The Technique Of Orchestration Workbook

The Technique of Orchestration Workbook, Seventh Edition, accompanies the textbook of the same name—the definitive resource on the study of orchestration—providing musical excerpts, full scores, and scoring assignments to enrich the lessons learned in the textbook. Spanning an array of periods and styles, the musical examples collected here cover scoring techniques in the following sections: Strings Woodwinds Brass Scoring of Chords Transcribing Piano Music Scoring for Woodwinds, Horns, and Strings Percussion Harp and Keyboard Instruments Scoring for Full Orchestra Additional learning tools include transposition exercises, error detection drills, and discussions on harmonics, while the workbook pages are perforated throughout for ease of use in and out of the classroom. Featuring the music of Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Copland, Bartók, and many more, The Technique of Orchestration Workbook, Seventh Edition, is an invaluable companion to the textbook.

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.

"The Technique of Orchestration has long been the standard textbook on the subject, offering a concise, straight-to-the-point treatment of the subject and ease of use in the classroom. With copious musical examples spanning the history of the orchestra, precise descriptions of the instruments and their distinctive characteristics, detailed explanations of how to score chords and transcribe piano idioms, and information about specialized ensembles and scoring techniques, students will be thoroughly prepared to study orchestral scores and to score their own compositions and arrangements with confidence. The seventh edition has been updated to take into account the most recent developments in the handling of the orchestra, along with a diverse selection of musical examples from prominent living composers"--

As the leading book in the field since 1952, this book unites, as its three most important features, accuracy, utility and clarity demonstrated through both effective examples and commentary. As in the earlier editions, the emphasis is on the practical fundamentals of orchestration. The Fifth Edition has been expanded and revised to reflect new developments in instruments and orchestral practice.