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Full-Text Articles in Music Practice
The History Of The Guitar, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
The History Of The Guitar, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
Music Faculty Research
Conceived as instructional material for the guitar students at Marshall University (or anyone interested in the subject), it presents the historical process of the guitar in a clear and attainable fashion. Several topics related to the guitar will be discussed in detail throughout the book: the postulates associated with its origins, its evolution through the centuries, its repertoire, composers, performers, techniques, etc., culminating with the achievement of the privileged status of a respected concert instrument which it currently possesses.
Folk/Traditional Music Of West Virginia Arranged For Classical Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
Folk/Traditional Music Of West Virginia Arranged For Classical Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves
Music Faculty Research
My motivation for writing this book grew from my desire to better understand the people and the music heritage of West Virginia and to share the findings of my experience, with the guitar community, in the form of guitar ensemble arrangements.
Jean-François Beaudin: Borrowing From The Old World And The New, Wendell B. Dobbs
Jean-François Beaudin: Borrowing From The Old World And The New, Wendell B. Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
The modern flute world is full of innovation. Every year brings a new assortment of changes intended to improve the design or functioning of the modern flute—a new head-joint or a new material, a design innovation such as the vertical flute or a new contrabass flute. Much more subtle are changes to the design of 18thcentury style flutes. Generally, modern makers of these instruments take careful measurements of particular antique flutes that are recognized for ease of playing and copy them. The innovations are most likely subtle—a new wood, gentle tweaking of the embouchure or a tone hole, or cosmetic …
Strategies For Music Learning, George Palton
Strategies For Music Learning, George Palton
Music Faculty Research
Article provides strategies on how to take a new and fresh piece of literature from being completely unknown to performance ready.
An Analysis And Performance Guide To The Tuba Music Of Alice Gomez, George Palton
An Analysis And Performance Guide To The Tuba Music Of Alice Gomez, George Palton
Music Faculty Research
An analysis and performance guide to selected compositions of Alice Gomez as well as practical insights into the composition and performance of the works. Also includes background information on Gomez and her solo and chamber compositions that feature the tuba, including Bonampak, Latin Jazz Suite, and Highlife.
An Early American Family Of Flutists, Wendell Dobbs
An Early American Family Of Flutists, Wendell Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
An overview of the history of a dynasty of flutists, flute manufacturers and music publishers established by English emigrant Edward R. Riley in New York. Riley and copperplate printer Thomas Adams formed the firm Riley & Adams in 1812. It is said that all his three sons became music publishers, music instrument manufacturers and retailers.
A Survey Of Daily Routines, George Palton
A Survey Of Daily Routines, George Palton
Music Faculty Research
Survey of professional tuba and euphonium players in the United States consisting of current college professors, prominent freelance musicians, and musicians in professional ensembles such as military bands and orchestras.
Consumer Test, Michael Stroeher
Consumer Test, Michael Stroeher
Music Faculty Research
Three players and about 30 listeners took part in a Trombone Consumer Test in the University of North Texas Concert Hall. The consumer test was inspired and based on a 1994 British Trombone study.
Roussel: The Flute And Extramusical Reference, Wendell Dobbs
Roussel: The Flute And Extramusical Reference, Wendell Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
The article Roussel: The Flute and Extramusical Reference reveals the literary side of Roussel's flute music.
A Tonal Approach To The Slide Trombone Slide Postitions, Michael Stroeher
A Tonal Approach To The Slide Trombone Slide Postitions, Michael Stroeher
Music Faculty Research
Questions of choice and appropriateness of alternate positions have always been problematic for trombonists. Students hear conflicting opinions from teachers, and many of the method books seem quite arbitrary in their suggestions.
Charles Nicholson – The Forgotten Flutist, Wendell Dobbs
Charles Nicholson – The Forgotten Flutist, Wendell Dobbs
Music Faculty Research
The recent fascination for the flutist-composers of the 19th century has brought to life much music by flute virtuosos such as Tulou, Demersseman, Boehm, Genin, and others. To this time, however, the colorful artistry of Charles Nicholson has been overlooked. His brief career, spanning but two decades, brought the flute to the forefront as a solo instrument in England and propagated numerous fantasies, variation, methods, and other works for flute. Indeed, his contributions as flute virtuoso and flute manufacturer have made an indelible mark on the history and development of the instrument. In the London of the 1820's and 1830's …