Behind Bars: General Conventions
eBook - ePub

Behind Bars: General Conventions

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Behind Bars: General Conventions

About this book

The full eBook version of Behind Bars: General Conventions in fixed-layout format.

Behind Bars: General Conventions presents the basic principles, ground rules and conventions of notation in a definitive but concise guide. This book is the first section from the best-selling complete edition Behind Bars. It includes: Ground Rules; Chords, Dotted Notes and Ties; Accidentals and Key Signatures; Grace Notes, Arpeggiated Chords, Trills, Glissandos and Vibrato; Metre, Tuplets and Repeat Signs.

Behind Bars: General Conventions is a handy and accessible paperback: perfect for students, composers, or anyone interested in getting to grips with music notation.

Behind Bars is widely regarded as the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors and music processors. The author's understanding of and passion for her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable.

"Elaine Gould...has written the equivalent of the Grove Dictionary for Notation"
Sir Simon Rattle

"Behind Bars: General Conventions is the perfect complement to any reference collection."
Philip Rothman, Scoring Notes

Information

Publisher
Faber Music Limited
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9780571592647
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Theory & Appreciation

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword to the complete edition
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Ground Rules
  8. 2 Chords – Dotted Notes – Ties
  9. 3 Accidentals and Key Signatures
  10. 4 Dynamics and Articulation
  11. 5 Grace Notes, Arpeggiated Chords, Trills, Glissandos and Vibrato
  12. 6 Metre
  13. 7 Tuplets
  14. 8 Repeat Signs
  15. Appendix
  16. Further Reading
  17. Copyright Acknowledgements
  18. Index

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