How to Write for Percussion A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO PERCUSSION COMPOSITION

• Main Author: Solomon, Samuel Z. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: New York Oxford University Press 2016
• Edition: second edition
• Subjects: Percussion instruments > Instruction and study
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While composers and percussionists are working more closely than ever with one another, there are few resources that address this collaborative relationship in depth. However, Samuel Z. Solomon, himself a percussionist and teacher, offers a comprehensive examination of the issues that percussionists...

Table of Contents:

• General framework. A dysfunctional family. Comparison of family relationships
• The problem of pitch. The pitches of percussion ; The validations and limitations of novelty ; Three methods for indeterminately pitch instruments
• The written/improv divide. Expanding the color palette (to shrink the setup) ; The value of improvised and non- notated music
• Social composition. Write for people, not sounds ; Write what is wanted, not what to do ; Working with percussionists