Essays about: "saxophone"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word saxophone.

  1. 1. From Duo to Quartet : Improvisational and compositional methods in three different settings

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

    Author : Björgvin Ragnar Hjálmarsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Duo; trio; quartet; different roles within a smaller setting; improvisation; open arrangements; using the main instrument in the composing process;

    Abstract : The purpose of this project is to use different improvisational and compositional methods to compose music for a duo, trio, and a quartet. The goal is to explore the possibilities of each setting regarding the different improvisational methods and if it has an impact on decision making as an improviser. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sounds Within Sounds : Multiphonic possibilities of the saxophone in composition and improvisation

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

    Author : David Bennet; [2021]
    Keywords : Multiphonics Improvisation Composition Saxophone;

    Abstract : This thesis is part of the result from an explorative venture into understanding how saxophone multiphonics can be used as tools for improvisation and composition. The focus lies partly on how I found these sounds, personalized them and incorporated them into my artistic language, but more importantly, this is an attempt of thinking through art by letting the experience gained from making creative use of accidental occurrences affect future experience in an open-ended artistic process. READ MORE

  4. 3. New Eyes: searching for an identity in music through voice and text. A psychological and creative journey.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Mathias Aanundsen Hagen; [2019-10-02]
    Keywords : identity; creativity; aesthetic; message; psychology; syncretism; saxophone; voice; lyrics; transdisciplinary; honesty; composition;

    Abstract : In this thesis the concept of artistic and personal identity is explored. It sets out to understand an existential crisis and how to resolve it. The thesis draws perspective from psychological theories on creativity and mental development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Jeanine Rueff Sonata : did the composer use some dodecaphonic series in the piece or did she write it in a free form?

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

    Author : Paula Cebrián Puig; [2018]
    Keywords : Saxophone; Jeanine Rueff; twelve-tone technique; classical saxophone; analysis; musical research; Daniel Deffayet;

    Abstract : Abstract Jeanine Rueff ́s Sonata is a dodecaphonic piece for an unaccompanied saxophone. The aim of this thesis is two fold: First I will do an analysis of the Sonata to try to discover if she used some characteristic series (original, inverted, retrograde, inverted-retrograde... READ MORE

  6. 5. The baritone chronology – a study of the baritone saxophone evolution in jazz history

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Piersimone Crinelli; [2016-02-08]
    Keywords : jazz; history of jazz; wind instruments; baritone saxophone; technical aspects; improvisation;

    Abstract : This project investigates the history of the baritone saxophone. The role of the baritone saxophone as a soloist instrument has historically often been overshadowed by the tenor or the alto saxophone. READ MORE