Improvisation and Inventio in the Performance of Medieval Music A Practical Approach

Improvisation and Inventio in the Performance of Medieval Music: A Practical Approach is an innovative and groundbreaking approach to medieval music as living repertoire. The book provides philosophical frameworks, primary-source analysis, and clear, actionable practices and exercises aimed at recovering the improvisatory and inventive aspects of medieval music for contemporary musicians. Aimed at both instrumentalists and vocalists, the book explores the utilization of musical models, the inventive implications of medieval notation, and the ways in which memory, mode, rhetoric, and primary source paradigms inform the improvisatory process in both monophonic and polyphonic music of the Middle Ages. Angela Mariani, an experienced performer of both medieval music and folk and traditional musics, rediscovers and explicates the processes of imagination, invention, and improvisation which historically energized both medieval music in its own period and in its revival in our own time. Based on decades of research, university teaching, ensemble direction, collaboration, and performance, Mariani's impassioned stance that "the elusive element of inventio, as the medieval rhetoricians would have called it, must always be provided by the performer in the present," emphasizes medieval music performance practice as a dynamic and still-vital tradition. Students, teachers, directors, and those interested in the wealth of expressive beauty found in the music of the middle ages will likewise find value and meaning in her clear and accessible prose, and in the practical processes and exercises that make this book unique within the literature of medieval performance practice.
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Mau5trance Ableton live Trance Template

Using Deadmau5 masterclass techniques this Ableton live template will show you how to layer pads and chords to create a more balanced and lush sound. There is also an approach on the stereo tool by flux to make a more broad soundstage!
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43% Giant Emotional 80s

This collection can is pretty simple to sum up; Emotional 80’s. A balance of upbeat 80’s style pop and epic, post-rock inspired synth music. Inspired by the legendary M83, as well as the soundtrack work on ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘It Follows’
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Pat Pardy Broken Modular

Pat Pardy returns for his third instalment for Noiiz serving up a delectable slice of Evil Ninesque breakbeats along with some twisted and detailed modular percussion loops and one-shots. Expertly programmed using a range of boutique modules including; Busy Circuits Dinky’s Taiko, Tip Top Audio One, Mutable Instruments Braids, Peaks & Ripples, Erica Synths Black Hole DSP, RYO Optodist, Make Noise Maths, Make Noise Wogglebug, Ensoniq EPS and sequenced using the Arturia Beat Step Pro. Broken Modular is sure to inspire your productions across multiple genres.
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Trap Camp Entertainment DOOMSDAY LOFIHIP-HOP DRUM PACK

Over 200 sounds inspired by Madlib, J.Dilla, Questlove, Mujo, Rza, Organized Noize and No I.D. sampled at 12 bit Lofi and converted to 16 bit mono. Break fills, Claps. Snaps, Hats, Snares, Sticks, Vox, FX, and more!
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Trap Camp Entertainment FLYLO DRUM PACK

Over 200 sounds! the "FlyLo" drum pack is inspired by the sounds of lofi hiphop past, present, and future This pack is heavily inspired by J.Dilla and Flying Lotus.
All sounds are converted to 16bit mono wav to work in ALL DAWS, WIN/Mac, and drum samplers using:

Teenage Engineering OP-1, Roland SP404sx, Endless amounts of vinyl records, Soundcraft Signature 10, Moog Mother 32, and more!
this pack contains Breaks(in Acid loop format for instant time stretching), 808's, Kicks, Snare Combos, Snares, Percussion, Hats, FX, Claps and Vox.
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Trap Camp Entertainment TRAPTENDO 88 BUNDLE

Get the best out of both worlds by grabbing this bundle deal and saving yourself 25% off!
The preset bank has over 80 sounds! Its for Electra X 1.4 or higher.
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Trap Camp Entertainment 88 PARTY FOREVER DRUM KIT 2016

We are back in 2016 with another exclusive drum kit. Over 100 files of vox/chants, fx, 808's, snares, percs, kicks, and more inspired by the unreleased project from TM88 and PartyNextDoor!
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DrumVault Mask Off

Kirk Stillz brings us the Mask Off (Midi Kit).
Filled with 38 custom melodies and chord progressions inspired by: The Weeknd, NAV, Travis Scott, Belly, Post Malone, & More.
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StudioPlug Dark November

Dark November Midi Kit Comes With 25 Midi Chord Midi Files.
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StudioPlug  Cash’n Checks

This kit contains 10 midi files inspired by travis scott and young thug, and 6 HiHat midi files!
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Trap Store Presents TM88 and METRO DARK MAGIC V3

DMV3 - this drum kit has everything you need with new custom made sounds & expansion packs that will change your beat making production
This drum kit is inspired by Metro Boomin & TM88
TM88 Nightmare V2 + Metro Dark Magic V2 = TM88 & Metro Dark Magic V3.
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ARTFX Vintage Synths Vol 1

It’s time to go back to the 90’s! ARTFX brings you a preset pack for Xfer Serum, filled with synth and bass patches with a vintage touch! This pack is heavily inspired by the sounds from the 90’s, think artists like PPK, the Chemical Brothers, Amon Tobin and many others.

Every patch contains carefully selected wavetables to create harmonically rich synth and bass patches that are ready to be used in your 90’s inspired tracks (or maybe you just like the sounds and want to use them in your latest Dubstep tune).
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ARTFX Neuro Bass Patches Vol 1

Have you ever tried making genres such as Neurofunk, Drum & Bass, Glitchhop or Neurohop and failed miserably? Keep reading because this pack is filled with stuff that’ll get you going! In this release you will find 25 carefully crafted presets for the new softsynth Serum by Xfer Records, the presets are ready to use in any production and come with macro controls for easy automation.
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ARTFX Massive Bass Destroyer Vol 1

Massive Bass Destroyer Volume 1 is a pack with presets for Native Instruments Massive that have been carefully constructed by music producer and sound designer ARTFX. This pack is aimed at producers in the heavier electronic music genres such as Glitchhop, Dubstep, Drum & Bass and many others.

All these presets are setup with macro controls for easy use and automation and because of that you can get hundreds of sounds from just one preset alone.
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