Improvisation Games For Classical Musicians

Author : Jeffrey Agrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Games with music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132770723

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Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians by Jeffrey Agrell Pdf

Why don't classical musicians improvise? Why do jazz players get to have all the fun? And how do they develop such fabulous technique and aural skills? With these words, Jeffrey Agrell opens the door to improvisation for all non-jazz musicians who thought it was beyond their ability to play extemporaneously. Step-by-step, Agrell leads through a series of games, rather than exercises. The game format takes the pressure off of classically trained musicians, steering them away from their fixation on mistake-free performance and introducing the basic concepts of playing with music itself instead of obsessing over a perfect rendition of a written score. Agrell draws an analogy with sports that illustrates the absurdity of the traditional approach to classically-oriented music performance.

Author : Nicole M. Brockmann
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253220646

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From Sight to Sound by Nicole M. Brockmann Pdf

From Sight to Sound provides practical and creative techniques for classical improvisation for musicians of all levels and instruments, solo or in ensembles. These exercises build aural and communicative skills, instrumental technique, and musical understanding. When students use their instruments to execute and improvise on theoretical concepts, they make vivid connections between abstract ideas and their own playing. This then allows students to unite performance with music theory, ear-training, historical style and context, chamber music skills, and listening skills. Many of the exercises in this book are designed for players working in pairs or small groups to encourage performers to communicate with one another and build an atmosphere of trust in which creativity and spontaneity may flourish.

Author : Jeffrey Agrell,Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Educational games
ISBN : 1622771257

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Vocal Improvisation Games by Jeffrey Agrell,Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476827711

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How to Play from a Fake Book (Music Instruction) by Anonim Pdf

(Piano). Ever wondered how to create better accompaniments for the melodies in your favorite fake books? This "teach yourself" book introduces you to chord building, various rhythmic styles, and much more, so that you play the songs you like just the way you want them. Keyboard players with a basic understanding of notation and sight-reading will be on their way to more fun with fake books. The relaxed tone of the text and selection of fun songs keep How to Play from a Fake Book entertaining throughout perfect for amateur musicians, or as a supplement for keyboard teachers and their students.

Author : David Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0984686363

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Improvise for Real by David Reed Pdf

Improvise for Real is a step-by-step method that teaches you to improvise your own music through progressive exercises that anyone can do. You'll learn to understand the sounds in the music all around you. And you'll learn to express your own musical ideas exactly as you hear them in your mind. The method starts with very simple creative exercises that you can begin right away. As you progress, the method leads you on a guided tour through the entire world of modern harmony. You will be improvising your own original melodies from the very first day, and your knowledge will expand with each practice session as you explore and discover our musical system for yourself. Improvise for Real brings together creativity, ear training, music theory and physical technique into a single creative daily practice that will show you the entire path to improvisation mastery. You will learn to understand the sounds in the music all around you and to improvise with confidence over jazz standards, blues songs, pop music or any other style you would like to play. And you'll be jamming, enjoying yourself and creating your own music every step of the way. The method is open to all instruments and ability levels. The exercises are easy to understand and fun to practice. There is no sight reading required, and you don't need to know anything about music theory to begin. Already being used by both students and teachers in more than 20 countries, Improvise for Real is now considered by many people to be the definitive system for learning to improvise. If you have always dreamed of truly understanding music and being able to improvise with complete freedom on your instrument, this is the book for you

Author : Bruno Nettl,Melinda Russell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 0226574105

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In the Course of Performance by Bruno Nettl,Melinda Russell Pdf

In the Course of Performance is the first book in decades to illustrate and explain the practices and processes of musical improvisation. Improvisation, by its very nature, seems to resist interpretation or elucidation. This difficulty may account for the very few attempts scholars have made to provide a general guide to this elusive subject. With contributions by seventeen scholars and improvisers, In the Course of Performance offers a history of research on improvisation and an overview of the different approaches to the topic that can be used, ranging from cognitive study to detailed musical analysis. Such diverse genres as Italian lyrical singing, modal jazz, Indian classical music, Javanese gamelan, and African-American girls' singing games are examined. The most comprehensive guide to the understanding of musical improvisation available, In the Course of Performance will be indispensable to anyone attracted to this fascinating art. Contributors are Stephen Blum, Sau Y. Chan, Jody Cormack, Valerie Woodring Goertzen, Lawrence Gushee, Eve Harwood, Tullia Magrini, Peter Manuel, Ingrid Monson, Bruno Nettl, Jeff Pressing, Ali Jihad Racy, Ronald Riddle, Stephen Slawek, Chris Smith, R. Anderson Sutton, and T. Viswanathan.

Author : Jeffrey Agrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Games with music
ISBN : 1622772059

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Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians by Jeffrey Agrell Pdf

"Provides 642 new games to help musicians acquire depth and fluency in every aspect of instrumental technique and performance--and have a great time in the process. Improvisation games integrate instrumental technique with music theory, history, and composition, uniting literate and aural traditions to produce comprehensive musicianship."--Back cover.

Author : Derek Bailey
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993-08-22
Category : Music
ISBN : UCSD:31822016316341

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Improvisation by Derek Bailey Pdf

Derek Bailey's IMPROVISATION, originally published in 1980, now revised with additional interviews and photographs, deals with the nature of improvisation in all its forms--Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and "free" music. Bailey offers a clear view of the breathtaking spectrum of possibilities inherent in improvisational practice.

Author : Stephen Nachmanovitch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781440673085

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Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch Pdf

Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. An international bestseller and beloved classic, Free Play is an inspiring and provocative book, directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured, and how finally it can be liberated—how we can be liberated—to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Stephen Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in free improvisation, integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity, drawing on unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. Free Play brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

Author : Eugene Friesen,Wendy M. Friesen
Publisher : Berklee Press Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 0876391293

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Improvisation for Classical Musicians by Eugene Friesen,Wendy M. Friesen Pdf

(Berklee Guide). Learn the creative mindset and acquire the technical tools necessary for improvisation. These concepts and exercises will help you to discover a deeper source of music making, a greater quality of authenticity, and a discernable change in sound and phrasing that will enhance your performances of written music. You will learn to play by ear, apply musical theory to your instrument, and engage creatively with the elements of music, giving you a long menu of musical options. The accompanying recording includes demonstration and play-along tracks. You will learn: tools to connect melodic imagination to your instrument, with an enhanced sense of physicality; how to use scales, chords, modes, progressions, and other structures in your improvisation; a broad rhythm vocabulary; improvisation techniques for standard progressions, such as blues and II V's; to create richer lines by using approach notes, neighbor tones, and embellishments into an improvised melodic line.

Author : Aaron Berkowitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199590957

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The Improvising Mind by Aaron Berkowitz Pdf

The ability to improvise represents one of the highest levels of musical achievement. Yet what musical knowledge is 3equired for improvisation? How does a musician learn to improvise? What are the neural correlates of improvised performance? These are some of the questions explored in this unique and fascinating new book.

Author : Jean-Michel Pilc
Publisher : Balquhidder Music/Glen Lyon
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780985903947

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It's About Music by Jean-Michel Pilc Pdf

Jean-Michel Pilc, jazz pianist and faculty member of Steinhardt School, New York University, has written a remarkable book about the artistic and creative process in the arts. The conversational style well suits the wide ranging topic which draws examples from art and music both classical and jazz. A beautifully expressed work on a subject otherwise impossible to write about. Hailed by musicians around the world as enlightened and inspirational.

Author : Guerino Mazzola,Joomi Park,Florian Thalmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642245176

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Musical Creativity by Guerino Mazzola,Joomi Park,Florian Thalmann Pdf

This book represents a new approach to musical creativity, dealing with the semiotics, mathematical principles, and software for creativity processes. After a thorough introduction, the book offers a first practical part with a detailed tutorial for students in composition and improvisation, using musical instruments and music software. The second, theoretical part deals with historical, actual, and new principles of creative processes in music, based on the results and methods developed in the first author’s book Topos of Music and referring to semiotics, predicative objects, topos theory, and object-oriented concept architectures. The third part of the book details four case studies in musical creativity, including an analysis of the six variations of Beethoven's sonata op. 109, a discussion of the creative process in a CD coproduced in 2011 by the first and second authors, a recomposition of Boulez’s "Structures pour deux pianos" using the Rubato software module BigBang developed by the third author, and the Escher theorem from mathematical gesture theory in music. This is both a textbook addressed to undergraduate and graduate students of music composition and improvisation, and also a state-of-the-art survey addressed to researchers in creativity studies and music technology. The book contains summaries and end-of-chapter questions, and the authors have used the book as the main reference to teach an undergraduate creativity studies program and also to teach composition. The text is supported throughout with musical score examples.

Author : Bruce Adolphe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780197576311

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The Mind's Ear by Bruce Adolphe Pdf

The Mind's Ear offers a unique approach to stimulating the musical imagination and inspiring creativity, as well as providing detailed exercises aimed at improving the ability to read and imagine music in silence, in the mind's ear. Modelling his exercises on those used in theatre games and acting classes and drawing upon years of experience with improvisation and composition, Bruce Adolphe has written a compelling, valuable, and practical guide to musical creativity that can benefit music students at all levels and help music teachers be more effective and inspiring. This expanded edition offers 34 new exercises inspired by improv comedy, hip-hop sampling and loops, robots, and AI as well as a new section based on Mr. Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers segment on public radio's Performance Today. The book provides provocative ideas and useful tools for professional performers and composers, as well as offering games and exercises to serious listeners that can increase their musical understanding and level of engagement with music in a variety of ways.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476863122

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Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony by Anonim Pdf

(Jazz Book). A study of three basic outlines used in jazz improv and composition, based on a study of hundreds of examples from great jazz artists.