Mel Bay proudly endorses Tom Bruner's beginning text on arranging and orchestrating music. This is a hands-on approach designed to impart essential information to the serious student!
Contents
Part One - The Arranger/Orchestrator's use of the Piano
Part Two - The Basics of Music Theory
ÿ1. The Staff and Clefs
ÿ2. Fundamental Principles of Notation
ÿ3. Rest, Ties and Dotted Lines
ÿ4. Intervals
ÿ5. Scales
ÿ6. Key Signatures
ÿ7. Time Signatures
ÿ8. Scale Degree Names
ÿ9. Chords
ÿ10. Voice Leading Principles
ÿ11. The Inversion and Progression of Diatonic Triads
ÿ12. The Cycle of Fifths
ÿ13. Harmonic Extensions and Chord Spellings
ÿ14. Altered Chords
ÿ15. Minor Chords
ÿ16. Augmented Chords
ÿ17. Suspended Chords
ÿ18. Symbols Used When Naming Chords
Part Three - Principles of Transposition
Part Four - The Range and Transposition of Instruments
ÿ- The Woodwind Family
ÿ- The Brass Instruments
ÿ- The Strings
ÿ- The Keyboard Instruments
ÿ- Fretted Instrument Family
ÿ- Percussion Instruments
ÿ- The Harp
ÿ- Organs
ÿ- Harmonicas
Part Five - Practical Exercises in Transposition
Part Six - Instruments Potentials and Limitations
Part Seven - Learning How to Think in Terms of Instrumental Colors