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Elaine Gould : Behind Bars – The Definitive Guide to Music Notation
Music Theory & Composition Reference – The Global Standard Bible for Music Notation
About Author / Technical Approach :
Written by specialist music editor Elaine Gould, this groundbreaking reference text provides a systematic introduction and comprehensive grounding in professional notational principles. With decades of rigorous, painstaking research behind it, Behind Bars delivers an indispensable framework for capturing musical expression with flawless graphic elaboration. It establishes a golden standard of best practices that empowers the reader to navigate complex engraving rules, computer notation software configurations, and traditional hand-copying methods with absolute graphic clarity and precision.
Description :
Behind Bars – The Definitive Guide to Music Notation is universally revered as the absolute all-encompassing bible for composers, arrangers, conductors, music processors, and publishers worldwide. Spanning an incredibly vast and thorough scope, this comprehensive hardcover guide covers everything from foundational rules, core conventions, and themes to highly intricate modern instrumental techniques. Rather than presenting abstract theoretical layout systems, the book features over 1,500 highly detailed music examples drawn from published historical scores ranging from J.S. Bach to Iannis Xenakis. Each chapter acts as a pedagogical method, guiding the reader to overcome common technical hurdles in formatting—such as intricate tuplets, complex score alignment, and advanced woodwind or percussion configurations. It balances an authoritative, disciplined foundation with a compellingly readable style, making it an essential guide for anyone striving to achieve a clear, bright layout in professional manuscript and part preparation.
Features :
- The Industry Gold Standard : The world's most trusted, definitive manual for modern music engraving, notation software validation, and critical score editing.
- Massive Structural Scope : Packed with over 1,500 authentic musical examples analyzing historical notation choices from traditional classical to avant-garde styles.
- Idiomatic Coverage : Exhaustive individual chapters tailored strictly to the unique formatting traits of woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard, harp, guitar, strings, and vocals.
- Premium Presentation : A beautifully published hardcover volume from Faber Music, offering superior layout design and exceptional durability for daily professional reference.
Usage Tips / Practical Value :
Level : From Student to Professional Professional. Whether you are troubleshooting voice-leading collisions in software or refining a complex orchestra score layout, this guide helps maintain intonation precision in visual alignments and keeps a perfectly steady rhythmic pulse visible across dense polyphonic staves. Turn to Section III to ensure a seamless legato flow of layout presentation when extracting performance parts from master scores, securing a clean look and high-level readability for ensemble reading.
About Author :
Elaine Gould is one of the world’s most esteemed and respected specialist music editors. Having served as the Senior New Music Editor at Faber Music in London for decades, her unparalleled expertise in managing highly complex contemporary scores and traditional masterworks has fundamentally reshaped modern international publishing standards.
Contents / Chapters :
- Section I - General Conventions : Ground Rules * Chords * Dotted Notes * Ties * Accidentals & Key Signatures * Dynamics & Articulation * Grace Notes, Arpeggiated Chords, Trills, Glissandos & Vibrato * Metre * Tuplets * Repeat Signs
- Section II - Idiomatic Notation : Woodwind & Brass * Percussion * Keyboard * Harp * Classical Guitar * Strings * Vocal Music
- Section III - Layout and Presentation : Preparing Materials * Score Layout * Part Preparation * Electroacoustic Music * Freedom & Choice
Details :
- ISBN-13 : 9780571514564
- Author : Elaine Gould
- Publisher : Faber Music
- Format : Hardcover (精裝)
- Pages : 676 pages (approx. 704 pages total reference)
- Dimensions : 23.5cm * 15.9cm * 5.1cm
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伊蓮·高德 : 音樂製譜聖經 (Behind Bars – The Definitive Guide to Music Notation)
作曲、編曲、樂譜出版與電腦製譜軟體 – 全球音樂界唯一公認權威記譜法終極指南
關於編訂與技術結構 :
本著作由國際頂尖音樂編輯 伊蓮·高德 (Elaine Gould) 傾盡數十年心血與嚴謹學術考證傾心撰寫,為音樂工作者掌握現代最專業、最規範的樂譜雕版與記譜原理提供了 系統性的引導。本書打破了以往製譜流派的門戶之見,從人體工學、視覺心理學與樂隊演奏實踐的角度出發,為各類複雜樂句、符槓連接與出版版面佈局,奠定了不可或缺的專業考證架構,協助製譜者在排版過程中始終維持 清晰明亮的發音 與最完美的視覺可讀性。
簡介 :
伊蓮·高德的《Behind Bars》(俗稱 : 製譜聖經 / 樂譜手冊)是整個音樂理論與樂譜出版領域中凝聚最高學術價值、全球絕無僅有的核心必備巨著。自1980年代以來,本書被公認為最徹底、考證最詳實的記譜法權威教本,帶領演奏者與作曲家步入寬廣的現代製譜圖景。全書厚達近七百頁,全面涵蓋了從最基礎的記譜規則、音符 convention 到極其複雜的現代先鋒派器樂特殊演奏技術。在當今電腦排版軟體(如 Finale, Sibelius, Dorico)普及的時代,本書更是軟體使用者與手抄譜堅持者不可或缺的案頭工具書。全書收錄了多達 1,500 例源自巴哈(Bach)到澤納基斯(Xenakis)正式出版總譜的真實案例,逐一破解密集複調、特殊拍號、多重連音以及各樂器專屬記譜等特定技術難關。在克服技術挑戰的過程中,本教本引導製譜者在排山倒海的樂隊總譜中追求 清晰明亮的發音 與符號配置,在抒情長線條中展現 圓潤甜美的音響與飽滿共鳴 的視覺傳達,是建立國際音樂出版與學術規範的黃金不朽基石。
產品特點 :
- 全球出版界終極聖經 : 國際大廠(如 Faber, Peters, Bärenreiter)編輯部、各大音樂學院作曲系與數位製譜工程必備的唯一規章。
- 跨越時空的1500個實例 : 實例橫跨巴洛克、古典、浪漫至近現代無調性先鋒派,提供最全面的視覺對比與版面示範。
- 全樂器聲部全覆蓋 : 獨家設立專章,深度剖析木管、銅管、打擊樂、鍵盤、豎琴、古典吉他、弦樂及聲樂的特殊記譜慣例。
- 殿堂級精裝收藏規格 : 精裝本大開本設計(23.5cm * 15.9cm),裝訂堅韌無比,版面字體極致考究,耐受長年頻繁翻閱。
使用提示 / 實用價值 :
適用對象 : 作曲家、編曲家、音樂教師、音樂系學生及樂譜出版商。本書的核心課題在於如何透過完美的符號位置引導樂隊。無論是多聲部大跨度音程排版時對 音準的精確度 視覺暗示,還是複雜變拍子中確保樂團維持 節奏穩定,本書皆提供完美的圖解答案。在處理長線條或歌唱性樂段時,正確的延音線(Ties)與連音線(Slurs)編排能大幅協助演奏者傳達 無縫的連奏 (Legato),進而讓樂器自然散發出溫潤、甜美且極具層次感的完美音色。
作者介紹 :
伊蓮·高德 (Elaine Gould) 是當今國際樂壇最享譽盛名的資深音樂編輯大師。她畢業於英國頂尖學府,自 1987 年起擔任倫敦著名音樂出版商 Faber Music 的首席新音樂編輯。她以對記譜細節極致嚴苛的精準度與對音樂本源的尊重聞名,曾指導並修訂過無數當代音樂大師的管弦樂總譜,其編纂的記譜規範已成為全球音樂出版界的通用法律。
收錄章節 / 核心架構 :
- 第一部分 - 通用記譜慣例 (General Conventions) : 基本規則 * 和弦 * 附點音符 * 延音線 * 變音記號與調號 * 動態與表情記號 * 裝飾音、琶音和弦、顫音、滑音與顫音 * 節拍 * 連音 * 重複記號
- 第二部分 - 特殊樂器記譜法 (Idiomatic Notation) : 木管與銅管樂器 * 打擊樂器 * 鍵盤樂器 * 豎琴 * 古典吉他 * 弦樂器 * 聲樂音樂
- 第三部分 - 版面布局與呈現 (Layout and Presentation) : 準備材料 * 總譜布局 * 分譜製作 * 電子聲學音樂 * 自由與選擇
書籍詳細資料 :
- 產品編號 : Behind Bars ─ The Definitive Guide to Music Notation
- ISBN-13 : 9780571514564
- 作者 : Elaine Gould (伊蓮·高德)
- 出版社 : Faber Music
- 出版日期 : 2003 年 1 月 1 日
- 書籍規格 : 精裝本 (Hardcover / 23.5cm * 15.9cm * 5.1cm)
- 總頁數 : 676 頁 (標準內文參照頁數為 704 頁)
- 書籍語言 : 英文
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