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Book SynopsisThis text is a comprehensive study of extended performance techniques found in violin literature of the latter half of the 20th-century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the accoustic, modified, electric and MIDI violin.
Trade Review...has been painstakingly compiled, with over 475 notated examples, many diagrams, and an invaluable index of scores, recordings and website addresses. * Music Teacher *
This is a voluminous work, evidently a labor of love, and the product of intensive thought, research, and experience....well organized. * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *
It's sure to enter the canon, becoming a basic reference guide for any string player performing music written in the last 50 years. * Strings *
A wealth of detailed information about the technical possibilities of the modern violin is offered in The Contemporary Violin...a brilliant resource...a great asset to the modern violinist's bookshelf. * Classical Music *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Bowing Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Fingers Part 2 Appendices Chapter 3 Percussion Techniques Part 3 List of Figures Part 4 Notes Chapter 4 Harmonics Chapter 5 Tuning Systems Part 5 Bibliography Chapter 6 And Variations Part 6 Scores Chapter 7 Amplification and Signal Processing Part 7 Discography Chapter 8 Midi, Strings, and the Computer
