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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818415303321

Autore

Sussman Richard

Titolo

Jazz composition and arranging in the digital age / / Richard Sussman, Michael Abene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

9780199701162

9780195380996 (hardback)

9780195381009

0-19-970116-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 505 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

781.37

Soggetti

Arrangement (Music)

Composition (Music)

Jazz - Instruction and study

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview and basic information -- Arranging for small ensemble (3-6 horns + rhythm section) -- Arranging for large jazz ensemble (8 brass, 5 reeds, and rhythm).

Sommario/riassunto

This is a comprehensive and practical instructional book and reference guide on the art and craft of jazz composition and arranging for small and large ensembles. In this book, veteran composers and arrangers Richard Sussman and Michael Abene combine their extensive years of experience as musicians and instructors to demonstrate how advances in music technology and software may be integrated with traditional compositional concepts to form a new and more efficient paradigm for the creative process. This book builds on material and issues treated in traditional jazz composition and arranging courses, including all the fundamental musical techniques and information associated with jazz arranging and composition instruction. In addition, each chapter of the book also contains specific examples demonstrating the effective utilization of music software as applied to the realization of these techniques. Software is employed both as both a learning tool in the



form of examples and exercises, and as a practical tool illustrating how many modern day composer/arrangers are utilizing these techniques successfully in the real world. The book also offers several chapters devoted exclusively to the creative use of music technology and software.