Instrumentation The Orchestra—Yesterday and Today Bowed String Instruments Construction Tuning Fingering Double, Triple and Quadruple Stops Divided Strings Vibrato Glissando and Portamento The Bow Bowing Non legato Legato Special On-the-String Bowings Special Off-the-String Bowings Trills and Other Coloristic Effects Using the Bow Coloristic Effects without the Bow Mutes Scordatura Harmonics Contemporary String Techniques Individual Bowed …
Preface to the Fifth Edition Mark DeVoto Introduction to the First Edition (1941) Walter Piston Tonal Harmony in Common Practice Materials of Music: Scales and Intervals Intervals Measured by Scales Scale Degrees Classification of Intervals Compound Intervals Inversion of Intervals Enharmonic Intervals Triads Chord Factors Triads on the Scale Degrees Kinds of Triads Inversions Consonant …
Introduction: The Art Song German Songs French Songs Italian Songs Russian Songs Scandinavian Songs Spanish Songs
Personal Essays on Encountering the Sonnet My Own Acquaintance Edward Hirsch Discovering the Sonnet Eavan Boland The Sonnet in Summary The Making of a Sonnet: A Formal Introduction The Sonnet in the Mirror The Sonnet in its Century: The Sixteenth The Sonnet in its Century: The Seventeenth The Sonnet in its Century: The Eighteenth The …
Prelude: Gustavo and Me Bienvenido Gustavo!: Hollywood’s Unlikely New Star “Mambo!”: A First Glimpse of El Sistema To Play and to Struggle: The Evolution of El Sistema Dancing with Cellos: The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela An Idea Worth Spreading “Being, Not Yet Being”: El Sistema in Action Faces of El Sistema USA Gracias Gustavo: Healing …
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Introduction: Why I hated calculus but love statistics What’s the Point? Descriptive Statistics: Who was the best baseball player of all time? Deceptive Description: “He’s got a great personality!” and other true but grossly misleading statements Correlation: How does Netflix know what movies I like? Basic Probability: Don’t buy the extended warranty on your $99 …
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