Jazz Arranging and Performance Practice: A Guide for Small Ensembles
- Author: Rinzler, Paul
detailed but concise...this thoroughly researched and clearly written book will be accessible to students and public library patrons with some technical background —
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$76.00Contents
- Part 1 Preface
- Chapter 2 I. BEGINNINGS (INTROS)
- Part 3 Turnarounds
- Part 4 Material from the Head
- Part 5 New Material
- Part 6 Pick-up Notes
- Part 7 Free Time
- Part 8 Vamps
- Part 9 Pyramids
- Part 10 No Intro
- Chapter 11 II. ENDINGS
- Part 12 Tags
- Part 13 Similar Endings and Intros
- Part 14 linking Several Ednings
- Part 15 Cliche Endings
- Part 16 Fermatas
- Part 17 Staccato Vamps
- Part 18 New material
- Part 19 Ritard
- Chapter 20 III. ACCENTS, BREAKS, DYNAMICS
- Part 21 Accents
- Part 22 Breaks
- Part 23 Dynamics
- Chapter 24 IV. STYLE CHANGES
- Part 25 Style Changes within a Chorus
- Part 26 Style Changes between Choruses
- Part 27 Style Changes for an Entire Tune
- Part 28 Free Jazz
- Chapter 29 V. TIME AND TEMPO CHANGES
- Part 30 Definitions
- Part 31 Tempo Changes
- Part 32 Time/Feel Changes
- Part 33 Meter Changes
- Part 34 Playing Behind and Ahead of the Beat
- Chapter 35 VI. FORM CHANGES
- Part 36 Standard Forms
- Part 37 Standard Jazz Arrangement
- Part 38 Changing in the Chorus Structure
- Part 39 Number of Heads
- Part 40 Solos
- Part 41 Changing the Melody
- Part 42 Fours
- Chapter 43 VII. RHYTHM SECTION PROCEDURE
- Part 44 Different Procedure in Head
- Part 45 Dropping Instruments Out
- Part 46 Deviations From Standard Patterns
- Chapter 47 VIII. JAZZ HARMONY
- Part 48 Chord Symbols
- Part 49 Relationships between Chords and Scales
- Part 50 Notating Extensions and Substitute Chords
- Part 51 Chord Progressions and Substitute Chords
- Part 52 Common Progressions and Substitute Chords
- Part 53 Reharmonizing the Given Chord Progression
- Chapter 54 IX. HARMONIZATION AND ORCHESTRATION
- Part 55 One-part Writing
- Part 56 Two-part Writing
- Part 57 Three-part Writing
- Part 58 Spacings and Inversions
- Part 59 Combinations of Instruments
- Part 60 Limited Harmonization
- Part 61 Counterpoint and Backgrounds
- Part 62 New Melodies
- Part 63 Appendix A. Notation
- Part 64 Appendix B. Instrumentation
- Part 65 Appendix C. The Rhythm Section
- Part 66 Appendix D. Annotated Arrangement
- Part 67 Glossary
- Part 68 Bibliography
- Part 69 Discography
- Part 70 Index of Tunes
- Part 71 General
- Index
