Devices For Embellishment

fred cicetti ( cicetti@intac.com )
Tue, 27 May 1997 08:12:16 -0700

Lawson G. Stone wrote:


> Later I found a book that itemized a large handful of such devices under
> a variety of names. While I have never thought that being able to
> distinguish an appogiatura from some other type of embellishment meant o
> whole lot, I found it helpful to take a song with a fairly uncrowded
> melody, like "All the Things You Are" and try out the laundry list of
> embellishment techniques on it. The results were more immediately
> pleasing and sounded more like jazz playing than other things I'd tried.

I'd like to get a copy of the book. Or, if the list is short, perhaps
Lawson could post the devices.

fred cicetti