Extended Harmonic Techniques

Acoustic Principles for Composition and Musicianship
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7702-6
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

From the classical violinist to the hip hop producer, creating music pays homage to principles of harmony. It is not just the sum of the musical parts that makes a song come alive, but how every part interacts with others to create more harmonies, enriched melodies, dynamic rhythms, and more interaction. Composers, engineers, producers and performing musicians constantly use the harmonic principles derived from basic acoustics every time they work through a piece.

This book offers a deep analytical dive into the theories of harmonics. It explores many nontraditional approaches such as extended and hyperextended chords and it includes an explanation for the consonance of the elusive minor triad. It also covers voicing and arranging from a vertical or harmonic perspective, a system of classifying the sonority, or klang of each chord, how extended chords impact the listener, and how the composer applies these principles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ballard, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Ballard, Jr. has composed, performed and produced a variety of music, from classical, world and film music to jazz and bluegrass to punk and hip hop. He lives in Alliance, Ohio.