Sound in Motion: A Performer's Guide to Greater Musical Expression

Contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part 1. A Style Is Born
• Part 2. What Is Music?
• Fun?
• Magic?
• Feeling?
• Talent?
• Selflessness?
• Professionalism
• Motion
• Part 3. Note Grouping
• Sound Writing (?)
• What Is Note Grouping?
• Basic Grouping
• Harmonic Grouping
• Rhythmic Grouping
• Motivic Grouping
• Range and Scaling
• The Tabuteau Number System
• Why Does Grouping Sound Natural?
• Part 4. The Larger Picture
• Sound Connection
• Type and Function
• Skeletal Structure
• What Is Phrasing?
• Repetition
• What Is Line?
• The Four Elements of Music
• Part 5. Wind Techniques
• Breathing
• The Long Tone
• The Singing Interval
• The Fingers
• Scales
• Using the Wind
• Articulation
• Part 6. Controversy
• Tone
• Intonation
• Vibrato
• Ornaments
• Was There a Baroque Style of Playing?
• Music Speaks
• Portato: Herald of a New Romanticism
• "Technique" vs. "Musicality"
• Part 7. The Profession
• Practicing
• Auditioning
• Orchestral Protocol
• Performing
• Accompanying
• Teaching
• Part 8. The Search
• Postscript
• Appendix 1. Recommended Recordings
• Appendix 2. Further Study
• Appendix 3. To Clip or Not to Clip
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author