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Making Music: Improvisation for Organists |  | Author: Jan Overduin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0193860759
Dewey Decimal Number: 786.5136
EAN: 9780193860759
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Product Description
Keyboard improvisation is often considered the domain of the musical genius, a perception created no doubt by masters from Bach and Mozart to Liszt. The capacity to express one's musical thoughts spontaneously and coherently, however, presumes neither a virtuosic command of the instrument nor a sublime command of compositional theory.
Assuming only an elementary background in harmony, each of Overduin's 32 lessons focuses on a specific harmonic, melodic, or structural topic designed to provoke experimentation and to develop improvisatory skills, starting with simple melodies and improvising on one or two chords. Subsequent exercises expand the harmonic vocabulary and incorporate a range of techniques including variation, ostinato, sequence, ornamentation, and figuration.
Written in an engaging style and featuring numerous accessible musical exercises, Making Music is the ideal introduction to this essential skill.
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My thoughts on Making Music: Improvisation for Organist May 9, 2008
Steven C. Jamion Jr.
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like Let the People Sing, this book too was recommended to me by the same organist from Indiana Universtity. This book as well has helped me to improve my improvisation on the organ.
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