THE _ PROFESSIONAL ARRANGER COMPOSER BOOK! GARCIA once $14.95 muse (Ghrrenion PNfusic coronation = igs Sole Sting Agents JOE GOLDFEDER MUSIC ENTERPRISES 0, BOX. LYNBROOK, N.Y. 11563FOREWORD THE PURPOSES OF THIS BOOK ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE A TEXT-B00K FOR THE MUSICIAN WHO WANTS TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ARRANGER-COMPOSERs 2) TO PROVIDE THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOLS WITH A PRACTICAL TEXT; 3) TO OPEN UP AVENUES OF THINKING THAT POSSIBLY THE PROFESS! ONAL DIDN'T REALIZE WERE THERES 4) TO HELP IMPROVE MUSIC (AND THE TEACHING OF MUSIC) IN GENERAL; 5) TO PASS ON THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THOUSANDS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, PLUS MY OWN EXPERIMENTATION, THAT OTHERS MAY TAKE AND PROGRESS A LITTLE FURTHER. DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ IN THIS BOOK UNTIL YOU HAVE WEIGHED TT OVER IN YOUR MIND AND TESTED IT IN ACTUAL PRACTICE. | HAVE TRIED TO GIVE YOU GENERAL PRINCIPLES THAT | HONESTLY BELIEVE ARE TRUE TODAY, MUSIC AND PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, SO RULES THAT ARE TRUE NOW (TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE) WILL OF NECESSITY HAVE TO BE MODIFIED IN THE YEARS TO COME. BEWARE OF THE MENTAL BLOCKS OR LIMITS PLACED ON YOUR THINKING BY ACCEPTING "IRON BOUND" RULES UNTHINKINGLY. TE: THE OLD THEORY BOOKS SAY THAT PARALLEL 57THS ARE FORBIDDEN. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS RIDICULOUS, AND IT MUST BE THROWN OUT OR MODIFIED TO FIT OUR PRESENT DAY THINKING. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BLIND UNTHINKING BELIEF IN RULES CAN INHIBIT PROGRESS. WE MUST CONTINUALLY MODIFY THEM. AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO PRESENT THIS BOOK IN EVERY DAY SIMPLE LANGUAGE, BUT MANY OF THE IDEAS REQUIRE AN OPEN MIND THAT 1S WILLING TO ACCEPT NEW APPROACHES, AND IS WILLING TO PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH NEW HABITS OF THINKING THAT THEY MAY ADD TO THEIR OLD HABITS. (SEE RHYTHMIC CURVES - EX.322-325) MANY OF THE IDEAS THAT TAKE UP POSSIBLY ONE PAGE OF THE BOOK ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF EXPERIMENTING AND GROPING. | HAVE BORROWED IDEAS FROM OTHER COMPOSERS AND WRITERS FOR THIS BOOK (WHERE IT WAS NECESSARY ONLY) TO SHOW HOW CERTAIN LEGITIMATE PRIN- CIPLES MAY BE APPLIED TO YOUR PRACTICAL WRITING. ALSO, | WELCOME ANY DISCUSSION OF THE IDEAS SET FORTH HERE, BECAUSE THE MOTIVE THAT PROMPTED THIS BOOK WAS THE SEARCH FOR EASIER AND BETTER WAYS OF WRITING AND TEACHING AND PROGRESSING MUSIC. NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND PRINTING OF THIS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BOOK. WHEN CRITERION MUSIC CORPORATION ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS IN THIS PUBLI- CATION, MR. GARCIA SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT WE RETAIN THE INFORMAL MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL FORMAT. HE FEELS THAT THIS INFORMALITY HAS A BENEFICIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT UPON THE USER. THIS EDITION 1S ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION, WITH A FEW SLIGHT CHANGES INCLUDING REVISION OF THE PAGE NUMBERS.THE PROFESSIONAL ARRANGER COMPOSER RUSSELL GARCIA 10th PRINTING CRITERION MUSIC CORPORATION 6124 SELMA AVE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF, 90028 BY ARRANGEMENT WITH BARRINGTON HOUSE PUBLISHERS