- Spiral-bound: 224 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (Nov 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0193860759
- ISBN-13: 978-0193860759
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 22.4 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 662 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #371,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
About the Author
Jan Overduin teaches in the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and serves as Director of Music at Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church in Kitchener, Ontario. He studied organ with Gordon Jeffrey, Marie-Claire Alain, Peter Hurford, and Jean Langlais, is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and frequently performs in Europe and the United States.
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This is an excellant book, writen by my former organ professor Jan Overduin. The introduction is concise and imformative, giving one an excitment about learning to improvise. The body of the book is gives good information about how to go about improvising.There is nothing which I would have liked to know before I purchased the book. I knew about Making Music from years ago, and so I knew what I would be getting.
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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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