Bücher der Reihe The New Instrumentation Series

This text is a comprehensive study of extended performance techniques found in violin literature of the latter half of the 20th-century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the accoustic, modified, electric and MIDI violin.

In Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, Libby Van Cleve opens up the tradition-bound assumptions of the instrument's capabilities. She discusses:*standard technique;*multiphonics, microtones, altered timbres;*musical examples;*professionally tested fingering charts;*use of electronics and amplification;*recording;*and sound enhancement.

While the guitar has stood in the vanguard of musical experimentation, its many new techniques and notations remain a mystery for many composers and players. In The Contemporary Guitar, musician and scholar, John Schneider explains each class of technique and illustrates them with examples.