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In this part... W e discuss just a few of the techniques used by com- posers to liven up a piece of music, including using multi ...

Chapter 14 Composing for the Standard Orchestra In This Chapter
Discussing transposition
Exploring the ranges of transposing i ...

were to hold a guitar tuner up next to the piano while you hit the key, the tuner would read C. The end. According to current st ...

In the old days, back when staff paper and especially sheet music was expen- sive, the members of an ensemble would all work off ...

Alto flute .............................................................................................. This is the only flute ...

sound a true C in concert pitch, he has to write the part out on the trumpet player’s sheet music as D. This is true for all B f ...

The B flat trumpet is a loud and high-sounding instrument, best for punching out quick melody lines, which makes it a favorite f ...

B flat bass clarinet.............................................................................. The B flat bass clarinet is t ...

E flat clarinet ....................................................................................... Sometimes called the “ba ...

The English horn is a transposing instrument built in the key of F. In order to write music for it, you need to transpose your m ...

To hear Write CD C#/D% D#/E% DE D#/E% F EF#/G% FG F#/G% G#/A% GA G#/A% A#/B% AB A#/B% C BC#/D% French horn...................... ...

On the good side, the French horn is such a beautiful, pure-sounding instru- ment that there is nothing it doesn’t blend well wi ...

Piccolo trumpet .................................................................................. The piccolo trumpet is smalle ...

Non-Transposing Instruments .................................................................... With non-transposing instrument ...

Bass flute ............................................................................................. The bass flute looks al ...

member of the viola de gamba family of instruments. Where members of the violin family have their strings tuned a fifth apart fr ...

The written range for the oboe is B%3 to A6 (Figure 14-14). Orchestral harp .................................................... ...

The tenor trombone’s range is E2 to F5 (Figure 14-16). Viola ................................................................... ...

The violin’s range is G3 to B7 (Figure 14-18). Cello ........................................................................... ...