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  4. Bryan Johanson's 13 ways of looking at 12 strings for two guitars: recording and critical investigation
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Bryan Johanson's 13 ways of looking at 12 strings for two guitars: recording and critical investigation

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The purpose of this project is to introduce Bryan Johanson's composition for two guitars, 13 Ways of Looking at 12 Strings, and present an authoritative recording appropriate for publishing. This fifty-minute piece represents a fascinating suite in thirteen movements. The author of this project performed both guitar parts, recorded them separately in a music studio, then mixed them together into one recording. This document focuses on the critical investigation and description of the piece with a brief theoretical analysis, a discussion of performance difficulties, and guitar preparation. The composer approved the use and the scope of this project. Bryan Johanson is one of the leading contemporary composers for the guitar today. 13 Ways of Looking at 12 Strings is a unique guitar dictionary that takes us from Bach to Hendrix and highlights the unique capabilities of the instrument. It utilizes encoded messages, glass slides, metal mutes, explosive "riffs," rhythmic propulsion, improvisation, percussion, fugual writing, and much more. It has a great potential to make the classical guitar attractive to wider audiences, not limited only to guitarists and musicians. The main resources employed in researching this document are existing recordings of Johanson's other compositions and documentation of his personal views and ideas. This written document uses the composer's prolific and eclectic compositional output in order to draw conclusions and trace motifs. This project is a significant and original contribution in expanding the guitar's repertoire, and it uniquely contributes to bringing forth a significant piece of music.

Date Created
2011
Contributors
  • Savic, Nenad (Author)
  • Koonce, Frank (Thesis advisor)
  • Rotaru, Catalin (Committee member)
  • McLin, Katherine (Committee member)
  • Feisst, Sabine (Committee member)
  • Landschoot, Thomas (Committee member)
  • Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
  • Music
  • Music--Performance
  • Duo
  • Guitar
  • Johanson
  • Performance
  • Recording
  • Suites
  • Guitar music (Guitars (2))--Analysis, appreciation.
  • Guitar music (Guitars (2))
  • Suites (Guitars (2))--Analysis, appreciation.
  • Suites (Guitars (2))
Genre
Doctoral Dissertation
Academic theses
Extent
v, 58 pages : music +
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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All Rights Reserved
Primary Member of
ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8981
Statement of Responsibility
by Nenad Savic
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: D.M.A., Arizona State University, 2011
Note type
thesis
Includes discography (page 58)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Music
Contains: Johanson, Bryan, 1951- 13 ways of looking at 12 strings. Selections
System Created
  • 2011-08-12 03:47:35
System Modified
  • 2021-08-26 09:04:40
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  • 1 year 6 months ago
Additional Formats
  • OAI Dublin Core
  • MODS XML

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