Essential Dictionary of Orchestration The Most Practical and Comprehensive Resource for Composers, Arrangers and Orchestrators

Name: Essential Dictionary of Orchestration The Most Practical and Comprehensive Resource for Composers, Arrangers and Orchestrators
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780739000212

ISBN-10: 0739000217

ISBN-13: 9780739000212

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Dave Black, Tom Gerou

List price: $12.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy used: $8.79

Buy new: $10.82

Marketplace

5 new & used from $4.22

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

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!

Book details

List price: $12.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 4.28" wide x 5.58" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English




Alphabetized by instrument groupings


Bowed Strings


About String Technique


Clarinets


Double Reeds


Flutes


Fretted Strings


About Guitar Notation


Harmonica


Harps


Horns


Keyboards


Percussion


About Percussion Notation


Non-Pilched Metals


Skins


Woods


Pitched Electronic


Glass


Metals


Skins


Woods


Saxophones


Trombones


Trumpets


About Mutes & Articulations


Tubas


Voice


Index



Alphabetized within each instrument grouping For example


Trombones


Alto Trombone


Bass Trombone


Contrabass Trombone


European-Style Bass Trombone


Slide Trumpet


Tenor Trombone


Valve Trombone