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One of the finest books available on jazz guitar chords. Joe covers
all the bases with two sections on chord forms and chord passages.
Chords are divided into six categories: Major, Seventh, Augmented,
Minor, Diminished, and Minor Seventh Flat Fifth, each showing
substitutions and inversions that Joe would play when confronted
with "basic" chord symbols. The chord passage section is divided
into nine categories, including such topics as Major Sounds,
Diminished Sounds, Augmented Sounds, Standard Patter Chord
Substitutions, and other chord progression - related topics.
Body as Instrument explores how musicians interact with
movement-controlled performance systems, producing sounds imbued
with their individual physical signature. Using motion tracking
technology, performers can translate physical actions into sonic
processes, creating or adapting novel gestural systems that
transcend the structures and constraints of conventional musical
instruments. Interviews with influential artists in the field,
Laetitia Sonami, Atau Tanaka, Pamela Z, Julie Wilson-Bokowiec,
Lauren Sarah Hayes, Mark Coniglio, Garth Paine and The Bent Leather
Band expose the transformational impact of motion sensors on
musicians' body awareness and abilities. Coupled with reflection on
author-composed works, the book analyses how the body as instrument
metaphor informs relationships between performers, their bodies and
self-designed instruments. It also examines the role of
experiential design strategies in developing robust and nuanced
gestural systems that mirror a performer's movement habits,
preferences and skills, inspiring new physical forms of musical
communication and diverse musical repertoire.
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