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Item Choro Paulistano and the seven-string guitar : an ethnographic history(2006-05) Sotelino, Daniel Sherwood; Slawek, StephenThis is a study of choro in São Paulo, with a brief ethnography of seven-string guitarists. Studies of choro have routinely favored Rio de Janeiro, the birthplace of choro. This work focuses on São Paulo because it has a rich choro tradition, as well as an active and creative contemporary choro scene that has frequently been overshadowed by Rio de Janeiro's. There are three main parts to this study. The first part provides background information, including the major guitarists that have contributed to the development of the guitar's role in choro, and brief reviews of the most important literature on the subject of choro. The second part discusses São Paulo, my methodology, and the music scholars that have informed this study. The second part is the analytical base for the study, in which I examine the song, "Sampa" (1978), by Caetano Veloso, and interpret the uses, functions, and concepts of choro, drawing from Alan Merriam. Part II also includes a brief discussion of the resurgence of choro in the 1970s. This work proposes that choro has as its principal functions both musical and social education. The musical education choro provides is aural, notational, historical, and improvisational. The social education choro provides is one of an idealized mythological "racial democracy." The third and final part is a brief ethnography of the contemporary choro scene in São Paulo, with a focus on seven-string guitarists, and a descriptive account for the contextualization of choro.Item High school engineering project : the modified electric guitar(2014-12) Self, James Brian; Crawford, Richard H.Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics EducationItem In the midst of life : a concertino for guitar and chamber orchestra(2014-05) Kesikli, Egemen, 1989-; Grantham, Donald, 1947-In the Midst of Life is a highly-virtuosic concertino for solo guitarist and chamber orchestra. The piece explores variations of makamic intervallic structures—complex melody types and modes in traditional Middle Eastern Music—and builds the formal architecture and the pitch material upon makamic textural and melodic relations.Item Problems of transcription from guitar to harp.(Texas Tech University, 1975-05) Bowles, Chelcy LynnNot availableItem Real talk(2014-05) Wilcher, Marcus; Mills, John, saxophonist; Hellmer, Jeffrey L.This dissertation is intended as a supportive document for the five-part suite for ten-piece jazz ensemble entitled Real Talk. It is divided into six chapters, four of which are analytical and cover the following topics: Form, Melody, Harmony, and Other Compositional Techniques. Subcategories are used within these chapters to draw attention to specific compositional components relevant to the construction of the piece; illustrative tables and examples have been provided to assist in describing these components. The ultimate purpose of this document is to describe in detail my technical approach to the composition.Item The "Estudio de arte guitarrístico" of Manuel López Ramos(Texas Tech University, 1999-05) Ford, John ScottThe purpose of this study has been to compiled into one volume a clear, direct explanation of the educational and musical philosophies which have guided Manuel Lopez Ramos in his role as director of the Estudio de Arte Guitarristico since he founded it in 1962. This study clarifies the methodology for guitar studies at that school in Mexico City. An examination of the Estudio de Arte Guitarristico as a school is undertaken. This is a school founded by a performing artist with a passion for teaching not just the very gifted, but also those with no special talent other than a sincere desire to play the guitar. This school, in its thirty-sixth year of operation, offers a comprehensive plan of study in guitar consisting of eight courses in three sections, which leads to the awarding of a Diploma. The faculty consists of Maestro Lopez Ramos and six graduates of the program. This school claims to be the first in the world to develop a singular tradition in the study of the guitar. On May 24th, 25th, and 26th of 1997, the author conducted a series of taped interviews with Maestro Lopez Ramos at his home in Mexico City. Lopez Ramos is of the opinion that anyone has the right to learn; not just the privileged few and the exceptionally gifted. This study explains the methodology Lopez Ramos employs in implementing this philosophy. Finally, a comprehensive view of the Estudio de Arte Guitarristico is presented, with implications for further research.