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Reharmonization Techniques
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780634015854
ISBN: 0634015850
Label: Berklee Press
Manufacturer: Berklee Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: September 01, 2002
Publisher: Berklee Press
Studio: Berklee Press
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Editorial Review:
When you reharmonize a tune, you give the melody new color by changing its underlying harmonies. Whether you direct a band or choir, play piano or guitar, or write film scores, you will find simple and innovative techniques to update songs and develop exciting new arrangements by studying the hundreds of copyrighted examples throughout this book. Reharmonization techniques covered include: simple substitution, diatonic approach, adding dominant and subdominant chords, harmonic displacement, modal interchange, and others. Includes examples and exercises on such tunes as: Black Orpheus * Blue in Green * The Girl from Ipanema * Isn't It Romantic? * Misty * Over the Rainbow * Stella by Starlight * and more.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Pouco a acrescentar se você já sabe, pouco para entender se não.
Este livro tenta ser pragmático. O autor se enrola demais no começo - onde é fácil - e se aprofunda de menos do meio até o final - onde é matéria mais difícil para os alunos. Nem é a beleza do pragmático American Way e nem profundo como os alemães. Mas vale à pena entender a visão didática da Berklee.
This book tries to be pragmatic. The author is in the wind too early - which is easy - and that deepens from less than half by the end - where it matters more difficult for students. ... Read More
Rating: - Good refresher
This book is a pretty useful refresher of things you probably already know. I imagine it coming in handy when a composer is in a bad rut (to the point of having a difficult time reinventing the theme with any harmonic difference). Still, a good read and is likely to force some (very restricted) composers out of "the box".
Rating:  - This Book Has Really Grown On Me
It's too easy to buy music books that are too simple or too advanced, or just badly written. This book seemed too basic to me at first. Then, I worried because the explanation of "cadence" was not really standard. However, I plowed trough this book and found all kinds of useful techniques presented in methodical and understandable fashion.
This book is not for beginning musicians. It assumes a degree of knowledge and experience. It would not make sense to learn "reharmonizing" before ... Read More
Rating:  - I would not recommend it !
There are some mistakes about harmony theory in the book which could make students confusing . Example: Page #46 - "Bº7 was included as Original Diatonic Chord in C Major" - No one could get this chord using the C Major scale bacause (Ab) does not exist in the scale . Therefore it is not an Original Diatonic Chord.
Rating:  - OMG!! You'll be glad you bought this book!!!
I am totally in love with this book! It presents the ideas in a clear-cut, easy-to-follow way, and it explains things that once seemed more like rocket science. You can get alot of this same information in a jazz theory book, but this book is great because it puts it all in one place.
Yes, like the excellent review below stated, some basic knowledge of theory is needed, and prior knowledge of jazz chord notation and use of tension notes is helpful. Other than that, this book will give ... Read More
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