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The Band Director's Handbook
Bruce Gale
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THE BAND DIRECTOR'S HANDBOOK has been written in response
to the need for a comprehensive yet affordable guide for wind band
directors in Southeast Asia. It is a practical manual, dealing with
the principles of embouchure formation, tone production, and articulation
for every major brass and woodwind instrument. Percussion instruments
are similarly treated. Special chapters are also devoted to the
fundamentals of conducting and writing transcriptions. In every
case, the idea has been to approach the subject matter from the
point of view of the non-specialist.
The
book is arranged in a pedagogical sequence such that the concepts
introduced in earlier chapters are built upon in subsequent ones.
In this respect, the first two chapters are especially important.
Even so, an extensive glossary at the end of the book should make
it possible for most readers to go directly to the chapter they
are most interested in without finding themselves overwhelmed with
unexplained technical terms.
Extensively
illustrated, with dozens musical examples and numerous additional
tables and diagrams (including a useful troubleshooting guide in
the appendix) this book is set to become an indispensable resource
for band directors throughout the region.
About
the Author
Dr. Bruce Gale
is a business consultant based in Singapore. His interest in music
dates back to his schooldays when he played cornet in a Salvation
Army band in Melbourne, Australia. Having lived in Asia for the
past 20 years, Dr. Gale has spent much of his spare time actively
involved in brass and wind bands in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia,
and has been composing music for these bands since the early 1990s.
He also holds a music diploma from Trinity College, London.
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| ISBN: |
1-901919-35-8 |
| Price: |
£15.00 |
| Publication
Date: |
2001 |
| Dimension
(inches): |
8.5 x 5.5 (Paperback) |
| Pages: |
366 |
| Language: |
English |
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Copyright©
ASEAN Academic Press London |
