Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0876390017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice is a by-product of Pease's 25 years of teaching jazz composition. Jazz composition has evolved into a disciplined art that often evidences great emotional depth and breadth of sophistication. Berklee College of Music legend Ted Pease demystifies the processes involved in writing jazz tunes and in composing episodic and extended jazz works. (Berklee Press). When you think of jazz composers, who comes to mind? Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer. This book is about what they (and many others) do. The accompanying audio files help demonstrate melody, harmony and rhythmic elements of jazz and also includes a variety of music-writing exercises focused on learning these same elements to help you begin producing your own effective jazz compositions.
James M. Kangas said Solid book. I haven't finished this yet, but I have been through a good deal of it. It seems pretty solid to me. The first section is on melodic considerations, then a section on harmonic considerations. There is a long section on blues, then a few shorter sections on different meters, extended works, and motivic develo. Composer56 said jazz Composition: Theory and Practice, Ted Pease. I always found it hard putting the music from my soul on paper. I have been checking all about music composition on the internet but what I found were just the obvious guidelines and warnings about what not to do. Recently I have discovered the jazz composition book by Ted Pearse, I ordered it through Amazon. This is probably the best book I ever bought on Amzon PH This is probably the best book I ever bought on Amzon. I wish it had been published while I was at Berklee, studying Jazz Comp. This is not for beginners, but an advanced refresh course for composers. There won't be much harmony and theory explained. Instead you will learn a new tool and skill set on every p