Time Awareness for All Musicians Book and Online Audio

Name: Time Awareness for All Musicians Book and Online Audio
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ISBN: 9780739038543

ISBN-10: 0739038540

ISBN-13: 9780739038543

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter Erskine

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Description:

This book provides a handy study, practice and resource guide for all musicians who are seeking to improve their music-making abilities. Though written by a drummer, the text exercises and etudes in this book are not for drummers only! And while a good number of the exercises can be sung or played on any instrument, the reader is encouraged to tap these rhythms out: "playing" your thighs with your hands, for example, will work just fine. The examples can be performed solo or in a small group. Includes: -Training for all musicians -Specific exercises for jazz phrasing, pop/funk and classical music -Solo and duet exercises, playable on any instrument -Rhythm etudes with 1 - 4 parts for solo…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 76
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.74" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction


Foreword



The History of the Drum



The Beat


The Time-Frame


Shenandoah


I Could Write a Book


Lil' Darlin'



Our Inner Clock


Should we count as we play?



Subdivisions


Elements of Music Review


Old MacDonald


What makes a piece of music swing?


Common Jazz Rhythms


Moment's Notice Rhythm


Triplet Rhythms


The Shape of the Note (Phrasing)


Sideman Bop



Ensemble Playing or When do I play this next note?


Beethoven's 7th Symphony Rhythm Examples


Beethoven's 4th Symphony-Adagio Excerpt


Tempo, Note lengths, Counterpoint and Technique


Duets 1 - 5


Duets 6 - 10


Duets 11 - 12


Trios 1 - 2


Trio 3



Why do we dance to the rhythm of music?


Reminder: The subdivisions define the style and substance of the music


Funk & Pop Rhythms


Drumset-Type Rhythms


Two-Hand Exercises


When do I play the next note? (reprise)


Who and what is 'funky'?


Two-Person Funk Studies


Musical Rhythm + Improvisation


How does music make our hearts soar?


What's your time tendency?


Odd Meter Subdivisions, from a Drummer's Point of View


2s + 3s


Elvin-ish 3/4 Grooves


Summer's Waltz


5/4


2 + 3 = 5


3 + 3 + 3 = 9


Bulgaria


Recommended Books


Recommended Study Methods For Odd-Time Music


Old MacDonald in 7


On the Lake


Old MacDonald's Far Out


Quick'n (Quartet)


Quartet 4 the End of Time


al' Hemiola Quartet


Rhythm Quartet


A suggested ABC of listening


Final Thoughts


CD Track Listing


About the Recordings