Experimental Music Since 1970

Experimental Music Since 1970
Author: Jennie Gottschalk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1628922478

What is experimental music today? Recent attempts to define or identify examples of experimental music have been cautious and subjective, offering very little guidance to anyone with an interest in this field of activity. Is experimental music a historical event that refers only to John Cage and his influence, or does it have a greater spread and longevity? The development of this musical practice over the last 45 years merits a fresh definition and discussion. An experimental approach is not identifiable in specific sounds or techniques, and its scope would be drastically limited if it were judged on the basis of social or aesthetic groupings or self-identifications of composers.

Making Musical Instruments with Kids

Making Musical Instruments with Kids
Author: Bart Hopkin
Publisher: See Sharp Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1937276023

Written for adults, this hands-on guide demonstrates how to make easy musical instruments with children. Detailed instructions are included for making more than 60 unique instruments that are suitable for children as young as five years. Serving as a resource in the classroom or home, this manual is extensively illustrated with drawings and photographs along with an audio sample of the instruments in lively solo and ensemble pieces.

Slap Tubes and Other Plosive Aerophones

Slap Tubes and Other Plosive Aerophones
Author: Bart Hopkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2007
Genre: Percussion instruments
ISBN: 9780972731331

"They can be simple to make, yet they are fully musical and they sound great. This is the category of musical instruments known as plosive aerophones. The category includes the end-struck tubes sometimes called slap tubes, as well as many other instrument types. They're good for kids, requiring only modest tools and skills and having real educational value. For others, young or old, they provide one of the most rewarding instrument-making projects you're likely to find. At the same time, slap tubes and their kin have been central to the performances of serious, top-notch musical groups like Blue Man Group, UAKTE, Urban Strawberry Lunch and From Scratch. This book tells you everything you need to know to make them, with ready-to-build designs as well as the information you need to design your own."--Publisher.

Sound Inventions

Sound Inventions
Author: Bart Hopkin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2021-08-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000360652

Sound Inventions is a collection of 34 articles taken from Experimental Musical Instruments, the seminal journal published from 1984 through 1999. In addition to the selected articles, the editors have contributed introductory essays, placing the material in cultural and temporal context, providing an overview of the field both before and after the time of original publication. The Experimental Musical Instruments journal contributed extensively to a number of sub-fields, including sound sculpture and sound art, sound design, tuning theory, musical instrument acoustics, timbre and timbral perception, musical instrument construction and materials, pedagogy, and contemporary performance and composition. This book provides a picture of this important early period, presenting a wealth of material that is as valuable and relevant today as it was when first published, making it essential reading for anyone researching, working with or studying sound.

Extended Notation

Extended Notation
Author: Christian Dimpker
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2013
Genre: Music
ISBN: 3643903022

Most of the extended instrumental playing techniques, as well as electroacoustic music in general, are still deprived of a conventional method of notation. In order to facilitate the utilization of these unconventional musical elements, a coherent and consistent notation system is developed in this work. Numerous extended techniques for playing string instruments, wind instruments, percussion instruments, keyboard instruments and vocal techniques are therefore systematically explained and previous methods of notation discussed.

Nice Noise

Nice Noise
Author: Bart Hopkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2012
Genre: Guitar
ISBN: 9780972731362

The book describes how to amplify and modify acoustic guitars.

Musical Instrument Design

Musical Instrument Design
Author: Bart Hopkin
Publisher: See Sharp Press
Total Pages: 589
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1884365833

This is an encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations. While not geared toward making conventional instruments, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions.