The Contemporary Arranger

The Contemporary Arranger
Author: Don Sebesky
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1975
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780882840321

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

The Professional Arranger Composer
Author: Russell Garcia
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1954
Genre: Arrangement (Music)
ISBN:

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

Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer
Author: Andrea Pejrolo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136124136

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

The Complete Arranger
Author: Sammy Nestico
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781502745118

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.

Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age

Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age
Author: Richard Sussman
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2012-02-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0195381009

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.

Arranging Music for the Real World

Arranging Music for the Real World
Author: Vince Corozine
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610656660

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

Contemporary Choral Arranging
Author: Arthur E. Ostrander
Publisher: Arthur E. Ostrander, Dana Wilson
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2022-10-31
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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.

12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes

12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes
Author:
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2004-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780757936562

12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes is written by the world-renowned jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, bandleader, educator, and member of the Yellowjackets, Bob Mintzer. Designed for the medium to advanced difficulty level, this book includes: 12 jazz etudes composed by Bob Mintzer in a variety of jazz styles, tempos, and time signatures; performance notes/tips for each etude to assist in interpretation and improvisation; play-along recording with a stellar rhythm section; and an opportunity to study and learn these skills: melodic composition, improvisation, sight reading, motivic development, call-and-response, and jazz concept. All books are compatible and written so they can be performed together.

The Contemporary Keyboardist and Expanded

The Contemporary Keyboardist and Expanded
Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476863210

(Instructional). This comprehensive method, called "Solid, readable and relevant" by Keyboard magazine and "The major work for today's pianists" by International Musician , is divided into four sections. The first, "A Philosophy of Music," deals with communication, cause-effect principles and practice disciplines. The second section, "Mechanics," covers all the basics of keyboard music and playing (notation, harmony, improv, sight reading, etc.), as well as their applications. The third section, "The Business Scene," contains guidelines and industry advice for contemporary keyboardists. Section four, "Interviews," provides insights into the artistry and technique of famous players such as Herbie Hancock, Henry Mancini, Edgar Winter, Keith Emerson, Paul Shaffer and many more. Includes an index.

Contemporary Counterpoint

Contemporary Counterpoint
Author: Beth Denisch
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1540012239

(Berklee Guide). Use counterpoint to make your music more engaging and creative. Counterpoint the relationship between musical voices is among the core principles for writing music, and it has been central to the study of composition for many centuries. Whether you are a composer, arranger, film composer, orchestrator, music director, bandleader, or improvising musician, this book will help hone your craft, gain control, and lead you to new creative possibilities. You will learn "tricks of the trade" from the masters and apply these skills to contemporary styles. Online audio examples illustrate the principles being discussed, and many recommended listening lists point you to additional examples of how these principles have been used in music over the past thousand years.