The Orchestration Handbook
The Essential Guide to Every Instrument in the Orchestra
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2000
72 pages
978-1-4768-5142-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Orchestration Handbook is an at-a-glance guide to the key elements in a musical score. Students and instructors alike will find this handbook indispensable for its clear, concise explanations of instrument characteristics, musical symbols, mood and dynamic indications, and tempo marks. Wondering if your melody can be doubled by clarinet and tenor trombone? Not sure of the difference between dolente and doloroso? The characteristics of every instrument and score marking are covered here. Designed in a unique 4-1/2¿ x 12¿ format, The Orchestration Handbook belongs on the music stand of every conductor, arranger and composer.
Don B. Ray is the creator of the Film Scoring Program at UCLA's Department of the Arts and a retired Music Supervisor for the CBS television network.
Don B. Ray is the creator of the Film Scoring Program at UCLA's Department of the Arts and a retired Music Supervisor for the CBS television network.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-4768-5142-6 (9781476851426)
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Book
08/2000
Hal Leonard Corporation
€37.35
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Person
By (composer) Don B. Ray
Content
- Intro
- 1
- Piccolo In C
- Flute
- Alto Flute
- Oboe
- Engllsh Horn
- Clarinet In B
- Clarinet In A
- Clarinet In E
- Bass Clarinet In B
- Contra Alto Clarinet In E
- Bassoon
- Contra Bassoon
- Soprano Saxophone In B
- Alto Saxophone In E
- Tenor Saxophone In B
- Baritone Saxophone In E
- Bass Saxophone In B
- French Horn
- Trumpet In B
- Trumpet In C
- Trumpet In D
- Fleugel Horn
- B Piccolo Trumpet
- Tenor Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Tuba
- 2
- Acoustic (Classical) Guitar
- Electric Guitar
- Electric Bass
- Piano
- Celeste
- Harpsichord
- Clavinet
- Fender-Rhodes Piano
- Accordion
- Polyphonic Synthesizers, Electronic Organ
- Harp
- Electrified Harp
- Vibraphone
- Marimba
- Xylophone
- Glockenspiel (Orchestral Bells)
- Chimes (Tabular Bells)
- Tympani
- Exotic Pitched Percussion
- Unpitched Percussion
- Choral Sections
- Notes
- 3
- Strings
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- String Bass
- Notes
- 4
- Symbols Used In Orchestral Music
- Volume Indications
- Basic Volume Change Indications
- Tempos
- Tempo Change Indications
- Mood Indications
- Directions For Execution
- Traditional Sequence Of Parts As They Appear On An Orchestral Score
- Notes
- 5
- Click Tracks
- Conversion Chart: 16mm Film
- Conversion Chart: 35mm Film
- Notes
