A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques

A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques

abstract: This project uses fourteen transcriptions of Pete Fountain’s solos as examples to demonstrate traditional jazz clarinet techniques and language in terms of motives, patterns, and a variety of articulations. This project also includes guidelines on how to practice jazz improvisation as w...

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Other Authors: Wu, Shengwen (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Performing arts
Clarinet
Improvisation
Jazz
Pete Fountain
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.53907
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spelling ndltd-asu.edu-item-539072019-05-16T03:02:03Z A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques abstract: This project uses fourteen transcriptions of Pete Fountain’s solos as examples to demonstrate traditional jazz clarinet techniques and language in terms of motives, patterns, and a variety of articulations. This project also includes guidelines on how to practice jazz improvisation as well as how to apply Fountain’s techniques and jazz language to one’s own improvisation. Though there are countless musicians who have made remarkable contributions to the development of the jazz language, Pete Fountain’s unique style is particularly worthy of study due to his massive media presence, effortless playing techniques, unique tone quality, and showmanship throughout his career. Dissertation/Thesis Wu, Shengwen (Author) Spring, Robert (Advisor) Gardner, Joshua (Advisor) Carpenter, Ellon (Committee member) Kocour, Michael (Committee member) DeMaris, Brian (Committee member) Arizona State University (Publisher) Performing arts Clarinet Improvisation Jazz Pete Fountain Transcription eng 143 pages Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019 Doctoral Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.53907 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 2019
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language English
format Doctoral Thesis
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topic Performing arts
Clarinet
Improvisation
Jazz
Pete Fountain
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spellingShingle Performing arts
Clarinet
Improvisation
Jazz
Pete Fountain
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A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques
description abstract: This project uses fourteen transcriptions of Pete Fountain’s solos as examples to demonstrate traditional jazz clarinet techniques and language in terms of motives, patterns, and a variety of articulations. This project also includes guidelines on how to practice jazz improvisation as well as how to apply Fountain’s techniques and jazz language to one’s own improvisation. Though there are countless musicians who have made remarkable contributions to the development of the jazz language, Pete Fountain’s unique style is particularly worthy of study due to his massive media presence, effortless playing techniques, unique tone quality, and showmanship throughout his career. === Dissertation/Thesis === Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019
author2 Wu, Shengwen (Author)
author_facet Wu, Shengwen (Author)
title A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques
title_short A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques
title_full A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques
title_fullStr A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques
title_full_unstemmed A Closer Look: The Art of Pete Fountain’s Clarinet Language and Techniques
title_sort closer look: the art of pete fountain’s clarinet language and techniques
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.53907
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