Download or read book Dance Band Reading and Interpretation written by Alan Raph and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for those instrumentalists who would like to familiarize themselves with, and become proficient in playing today's dance and jazz rhythms with a correct conception. The book's basic principle combines a group of FIVE comprehensive rules to be learned and appied to dance and jazz parts. Many examples of the most commonly used rhythms are presented, explained, and used in context with figures and etudes typical of actual dance band music.