[PDF] Instrumentation And Orchestration eBook

Author : Alfred Blatter
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Arrangement (Music)
ISBN : 9780534251871

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The second edition features a new discussion of the bugle, information on percussion instruments of American and African origin, an extensively rewritten section on the organ, and the addition of Spanish terms to the existing English, French, German, and Italian. Appendixes on MIDI, guitar fingering, and guitar chords are new to the second edition, and the material on electronic instruments and electronic sound modification has been revised and expanded. The revision also includes nearly 100 new musical examples.

Author : Alfred Blatter
Publisher : Schirmer
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN :

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The essentials of accomplished orchestration - the combining of diverse instrumental qualities in ensemble performance - are covered in the next two chapters. Here, step by step, Blatter proceeds from the basics of musical lines to scoring for various instrumental groupings. Chapters ten and eleven explain the techniques of transcription and arrangement while chapter twelve discusses the performance dynamics of chamber groups and larger ensembles. The appendixes provide quick access to essential technical information: transposition of instruments, electronic sound modification, MIDI, the harmonic series, and fingerings.

Author : Cecil Forsyth
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486243834

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"For its time the most comprehensive treatment of the subject." — New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. In what is probably the best general book on the subject, a noted English composer describes 57 orchestral instruments, tracing their origins, development, and status at the beginning of World War I.

Author : Peter L. Alexander
Publisher : Alexander University, Incorporated
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780939067930

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Alexander details dozens of woodwind and brass writing techniques previously known by only a few top professional film orchestrators, composers, and arrangers which are applicable to both live performance and MIDI mock-ups.

Author : R.J. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 1317806247

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Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians teaches students how to orchestrate for a wide variety of instruments, ensembles, and genres, while preparing them for various real-world professional settings ranging from the concert hall to the recording studio. Unlike most orchestration texts, it includes coverage of contemporary instruments and ensembles alongside traditional orchestra and chamber ensembles. Features Practical considerations: Practical suggestions for choosing a work to orchestrate, and what to avoid when writing for each instrument. Pedagogical features In the Profession: Professional courtesies, considerations and expectations. Building the Score: Step-by-step construction of an orchestration. Scoring Examples: Multiple scoring examples for each instrument. Exercises: Analyzing, problem solving, and creating orchestration solutions. Critical Thinking: Alternate approaches and solutions.

Author : Kent Kennan
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781292042923

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As in the earlier editions, the emphasis is on the practical fundamentals of orchestration. The Sixth Edition has been expanded and revised to reflect new developments in instruments and orchestral practice, and a new listening compact disc has been added that contains selected examples of orchestration.

Author : Dave Black
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457412993

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At last, an orchestration book tailor-made for the classroom musician on a budget. Any teacher, student or professional musician, whether a composer, orchestrator, arranger, performer or enthusiast will find this thoroughly comprehensive dictionary full of the most needed information on over 150 instruments. Designed for quick and easy reference, the Essential Dictionary of Orchestration includes those much-needed instrument ranges, general characteristics, tone quality descriptions, technical pitfalls, useful scoring tips and much more!

Author : David Daniels
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Music
ISBN :

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Familiar to conductors, orchestra managers, and music librarians, this compact sourcebook provides information necessary to plan orchestral programs and organize rehearsals. The third edition features 4500 compositions that cover the standard repertoire for American orchestras (a 30% increase over the second edition), clearer entries, and a more useful system of appendixes.

Author : Henry Brant
Publisher :
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Instrumentation and orchestration
ISBN : 9780825868276

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Brant worked on this textbook from 1940 to 2005. His goal was to present practical advice in the creation of balanced and resonating orchestral combinations. With a foreword and appendices.

Author : Samuel Adler
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Instrumentation and orchestration
ISBN : 9780393958089

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The workbook reviews and reinforces the techniques discussed in each chapter of the text. It includes graded self-tests about each choir of the orchestra, as well as worksheets on special topics. The new edition features a broader array of "Listen and Score" exercises as well as opportunities for students to practice reducing orchestral scores to piano scores.