Essentials of orchestration : a practical dictionary / Dave Black, Tom Gerou

At last, a quick reference orchestration book tailor-made for the teacher, student, or professional musician on a budget. Useful for the composer, orchestrator, arranger, performer, or enthusiast, Essentials of Orchestration is full of the most-needed information on more than 150 instruments. This book includes instrument ranges, general characteristics, tone quality descriptions, technical pitfalls, useful scoring tips, and much more! "Over 150 instruments are examined in this practical resource for composers, arrangers and orchestrators. Immediately useful for any teacher, student or professional musician. Presents complete and practical ranges and transpositions. Includes general information and scoring tips. Describes dynamic and tonal qualities of each register. Explains specific characteristics of each instrument."--Back cover Bowed strings. About string technique Clarinets Double reeds Flutes Fretted strings. About guitar notation Harmonica Harps Horns Keyboards Percussion. About percussion notation ; Non-pitched metals, skins, woods ; Pitched electronic, glass, metals, skins, woods Saxophones Trombones Trumpets. About mutes & articulations Tubas Voice. Presents complete and practical ranges and transpositions for over 150 instruments; describes dynamic and tonal qualities of each register; explains specific characteristics of each instrument. Includes general information and scoring tips.