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Andy Greatrix
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Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 11:06 am |
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Hi John!
What is the form of a sonota?
I want to write one for a classical violinist friend of mine.
Thanks in advance. |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 25 Jan 2004 2:50 pm
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| If anyone else can shed some light on this subject, feel free to jump in. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 25 Jan 2004 9:20 pm
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Thanks B0b.
I may have bitten off more than I can chew,
but I'm going to take a run at it anyway.
What have I got to lose?
I'm thinking that If I borrow from
bluegrass and blues influences,
I might hit the ditch, and then again
maybe not.
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2004 10:54 am
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| From a bluegrass point of view, just think of it as ABA. |
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John Steele (deceased)
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Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 27 Jan 2004 1:13 pm
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Hi Andy,
I'm sorry I missed your post, I was away for a few days. Looks like b0b gave you a better answer than I could anyway. 
-John
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www.ottawajazz.com |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 27 Jan 2004 1:45 pm
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It may be very useful before actually doing notes,
to lay out on paper and your instrument a chord grid to create your arpegios and harminizations from.
Once you have a logical form to build from this will go a long ways to how you build your lines.
Think of it like a roadmap with detours, or as a book outline.
I did a AABB AABB C AABB AABBD of T.O'Carolin's Morgan Megan for 17 instruments using this method.
Passing the melody and the harminizations around all the instuments.
I also suggest you get a book with the tranpositions and best used tonal ranges for the instruments as a guide.
Instrumental Arranging by Gary White or Jazz Arranging by Norman David are good, the former more clasically oriented. Both available at Amazon.com
Good luck |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 27 Jan 2004 3:23 pm
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Thanks a bunch guys.
It may tie my brain in a knot,
but it will give me something to do,
during this cold snap.
I also plan to get some recordings
from the library.
My relative pitch is pretty good. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 27 Jan 2004 5:59 pm
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One book I found useful was " Sonata Forms"
by Charles Rosen from Norton Press.
Its pretty hard core stuff and might not make much sense outside of a conservatory environment though.
Bob |
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