The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Music Theory

Chapter 17:Special Notation 217 The Long and the Short of It Back in Chapter 7, you learned about some of the embellishments you ...

218 Par t 5:Embellishing A grace note is like a little preview note before the main note. Grace notes are typically written as s ...

Chapter 17:Special Notation 219 Glissandos Whereas turns and trills alternate between two or three neighboring notes, a glissand ...

220 Par t 5:Embellishing What’s confusing is that instead of notating swing as it’s actually played (with triplets), most swing ...

Chapter 17:Special Notation 221 Notating lyrics; split words in syllables, and extended syllables. Just remember to position you ...

222 Par t 5:Embellishing Exercise 17-3 Add slurs to each pair of eighth notes in this melody. Exercise 17-4 Use phrase marks to ...

Learn how to write for specific voices and instruments, how to create good- looking master scores and lead sheets, and how to co ...

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18 Composing and Arranging for Voices and Instruments In This Chapter ◆Learn about the different voices in the choir—and all the ...

226 Par t 6:Arranging Voice Characteristics When you’re writing for a choir, you have to know the voices that are available at y ...

Chapter 18:Composing and Arranging for Voices and Instruments 227 Voice Range (Concert Pitch) Write It... Tenor One octave above ...

228 Par t 6:Arranging Guitars and Other Plucked Instruments The guitar is technically part of the string family, although most f ...

Chapter 18:Composing and Arranging for Voices and Instruments 229 Brass Brass instruments typically are made of brass. However, ...

230 Par t 6:Arranging Of course, you can save yourself a lot of time and trouble by just telling the drummer how many measures t ...

Chapter 18:Composing and Arranging for Voices and Instruments 231 Transposition Range Sounds Instruments Cornet Flugelhorn Sopra ...

232 Par t 6:Arranging As you learned in Chapter 14, all of today’s music notation programs will auto- matically perform this tra ...

Chapter 18:Composing and Arranging for Voices and Instruments listed (they’re grouped by family and alphabetized), you’ll find t ...

Par t 6:Arranging Instrument Ranges (continued) Instrument Range (Concert Pitch) Write It ... Harp Concert pitch Woodwinds Picco ...

Chapter 18:Composing and Arranging for Voices and Instruments Instrument Range (Concert Pitch) Write It ... Bassoon Concert pitc ...

Par t 6:Arranging Instrument Ranges (continued) Instrument Range (Concert Pitch) Write It ... Trumpet (B
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