The Leupold Foundation In the Beginning... An Encounter with Improvisation at the Organ - Lanning - Organ - Book

Author/Composer:

LANNING, DENISE

Instrumentation:

ORGAN

Model #:

WL600250

Author: Denise Lanning (b. 1948)
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Organ

A comprehensive series of books that teach improvisation at the organ.

This very beginning improvisation book is for first-time organ students in high school, particularly those attending the summer POEs sponsored by the AGO. It explores various techniques, all based on familiar and new hymns, e.g., melodic questions and answers, short ostinato accompaniment patterns, pentatonic scales, medieval modes, start and stop canons, ABA form, Albert bass, primary chords, tendency tones, major and minor scales, and chord progressions.

Denise Lanning - A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists.