The Techniques of E-Guitar Playing
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- Authors: Seth F. Josel, Michelle Lou
- Format: Book
- Work Language: English
- ISBN:
- Pages: 352
Description
Seth F. Josel, a pioneering guitarist, and electroacoustic composer Michelle Lou have put together this long overdue book – not least inspired by a new generation of soloists who, through their extraordinary skills, have paved the way to a new understanding of instrumental performance practice.
This book presents detailed explanations of what is technically possible on the instrument as well as the accompanying electronic components. Composers will especially benefit from the research and elaborate analyses of contemporary e-guitar literature that include many examples of the instrument in chamber and ensemble musical settings. Also shown are diverse ways in which contemporary music for the e-guitar has been notated.
The book explores various right and left hand techniques, harmonics, use of foreign objects, signal processing, amplification and the e-guitar's relatives. of particular interest are extensive charts of multiphonics, and effects. Online sound files document a variety of the techniques illustrated in the book.
About the authors:
As an ensemble player and soloist, Seth F. Josel has been involved in the first performances of more than 100 works and has been a guest performer with leading orchestras. He has collaborated and consulted closely with such composers as Mauricio Kagel, Helmut Lachenmann, Tristan Murail and James Tenney. From 1991 till 2000 he was a permanent member of the Ensemble musikFabrik. His first book for Bärenreiter, co-authored by Ming Tsao, "The Techniques of Guitar Playing" (BVK02243), was published in 2014.
Composer and performer, Michelle Lou, received degrees in double bass performance and composition from University of California San Diego and Stanford University. Her work has been presented at festivals such as MaerzMusik, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wien Modern, Rainy Days, Ultima, Darmstadt, Klangwerkstatt, Timepans, and MATA. She teaches composition and electronic music at the University of California San Diego.
With contributions by Richard Barrett, Daniel Brew, Daryl Buckley, Juan Parra Cancino, Nicolas Collins, Thomas Ciszak, Yaron Deutsch, Nicholas Deyoe, Wieland Hoban, Douglas Osmun, Aart Strootman, Ming Tsao, Samuel Vriezen. Interviews with Yaron Deutsch, Nicholas Deyoe, and Dan Lippel.
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The Techniques of E-Guitar Playing
