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.

A survey of the techniques of clarinet performance as they have evolved since the 1950s, which illustrates how contemporary practices differ from those formerly standardized. The author provides perspectives and suggestions on performance capabilities.

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.