Essential dictionary of orchestration : ranges, general characteristics, technical considerations, scoring tips : the most practical and comprehensive resource for composers, arrangers & orchestrators / Dave Black and Tom Gerou.
By: Black, Dave [author]
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Contributor(s): Gerou, Tom [author].
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BookSeries: Essential dictionary series: Publisher: Los Angeles : Alfred Publishing Co., [1998]Description: 352 pages ; 14 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0739000217 (paperback).Subject(s): Instrumentation and orchestration | Music -- DictionariesDDC classification: 781.374 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 781.374 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00236057 | |||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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!
Includes index.
Bowed strings: about string technique -- Clarinets -- Double reeds -- Flutes -- Fretted strings: about guitar notation -- Harmonica -- Harps -- Keyboards -- Percussion: about percussion notation -- Non-pitched metals -- Skins -- Woods -- Pitched electronic -- Glass -- Metals -- Saxophones -- Trombones -- Trumpets: about mutes & articulations -- Tubas -- Voice -- Alto trombone -- Bass trombone -- Contrabass trombone -- European-style bass trombone -- Slide trumpet -- Tenor trombone -- Valve trombone.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Alphabetized by instrument groupings
- Bowed Strings
- About String Technique (p. 6)
- Clarinets (p. 49)
- Double Reeds (p. 71)
- Flutes (p. 89)
- Fretted Strings
- About Guitar Notation (p. 105)
- Harmonica (p. 128)
- Harps (p. 131)
- Horns (p. 144)
- Keyboards (p. 158)
- Percussion
- About Percussion Notation (p. 183)
- Non-Pilched Metals (p. 185)
- Skins (p. 208)
- Woods (p. 236)
- Pitched Electronic (p. 248)
- Glass (p. 249)
- Metals (p. 250)
- Skins (p. 266)
- Woods (p. 273)
- Saxophones (p. 277)
- Trombones (p. 297)
- Trumpets
- About Mutes & Articulations (p. 312)
- Tubas (p. 335)
- Voice (p. 342)
- Index (p. 350)
- 2 Alphabetized within each instrument grouping For example
- Trombones
- Alto Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Contrabass Trombone
- European-Style Bass Trombone
- Slide Trumpet
- Tenor Trombone
- Valve Trombone