دانلود کتاب All Things String: An Illustrated Dictionary

Contributions to Dictionaries for the Modern Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music Series offer both the novice and the advanced artist lists of key terms designed to cover fully the field of study and performance for major instruments and classes of instruments, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Focusing primarily on the knowledge required by the contemporary musical student and teacher, performer and professional, each dictionary is a must-have for any musician s personal library! Playing a string instrument is a living art, passed directly from master to student. As a result, the terms used to convey complex concepts, such as bow technique or fingering systems, have developed into an extensive vocabulary that is often complicated, occasionally vague, and sometimes contradictory. Many of the terms are of French, Italian, or German origin, and few appear in standard music dictionaries. Moreover, the gulf separating classical playing from fiddle, bluegrass, jazz, and other styles has created genre-specific terms that are rarely addressed in a single reference. A Dictionary for the Modern String Player rectifies this resource gap, serving as the only work to comprehensively define terminology for the modern string family of instruments. All of the terms used for violin, viola, cello, and double bass inclusive of different genres and playing styles are defined, explained, and illustrated here. Entries include string-specific techniques such as shifting, fingerboard mapping, and thumb position, as well as the entire gamut of bowstrokes, relevant orchestral terms, instrument structure and repair, accessories and equipment, ornaments (including those used in jazz and bluegrass), explanations of various bow holds, conventions of orchestral playing, types of strings, and even biographies for a select number of famous luthiers, influential pedagogues, and legendary performers. Almost 200 of the more than 1,300 alphabetically arranged terms are accompanied by original illustrations by T.M. Larsen or musical examples from standard literature. Also included are an extensive bibliography and an appendix containing a detailed chart of bowstrokes showing notation and execution. A Dictionary for the Modern String Player will delight all aficionados of this family of instruments at every level. For knowledgeable professionals it will serve as a handy guide, useful in high schools, colleges, and home studios alike. Students and amateur musicians will find it full of fascinating information about the world of string instruments.