Ear training for the body : a dancer's guide to music / by Katherine Teck

By:

Teck, Katherine

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Pennington : Princeton Book Company, cop. 1994Description: ix, , 321 p. : il., música ; 23 cmISBN:

9780871271921

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Contents:

Conté: pt. 1. Musicality in the dancer's art. Ch. 1. Practicing musicality in class -- Ch. 2. Body percussion and mouth music -- Ch. 3. Instrumental percussion patterns -- Ch. 4. Muscle memory and music -- Ch. 5. Choreography : a collaborative effort -- pt. 2. A movement-oriented approach to the fundamentals of music. Ch. 6. Sounds and silences -- Ch. 7. Dynamics : the loud and soft of music -- Ch. 8. Duration or timing in music -- Ch. 9. Rhythmic patterns -- Ch. 10. Pitch, scales, and melody -- Ch. 11. Harmony -- Ch. 12. Texture -- Ch. 13. Timbre, instruments, and score reading -- Ch. 14. Form and compositional procedures -- Conclusion : onstage with something new! -- Appendix 1 : Suggested listening and viewing -- Appendix 2 : Sources of information on contemporary music -- Appendix 3 : Workshops in choreographic collaboration -- Appendix 4 : Composers of interest to dancers

Summary: "This book approaches music from the dancer's viewpoint. It offers a two-part exploration of music as it relates to dance, beginning with an introduction to aspects of musicality that dancers (and other music lovers) can explore and put into practice immediately. The author then explains the production and transmittal of all musical sounds, discussing variables that pertain to dancers such as rhythm, dynamics, pitch, harmony and how to create music for unique dance purposes. The book concludes with an overview of the way dancers relate to music in class and onstage."-- Contracoberta

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés	781 TEC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900071915

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"This book approaches music from the dancer's viewpoint. It offers a two-part exploration of music as it relates to dance, beginning with an introduction to aspects of musicality that dancers (and other music lovers) can explore and put into practice immediately. The author then explains the production and transmittal of all musical sounds, discussing variables that pertain to dancers such as rhythm, dynamics, pitch, harmony and how to create music for unique dance purposes. The book concludes with an overview of the way dancers relate to music in class and onstage."-- Contracoberta

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