The Contemporary Arranger

Author: Don Sebesky
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780882840321
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
An authoritative, easy-to-understand text covering all aspects of arranging. This beautifully bound edition contains a compact disc with examples performed by jazz greats such as George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws and Don Sebesky's complete orchestra. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.

The Professional Arranger Composer

Author: Russell Garcia
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Arrangement (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Designed for the musician who wants to become a professional arranger-composer. Includes a section of dance band harmony and voicing.

Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer

Author: Andrea Pejrolo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136124136
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Get complete guidance on both traditional orchestration and modern production techniques with this unique book. With effective explanations and clear illustrations, you will learn how to integrate the traditional approach to orchestration with the modern sequencing techniques and tools available. You will discover how to bridge the two approaches in order to enhance your final production. The accompanying CD includes a comprehensive and wide selection of examples, templates and sounds to allow you to hear the techniques within the book. By covering both approaches, this book provides a comprehensive and solid learning experience that will develop your skills and prove extremely competitive in the music production business.

The Complete Arranger

Author: Sammy Nestico
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781502745118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
A reference guide and how-to book that no serious student of arranging should ever be without - comprehensive, practical and versatile. 2 CD's containing 100 tracks demonstrate solo and ensemble instrumental colors, textures and styles. The presentation is thorough and logical - basics first, specific components next, then advanced techniques for putting it all together. Includes chapters on special purpose instruments, making MIDI work for you, and the symphonic band. 430-page book and 2 CDs available for download.

Arranging Music for the Real World

Author: Vince Corozine
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610656660
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
This book is written from a composer's point of view and is intended to be a reference book for the analysis of arranging techniques. Its aim is to help composers and arrangers improve their compositional skills as well as their understanding of various musical styles. Through a study and analysis of the scores and styles of the master composers, the author gives a broad view of the music of both the past and of the present. This allows the musician to navigate within the contemporary music scene with an essential awareness of and appreciation for all genres of music. the skills and concepts taught in this book will help the aspiring arranger harmonize melodies and write counter-melodies quickly and efficiently utilizing various combinations of instruments and voices, whether for pops orchestra, television, or recordings, according to the demands of modern commercial music.

Contemporary Choral Arranging

Author: Arthur E. Ostrander
Publisher: Arthur E. Ostrander, Dana Wilson
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description
This book was first published in 1986 by Prentice-Hall Publishers and has been used by thousands of arrangers and students in choral arranging courses. Among its many features, the book: · arranges concepts in a variety of styles to include traditional, sacred, and popular; · emphasize instrumental accompaniment for the choral arrangement, including small ensembles; · adapts to both individual and classroom use as an extension of theory and/or arranging programs; · includes numerous examples and complete arrangements from published literature to illustrate all styles and techniques discussed; · uses a sound pedagogical organization leading logically from the simple to the most sophisticated arranging concepts and techniques.

A Cappella Arranging 2.0

Author: Deke Sharon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538172674
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 447

Book Description
In this highly anticipated sequel to A Cappella Arranging, Deke Sharon and Dylan Bell provide even more tools and insights to help musicians master the craft of a cappella arranging—including new creative principles and theoretical techniques to expand the palate, as well as arranging in various musical genres spanning several decades of music. Since the publication of the original book in 2012, a cappella as a genre has grown enormously. Using conversational yet instructive tone, A Cappella Arranging 2.0: The Next Level picks up where the previous book left off, helping people deepen their a cappella arranging skills. In four parts, the book addresses a variety of topics including: The creative process An advanced understanding of vocal ranges Counterpoint and polyphony Harmonic concepts and techniques Arranging for the studio Live looping arrangements Instrumental idioms Arranging in different styles, including world styles Medleys and mashups This is the perfect resource for taking your a cappella arrangements to the next level.

Flower Arranging the American Way

Author: Nancy D'Oench
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683355938
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
Showcasing more than 250 designs by more than 130 gifted amateur arrangers under the auspices of the World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA USA), Flower Arranging the American Way is a contemporary celebration of an art form dating back to the third millennium bce. Superbly photographed by Mick Hales and other talented photographers, with each arrangement explained in clear and inviting detail by author Nancy D'Oench, the selection of designs shown here is distinctly American. In addition to flowers and foliage, each design incorporates natural materials from the seashore, the roadside, and even the compost heap to make dramatic mixedmedia creations. Arrangers at all skill levels will find inspiration and advice aplenty.

Modern Jazz Voicings

Author: Ted Pease
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476867291
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
(Berklee Guide). 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. 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 accompanying audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques.

Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age

Author: Richard Sussman
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195381009
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 532

Book Description
This is a comprehensive instructional text and reference guidebook on the art and craft of jazz composition and arranging for small and large ensembles. It is written from the perspective of doing the work using music notation software, and contains many practical and valuable tips to that end for the modern jazz composer/arranger.