music theory online : artistic orchestrationlesson 42
Dr. Brian Blood

to use the menu you must first enable javascript
previous lesson :: next lesson :: contents :: index :: manuscript paper :: comments or queries?
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44
The principal aim of any teacher should be to make himself dispensable.
Hans Keller (1919-1985), Austrian-born musicologist

Alan Belkin's Artistic Orchestration :: top

Artistic Orchestration is a wonderful introduction to this fascinating topic.

Click here to download this guide in pdf format. It can be saved to your disk for offline browsing.

The index below gives a flavour of the book.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction: Why This Book?

  2. Preliminary Considerations
  3. Basic Notions, Part 1
    • Orchestration and Form
    • Changes of sound
    • Degree of Continuity/Contrast
    • Interpreting the Phrasing
    • Orchestration and Dynamics
    • Register
    • Color
    • Sustained vs. Dry Sound
    • Fat vs. Thin Sound; Unison Doubling
    • Balance: Simultaneous and Successive

  4. Basic Notions, Part 2
    • Musical Lines vs. Instrumental Parts
    • Planes of Tone
    • Contrapuntal Orchestration
    • The Tutti

  5. Orchestral Accompaniment

  6. Summary: What is good orchestration?

  7. Appendix: Some Pedagogical Ideas
    • Examples from a Character Glossary
    • Outline Sketches as a Teaching Tool
    • Learning Orchestration from the Repertoire
    • Orchestral Simulation

  8. Conclusion and Acknowledgements

  9. Appendix Glossary 1

This material is © Alan Belkin, 2001. Legal proof of copyright exists.
The material may be used free of charge provided that the author's name is included.

References:

top :: next lesson