60% of the musical works quoted in Volume 2A. By combining the Vol 2A Audio Supplement Pack with the Volume 1 Audio Pack you get approx. Because examples are cited from the same works across all the Professional Orchestration volumes, the audio packages have been designed so that you only order the new works not previously quoted in an earlier volume. Optional MP3 Audio To Enhance Your StudiesĪvailable for separate purchase, you can get the Professional Orchestration Volumes 1 and 2A MP3 Audio Package. If you learn mostly by ear, please see the Visual Orchestration series of courses. Why wait any longer?Ĭlick on the Contents tab above to see the Table of Contents for this book.ĭo you read music or play by ear? To get the most out of Professional Orchestration, you need to read music. You've been waiting for such a long time to learn and apply all these wonderful techniques. A PDF Syllabus is included as a guide to studying the book. Volume 2A is almost 600-pages, formatted in 8.25"x11" size, with full page/full score examples. 1, the examples are organized by low, medium, high and very high registers, so you can see and hear where composers tend to write each device and combination.įor fast referencing, the techniques are grouped into eight categories: Unisons, Two-Parts, Three-Parts, Four-Parts, Five-Parts, Divisi in Octaves, Divisi in Intervals, and Special Combinations.Įach technique has a brief commentary starting you off on identifying the technique and what else is happening within the score. Volume 2A: Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section gives you the time tested writing techniques for strings that breathe life into your music and give your work the professional sound and touch.įollowing the model set by Professional Orchestration Vol. Building on this foundation from Volume 1, Professional Orchestration. What you hear, you learn in your inner ear so that when you hear the device in your musical imagination, you know what it is and how to write for it.
Because this is such a vast topic of study, Volume 2 has been split into two separate books with Volume 2A covering the String Section, and Volume 2B covering the Woodwinds and Brass. With Volume 2, the Second Key in learning Professional Orchestration, we move from instrumentation into the actual study of orchestration by learning specific combinations of instruments within each orchestral section. Volume 1: Instruments and Instrumentation Notes, the focus was on instrumentation, registration of instruments and how they sound in four specific registers, plus learning how to do score reductions through the optional Professional Mentor Workbook.
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