MUSIC
Chapter 5Timbre and Notation
Chapter 6Pitched Sounds
Chapter 7Microtones
Chapter 8Unpitched Sounds
Chapter 9Electronics
Chapter 10Conclusion
Appendix IRepertoire: Select Chronology Since 1900
Appendix IITriadographs
Recorded Examples
Bibliography
Index