Fully explains through musical example, the concept of expressive musicianship as taught by Anton Horner, William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau. This book clearly illustrates how to teach students to play or sing with expression, musicianship and style and will help to make your performances "come alive".
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Excellent Approach For Creating Forward Motion,
This review is from: Note Grouping (Paperback)
Despite my reviewer name (Yogadad, I am a passionate yogi), I have actually been a full time piano teacher since 1981 and teach about 45 lessons a week. While I am passionate about playing and teaching classical music I also studied jazz quite intensely at Berklee College of music and took some lessons with Jazz pianist Hal Galper.
The reason I mention Hal, is because the approach to note grouping in this book is very similar in concept to Hals approach to creating melodic lines with forward motion. He would actually have you practice scales in a way that had forward motion by using approach notes and target notes, you wouldn't start on the tonic of the scale but would play "in approach" to the tonic. I have been teaching people to improvise using these concepts since I took those lesson with Hal over 20 years ago. I know Hal has a book out called "Forward Motion" but I've not gotten to check it out yet but I'd be surprised if it also isn't fabulous. Both Hal and this book "Note Groupings" are revelatory ways of looking at music. Anyway, after reading "Note grouping" I was listening intensely to Alfred Brendel, whose one of my favorite pianists. I could hear him using "note grouping" in his playing. You can hear often hear him doing subtle crescendo's up to the last note before the downbeat of a measure and just as he reaches the down beat there is a feeling of dynamic resolution. I think this book is a real eye opener, a way for musicians at all levels to learn to look at music in a way that will create more flow and dynamic (both in terms of dynamic level and also using rhythm dynamically in the agogic sense). Highly recommended!
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Expressive muscianship explained,
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Fully explains through musical example, the concept of expressive musicianship as taught by Anton Horner, William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau. This book clearly illustrates how to teach students to play or sing with expression, musicianship and style and will help to make your performances "come alive". "Here in print are exactly the concepts I was taught by Robert Shaw and Julius Herford...it has had a profound influence upon music education everywhere!" Weston H. Noble Director of Music Activities, Luther College Dr. Thurmond has had a profound impact on musicians all over the world. This book unlocks the secrets of playing musically. A must for all players and teachers!
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A gem of a book,
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After struggling with being told to "be expressive" by music teachers and not knowing for sure what they meant, this book opened the door to my understanding. This is key information that should be read by all people who make music.
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Although many volumes can be found on the history, theory and appreciation of music, relatively few authors have attempted to set down in black and white any detailed rules or instructions for its execution or performance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
note grouping, next thesis, expressive playing, grouping notes, note groups, musical interpretation, printed patterns, compound time Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Although many volumes can be found on the history, theory and appreciation of music, relatively few authors have attempted to set down in black and white any detailed rules or instructions for its execution or performance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
note grouping, next thesis, expressive playing, grouping notes, note groups, musical interpretation, printed patterns, compound time Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Gregorian Chant, Mathis Lussy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Musique Moderne, Alfred Johnstone, History of Musical Thought, Johannes Brahms, The History of Music, Tobias Matthay New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Psychology Of Music by James Mursell on page 36, page 40, and Back Matter
- Jewish Music by Abraham Z. Idelsohn on page 26, and Back Matter
- The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing. (Da Capo Press music reprint series) by Adolph Friedrich Christiani on page 21, and Back Matter
- Musical Form by Hugo Leichtentritt on page 44, and Back Matter
- Introduction To Musicology: A Survey Of The Fields, Systematic And Historical, Of Musical Knowledge And Research. by Glen Haydon on page 36, and Back Matter
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- Instrumental Music Pedagogy: Teaching Techniques for School Band and Orchestra Directors by Daniel L. Kohut on page 183
- The Music Director's Cookbook: Recipes for a Successful Program by Hal Leonard Corp. in Back Matter
- Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor by Frank Battisti in Back Matter
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