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Livre 4 sur 6: The Expectation Framework · volúmenes 1, 2, 3 · Niels Dalgaard

Dalgaard, Niels

 
9798160296814: How to Create Surprise: The art of breaking a promise well
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798160296814
Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

A violated prediction does not get quietly corrected.

It produces a physical response first and a verdict second.

That verdict is decided by what you write next—not by the note that broke the rule.

Most surprises that sound like mistakes are simply missing their second half.

Volume II of The Expectation Framework explains every universal mechanism for violating musical expectation.

It explores what can actually be broken, how large a violation should be, where it should occur, and why a break that is too large stops being a violation at all.

The book is completely style-neutral and instrument-neutral, written for singers and performers of any instrument, as well as composers, arrangers, and producers.


Inside

Discover:

  • The three dimensions that can be violated—what, when, and how much—and why each produces a fundamentally different kind of surprise.

  • Why every surprise must be paid for in advance with unsurprising material.

  • Why the first surprise in a piece costs the most and is often worth the least.

  • Why confusion is not simply "too much surprise," and why the usual repair strategy often makes it worse.

  • Why music that feels unpredictable is actually governed by more rules, not fewer.

  • How a violation becomes inevitable in hindsight.

  • How a surprise survives repeated listening—a chapter especially valuable for anyone who writes, produces, or records music.


The Book

  • 25 chapters

  • 144 numbered techniques

Each technique is fully specified, explaining:

  • What it does to the listener.

  • Why it works.

  • When to use it.

  • When not to use it.

  • How it goes wrong.

  • A short original musical example.

  • An exercise for any instrument.

  • Variations and extensions.

Original notated examples appear throughout, with note names spelled out for readers who do not read standard notation.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Independently published
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798160296814
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
293
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