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Arranging Music for the Real World: Classical and Commercial Aspects (Book & CD set) | 
 enlarge | Author: Vince Corozine
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 274876
Media: Paperback
Edition: Book & CD
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 212
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 8.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0786649615
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
UPC: 796279063920
EAN: 9780786649617
ASIN: 0786649615
Publication Date: June 2002
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Product Description
This book is written from a composer's point of view and is intended to be a reference book for the analysis of arranging techniques. Its aim is to help composers and arrangers improve their compositional skills as well as their understanding of various musical styles. Through a study and analysis of the scores and styles of the master composers, the author gives a broad view of the music of both the past and of the present. This allows the musician to navigate within the contemporary music scene with an essential awareness of and appreciation for all genres of music. The skills and concepts taught in this book will help the aspiring arranger harmonize melodies and write counter-melodies quickly and efficiently utilizing various combinations of instruments and voices, whether for pops orchestra, television, or recordings, according to the demands of modern commercial music.
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For musicians with 2nd yeear theory in college July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent text book. Author is disolutioned as to who is reading the book. Tries to explain (in quotes) what you should know about history and theory couses after second year theory in college. Great book for those with at least two years of music theory in college. It is beyond the quarter unit course that I taught, in orchestration, with seniors, at a four year institution. If you have the information of a graduate college student it is excellent. I would love to take a graduate course from this gentleman. He has a very diversified education in many musical venues.
Opens the door to a universe of sound March 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a rock guitarist who reads and writes music, I bought Arranging Music for the Real World hoping to expand my knowledge and discover new techniques for using brass, woodwinds, and strings to enrich recorded songs. Packed with practical and timeless information, Corozine's book-and-CD package exceeds my expectations. The audio examples are beautifully recorded and performed, and make the book's notation come alive. If you've wondered how to get those lush sounds from the golden era of big bands, swing ensembles, and classic movie scores, this book provides the answers. Most importantly, it will give you the confidence to work with trained musicians and express your ideas using their vocabulary.
It isn't an introduction to music theory. To benefit from this material, you need to read music notation and understand keys, scales, intervals, and harmony. But if you're looking to unlock the secrets of arranging for acoustic instruments, this book offers a lifetime of study and inspiration. Just be sure you have a piano or keyboard handy to explore the hundreds of examples Corozine uses to illustrate essential concepts and techniques.
 Excellent buy! November 20, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Excellent book, lots of examples in the CD. The book gives you tons of useful tips for the working or weekend musician. I gave it 4 stars because it already starts with concepts like open or closed position, and doesn't explain them, making this book a bit advanced for a beginner. If you're not a beginner, this book is for you!
Great Book December 26, 2002
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Corozine's text has been sorely needed by studying arrangers for quite some time; classical focused books have addressed instrument ranges and effects applicable to those specific instruments through orchestral literature, and commercial ones give little information on practical uses of specific techniques. Corozine's text not only covers these two areas, but also is careful to contrast different treatments of arranging the same music. The accompanying compact disc is very helpful in illustrating Corozine's points. In all, a book I wish I had while studying for my own master's degree in arranging in the mid 1990s. Well done!
A MUST FOR AN ARRANGER'S LIBRARY September 17, 2002
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
Where was this masterful book "Arranging Music For the Real World" when I needed it" As a young "road" musician, early in the stages of arranging, I used to ask reputable arrangers how they had become so knowledgeable and learned to write so well. Unequivocally they all gave the same answer, "I studied and analyzed scores of the 'Masters.'" The author of this excellent book, Vince Corozine, uses this unique concept (the basic principles of arranging and orchestration), as the basis of his book, showing how composers of the past used them and how they effectively may be used today to achieve a fresh contemporary sound. Mr. Corozine has fulfilled his goal admirably, with the inclusion of music of all genres: jazz, symphonic, pop, choral, Broadway, film, and television scores. Not only does he display samples of his own compositions and the "Masters," he demonstrates his works beautifully on a CD which comes with the book. If you feel your arrangements and compositions lack the excitement, tonal color and sophistication that you so desire, then this book is your answer. As a professional musician and music educator, I highly recommend "Arranging Music for the Real World."
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