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Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass

Author : Peter Dowdall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315301938
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass written by Peter Dowdall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass traces the stylistic evolution of jazz from the bass player’s perspective. Historical works to date have tended to pursue a ‘top down’ reading, one that emphasizes the influence of the treble instruments on the melodic and harmonic trajectory of jazz. This book augments that reading by examining the music’s development from the bottom up. It re-contextualizes the bass and its role in the evolution of jazz (and by extension popular music in general) by situating it alongside emerging music technologies. The bass and its technological mediation are shown to have driven changes in jazz language and musical style, and even transformed creative hierarchies in ways that have been largely overlooked. The book’s narrative is also informed by investigations into more commercial musical styles such as blues and rock, in order to assess how, and the degree to which, technological advances first deployed in these areas gradually became incorporated into general jazz praxis. Technology and the Jazz Bass reconciles technology more thoroughly into jazz historiography by detailing and evaluating those that are intrinsic to the instrument (including its eventual electrification) and those extrinsic to it (most notably evolving recording and digital technologies). The author illustrates how the implementation of these technologies has transformed the role of the bass in jazz, and with that, jazz music as an art form.

The Bastard Instrument

Author : Brian F. Wright
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472056816
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Bastard Instrument written by Brian F. Wright and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centering the electric bass in popular music history

Play Among Books

Author : Miro Roman
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035624054
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Play Among Books written by Miro Roman and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does coding change the way we think about architecture? This question opens up an important research perspective. In this book, Miro Roman and his AI Alice_ch3n81 develop a playful scenario in which they propose coding as the new literacy of information. They convey knowledge in the form of a project model that links the fields of architecture and information through two interwoven narrative strands in an “infinite flow” of real books. Focusing on the intersection of information technology and architectural formulation, the authors create an evolving intellectual reflection on digital architecture and computer science.

Popular Song in the First World War

Author : John Mullen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351068660
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Popular Song in the First World War written by John Mullen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did popular song mean to people across the world during the First World War? For the first time, song repertoires and musical industries from countries on both sides in the Great War as well as from neutral countries are analysed in one exciting volume. Experts from around the world, and with very different approaches, bring to life the entertainment of a century ago, to show the role it played in the lives of our ancestors. The reader will meet the penniless lyricist, the theatre chain owner, the cross-dressing singer, fado composer, stage Scotsman or rhyming soldier, whether they come from Serbia, Britain, the USA, Germany, France, Portugal or elsewhere, in this fascinating exploration of showbiz before the generalization of the gramophone. Singing was a vector for patriotic support for the war, and sometimes for anti-war activism, but it was much more than that, and expressed and constructed debates, anxieties, social identities and changes in gender roles. This work, accompanied by many links to online recordings, will allow the reader to glimpse the complex role of popular song in people’s lives in a period of total war.

Rock: The Primary Text

Author : Allan F Moore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429954107
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Rock: The Primary Text written by Allan F Moore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised third edition of Allan F. Moore's ground-breaking book, now co-authored with Remy Martin, incorporates new material on rock music theory, style change and the hermeneutic method developed in Moore’s Song Means (2012). An even larger array of musicians is discussed, bringing the book right into the 21st century. Rock's 'primary text' – its sounds – is the focus of attention here. The authors argue for the development of a musicology particular to rock within the context of the background to the genres, the beat and rhythm and blues styles of the early 1960s, 'progressive' rock, punk rock, metal and subsequent styles. They also explore the fundamental issue of rock as a medium for self-expression, and the relationship of this to changing musical styles. Rock: The Primary Text remains innovative in its exploration of an aesthetics of rock.

The Personalisation of Technique for Jazz Bass

Author : Olivier Siegfried Holland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Personalisation of Technique for Jazz Bass written by Olivier Siegfried Holland and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s jazz education practice, the imitation of others is regarded as an effective way to learn the instrument. During the early stages, the development of a vocabulary of prefabricated structures, such as melodic cells and ‘licks’, as well as transcribing and performing other artists’ improvisations, are essential stepping stones in learning how to perform and understand jazz in its stylistic variants. But, jazz writers and critics have raised concerns that learning by imitation and approximation produces too many musicians who lack individuality in their playing style and sound. It seems that imitation and approximation methods can take a serious music student only so far. Several of the most influential, well-established methodologies, discussed in this exegesis, can assist a student with the development of his personal sound. However, additional guidance may be needed to develop the student’s personal playing style and unique voice on the instrument. This exegesis introduces, trials and reflects on a new method for developing a personalised technique on jazz double bass that aims to retain or amplify existing, unique features in the researcher’s own playing style. Chapter One begins with a brief overview of the history of jazz bass performance and the development of the role of the bassist in a jazz ensemble. It surveys the controversial area of the development of personal style and continues with a review of existing bass method books. This is followed by a brief analysis of the playing styles of a number of leading bassists. Chapters Two, Three and Four document the researcher’s practical trial process in which three personal playing features, whose origins can be traced to earlier training on electric bass, are identified and developed in three separate stages. Each of these stages is subdivided into development of exercises, practice period and reintegration into a musical context via improvisation, jazz arrangement and composition. This section reports on the systematic trialling of this method on and by the researcher over a period of approximately six years. Chapter Five summarises and evaluates the outcomes of the process. Finally, it is proposed that this method be introduced into existing postgraduate jazz studies curricula to offer an alternative development pathway for the mature bass player.

How the Fender Bass Changed the World

Author : Jim Roberts
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879306304
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book How the Fender Bass Changed the World written by Jim Roberts and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced in 1951, the Fender Precision Bass completely transformed the sound of popular music by the early ’60s. This is the first book to show you how and why. This richly illustrated history reveals the true colors of the Fender electric bass - as a powerful agent of change in popular music and popular culture. It tells the story of technological and artistic evolution, of basses and players--and of their profound influence on the world around them. Celebrating the instrument’s 50th anniversary, this book salutes the revolutionary impact of the bass in the hands of James Jamerson, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Carol Kaye, John Entwistle, Jaco Pastorius, Sting, and other bass visionaries and virtuosos past and present.

The Total Jazz Bassist

Author : David Overthrow
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780739043110
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Total Jazz Bassist written by David Overthrow and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method, giving equal treatment to both electric and double bass. Covering styles like bebop, Latin, funk and fusion, this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. The Total Jazz Bassist also covers theory, technique, tunes, solos, jazz styles, and includes great advice for practicing and doing business. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines, how to solo, bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes and major and minor "two-five-one" progressions, dominant 7th chord scales, approaches for playing "Rhythm Changes," and much, much more! This is the one place to get everything you need to make you not only a great jazz bassist but an asset to any band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

Sonic Technologies

Author : Robert Strachan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501310623
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Sonic Technologies written by Robert Strachan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past two decades digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way we think about, make and use popular music. From the production of multimillion selling pop records to the ubiquitous remix that has become a marker of Web 2.0, the emergence of new music production technologies have had a transformative effect upon 21st Century digital culture. Sonic Technologies examines these issues with a specific focus upon the impact of digitization upon creativity; that is, what musicians, cultural producers and prosumers do. For many, music production has moved out of the professional recording studio and into the home. Using a broad range of examples ranging from experimental electronic music to more mainstream genres, the book examines how contemporary creative practice is shaped by the visual and sonic look and feel of recording technologies such as Digital Audio Workstations.

Manual of Guitar Technology

Author : Franz Jahnel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780933224995
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Manual of Guitar Technology written by Franz Jahnel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jazz Bass Artists of the 1950s

Author : Dave Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982312360
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Jazz Bass Artists of the 1950s written by Dave Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores the musical, creative and artistic contributions of 15 leading jazz bassists of the Fifties. A chapter on each one offers a timeline as well as biographical information detailing the unfolding of the player's artistic development and professional career. More than mere history, the book reveals the how's and why's behind each one's lasting stylistic achievements via in-depth analysis of a handful of his top recorded tracks. Taken in total, the analyses of 70 such tracks spotlight the very best jazz bass music of the period. No chapter is complete without the author's comprehensive listing of each bassist's greatest recorded performances. Though focusing on bass artists and their music, this book is an invaluable resource of jazz background for all devoted jazz listeners seeking to expand their appreciation and enjoyment of the art. For the bassist, it identifies and dissects little-known recorded gems as key to understanding the elements of superior performance.

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199750793
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Blues: A Very Short Introduction written by Elijah Wald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits) and "a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian" (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture. It is not an easy thing to pin down. As Howlin' Wolf once described it, "When you ain't got no money and can't pay your house rent and can't buy you no food, you've damn sure got the blues." It has been defined by lyrical structure, or as a progression of chords, or as a set of practices reflecting West African "tonal and rhythmic approaches," using a five-note "blues scale." Wald sees blues less as a style than as a broad musical tradition within a constantly evolving pop culture. He traces its roots in work and praise songs, and shows how it was transformed by such professional performers as W. C. Handy, who first popularized the blues a century ago. He follows its evolution from Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith through Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix; identifies the impact of rural field recordings of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton and others; explores the role of blues in the development of both country music and jazz; and looks at the popular rhythm and blues trends of the 1940s and 1950s, from the uptown West Coast style of T-Bone Walker to the "down home" Chicago sound of Muddy Waters. Wald brings the story up to the present, touching on the effects of blues on American poetry, and its connection to modern styles such as rap. As with all of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, The Blues tells you--with insight, clarity, and wit--everything you need to know to understand this quintessentially American musical genre.

Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass

Author : Geddy Lee
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062747843
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass written by Geddy Lee and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of vintage bass guitars."—Geddy Lee From Rush frontman Geddy Lee's personal collection of vintage electric bass guitars, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, comes the definitive volume on the subject. Geddy's love of the bass has been nurtured over a lifetime spent in the limelight as one of the world's premier rock bassists. For the past seven years, he's dedicated himself to studying the history of the instrument that's been so essential to his career, collecting hundreds of basses from around the globe. Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously photographed in breathtaking detail by Richard Sibbald, and with insight from Geddy’s trusted bass tech and curator, John "Skully" McIntosh, Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass profiles over 250 classic basses from Geddy’s extensive collection. Representing every tone in the bass palette, every nuance of the rock and roll genre as well as blues, jazz, pop, and country, this one-of-a-kind collection features so-called "beauty queens"—pristine instruments never lifted from their cases—as well as "road warriors"—well-worn, sweat-soaked basses that proudly show their age and use. Complete with personal commentary from Geddy that showcases his knowledge both as a musician and an aficionado, this luxuriously produced volume is a revelatory look at the heavy hitters in the world of bass—Fender, Gibson/Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Höfner, Ampeg—and lesser known but influential global luthiers such as Antonio Wandr Pioli, Dan Armstrong, and Tony Zemaitis. The book also features interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin); Adam Clayton (U2); Robert Trujillo (Metallica); Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones); Les Claypool (Primus); Bob Daisley (Rainbow); Fender expert and owner of the legendary Gibson Explorer, Bass Ken Collins; veteran guitar tech for The Who, Alan Rogan; plus comments from many other great players across three decades of rock and roll. Written in Geddy's singular voice, this book reveals the stories, songs, and history behind the instruments of his inimitable collection. Complete with an index and a graphically designed timeline of the history of the bass, as well as an up-close look at Geddy's basses on Rush's final R40 Tour, his stage and recording gear from 1968 to 2017, and forewords by author and respected vintage expert, Terry Foster, and Rush band member, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass is the ultimate compendium for the consummate collector, musician, Rush fan, and anyone who loves the bass guitar.

The Fender Bass

Author : J. W. Black
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634026409
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Fender Bass written by J. W. Black and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). When Leo Fender added a bass to his growing family of instruments 50 years ago, he created a new world for musicians and revolutionized an industry in the process. Using hundreds of photographs, this exciting release chronicles the evolution of that instrument from 1951 to 2001, providing background, history and highly researched facts vital to understanding everything about this remarkable member of the Fender family. A must for all music fans!

Human Evolution beyond Biology and Culture

Author : Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110865343X
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Human Evolution beyond Biology and Culture written by Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both natural and cultural selection played an important role in shaping human evolution. Since cultural change can itself be regarded as evolutionary, a process of gene-culture coevolution is operative. The study of human evolution - in past, present and future - is therefore not restricted to biology. An inclusive comprehension of human evolution relies on integrating insights about cultural, economic and technological evolution with relevant elements of evolutionary biology. In addition, proximate causes and effects of cultures need to be added to the picture - issues which are at the forefront of social sciences like anthropology, economics, geography and innovation studies. This book highlights discussions on the many topics to which such generalised evolutionary thought has been applied: the arts, the brain, climate change, cooking, criminality, environmental problems, futurism, gender issues, group processes, humour, industrial dynamics, institutions, languages, medicine, music, psychology, public policy, religion, sex, sociality and sports.

Why Jazz Happened

Author : Marc Myers
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520305515
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Why Jazz Happened written by Marc Myers and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz’s post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz’s evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more. In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Marc Myers describes the myriad of events and trends that affected the music's evolution, among them, the American Federation of Musicians strike in the early 1940s, changes in radio and concert-promotion, the introduction of the long-playing record, the suburbanization of Los Angeles, the Civil Rights movement, the “British invasion” and the rise of electronic instruments. This groundbreaking book deepens our appreciation of this music by identifying many of the developments outside of jazz itself that contributed most to its texture, complexity, and growth.

The Jazz Bass Book

Author : John Goldsby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1617132187
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book The Jazz Bass Book written by John Goldsby and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a player's manual, this book portrays jazz bass as a vital element of 20th century American music. Citing examples from key recordings in the jazz canon, the book defines the essence of the musical contributions made by more than 70 important jazz bassists, including Ray Brown, Eddie Gomez, Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton and many others. Bassists get expert guidance on mastering proper technique, practice methods and improvisation, plus new insight into the theoretical and conceptual aspects of jazz. The companion audio featuring bass plus rhythm section allows readers to hear technical examples from the book, presented in slow and fast versions. It also offers play-along tracks of typical chord progressions and song forms.