Techniques of Guitar Playing [Review]
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- William "Mac" Nelson, Cello Music Cataloger (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Hector Berlioz famously commented on the shortcomings of the guitar, among them a “weak sonority” that greatly restricted its use in ensemble (Berlioz’s Orchestral Treatise: A Translation and Commentary, trans. and ed. Hugh Macdonald [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002], 86). Even though the instrument as Berlioz knew it would give way later in the century to a larger, more sonorous design, the dynamic range of the guitar would never be extended (prior to electrification) in such a way that would satisfy the romantic appetite for vast soundscapes and extreme dynamic contrasts.
Techniques of Guitar Playing [Review]
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
- Language: English
- Date: 2016
- Keywords
- review, guitars, music