Hyper-specializing in Saxophone Using Acoustical Insight and Deep Listening Skills

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-15045-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 205 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Current Research in Systematic Musicology

This book presents a novel method of grafting musical wind instruments by exchanging an instrument’s standard mouthpiece with different tone generators. Using the concrete example of the soprano saxophone, it describes how, with six other tone generators, including brass, double reed, and free reed mechanisms, the saxophone can be extended to nearly every wind instrument category in the von Hornbostel and Sachs classification system. The book demonstrates how it is possible to play these instrument variations with high proficiency, and describes the method of hyper-specialization, including acoustical insights, conservatory training methods and the underlying philosophy. The latter is based on the cultural traditions of the different wind instrument prototypes and the Deep Listening philosophy of cultivating internal diversity, and approach that leads to a new level of wind instrument virtuosity that offers great timbral variety combined with the flexibility of a regular acoustic wind instrument.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braasch, Jonas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Blasinstrumente
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Musikinstrumentenbau
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Akustik, Schwingungsanalyse
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Akustik, Tontechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Acoustics of the Saxophone.- Extended Techniques for the Saxophone.-Deep Listening.- Grafted Instruments.- The Sonic Circle.- Sound Radiation, Recording, and Environment.- Epilogue.- References.- Index.- About the Author