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The Contemporary Guitar
John Schneider
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Description for The Contemporary Guitar
Paperback. While the guitar has stood in the vanguard of musical experimentation, its many new techniques and notations remain a mystery for many composers and players. In The Contemporary Guitar, musician and scholar, John Schneider explains each class of technique and illustrates them with examples. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: AVRL1; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 214 x 31. Weight in Grams: 988.
The Contemporary Guitar traces the extraordinary rise of the instrument in concert music over the past century. Though recognized worldwide as a popular music icon, the all-to-recent time when the guitar was looked down upon as a second-class citizen in the world of serious music is finally past, and it can now be found in the scores of the most important composers. The guitar's rightful place in chamber music, orchestral music, or as a solo instrument is now without question, whether in the classic acoustic form or the more recent electric version. While the guitar ... Read more
The Contemporary Guitar traces the extraordinary rise of the instrument in concert music over the past century. Though recognized worldwide as a popular music icon, the all-to-recent time when the guitar was looked down upon as a second-class citizen in the world of serious music is finally past, and it can now be found in the scores of the most important composers. The guitar's rightful place in chamber music, orchestral music, or as a solo instrument is now without question, whether in the classic acoustic form or the more recent electric version. While the guitar ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1031g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442237896
SKU
V9781442237896
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Ref
99-1
About John Schneider
John Schneider is the Grammy-winning guitarist, composer, author, and broadcaster whose weekly television and radio programs have brought the guitar into millions of homes. He holds a doctorate in music and physics from the University College Cardiff (Wales) and music degrees from the University of California and the Royal College of Music in London. He is president emeritus of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Contemporary Guitar
The new edition of John Schneider's The Contemporary Guitar celebrates the author's encyclopedic knowledge of the modern guitar landscape with an information-packed journey through the far regions of musical creativity by leading composers and guitarists of the past fifty years. Using dozens of audio examples and hundreds of illustrations, The Contemporary Guitar explores the physics of sound production and the ... Read more