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Author
Read, Gardner, 1913-2005.
Title
Compendium of modern instrumental techniques / Gardner Read ; foreword by Gunther Schuller
Published
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993
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784.193 Rea/Com
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Description
xiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents
Foreword / Gunther Schuller -- Pt. I. Generalized Techniques. 1. Extended Ranges. 2. Muting. 3. Glissandi. 4. Harmonics. 5. Percussive Devices. 6. Microtones. 7. Amplification. 8. Extramusical Devices -- Pt. II. Idiomatic Techniques. 9. Woodwinds and Brasses. Flutter-tonguing Variants. Vibrato. Fingering Devices. Breath and Air Sounds. Mouthpiece and Tubing Effects. Multiphonics. Vocalizations. Miscellaneous Effects. Hybrid and Modified Instruments. 10. Percussion. Tuning of Unpitched Instruments. New Areas of Striking. Unusual Agents of Attack. New Methods of Striking. Tremoli Variants. Idiophone Clusters. Miscellaneous Effects. 11. Harp and Other Plucked Instruments. Fingernail Plucking. Pedal Glissandi and Trills. Tuning-key and Tuning-pin Effects. Guitar, Mandolin, and Banjo Techniques. 12. Keyboard Instruments. Piano and Harpsichord Clusters. Key Attacks. Pedal Effects. Interior Devices. Organ Clusters and Keyboard Effects. Registration Devices. Miscellaneous Effects. Accordion Techniques. Modified Keyboard Instruments. 13. Strings. Bowing Devices. Sul Ponticello Variants. Fingering Effects. Pizzicato Variants. Miscellaneous Effects. Hybrid Instruments
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-250) and indexes
Subject
Instrumental music -- 20th century -- Instruction and study.
Instrumentation and orchestration.
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Music -- 20th century.
Musical instruments -- Instruction and study.
LC no.
92017854
ISBN
0313285128 (alk. paper)
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