Bruce Arnold (born July 31, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, educator and author. His works are an juxtaposition of 20th Century twelve-tone compositional methods and jazz improvisation techniques. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong was one of the best loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Serialism is a rubric applied to diverse systems of composing music in which various elements of a piece are ordered according to a pre-determined set or sets of musical pitches (sometimes called rows), and variations on them. ... Improvisation is the act of making something up as it is performed. ...

Performance background

Mr. Arnold moved to New York City in 1988 where he became an active member of the Jazz community producing many recordings as a sideman and leader. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His recordings as a leader include:

• 1994 Blue Eleven MMC Recordings
• 1998 A Few Dozen Muse Eek Recordings
• 2001 Give em' Some Muse Eek Recordings
• 2004 Duets with Olivier Ker Ourio Muse Eek Recordings

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• 2002 Spooky Actions: Music of Anton Webern for Jazz Quartet
• 2003 Spooky Actions: Songs of the Nations
• 2004 Spooky Actions: Early Music
• 2005 Spooky Actions Olivier Messiean Quartet for the end of Time

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Educational background

Mr. Arnold received a BM from Berklee College of Music in 1980. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Teaching background

Mr. Arnold taught at New England Conservatory of Music, Dartmouth College, Berklee College of Music from 1984 to 1988. He is also a faculty at the following colleges: The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest conservatory in the United States. ... For other uses of the name Dartmouth, see Dartmouth Dartmouth College is a private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Princeton University in 1989,
• New York University in 1989,
• New School University, 2002,
• City College of New York. 2003
• In 2005 Mr. Arnold became director of the New York University Summer Guitar Intensive, a program focusing on advanced improvisational skills.

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Author Background

Mr. Arnold is the author of more than 50 music instruction texts devoted to crucial aspects of guitar technique, music theory, ear training, time, sight reading, and the overall mastery of high-level performance skills. These books are published by Muse eek Publishing Company. Music theory is a field of study that describes the elements of music and includes the development and application of methods for analyzing and composing music, and the interrelationship between the notation of music and performance practice. ... Ear training is what musicians do to improve their ability to identify, relatively, chords, intervals, rhythms, and other elements of music. ... 8:17 am, August 6, 1945, Japanese time. ... Sight reading is reading and performing a work of music without having seen it before. ...