Orchestral Technique: A Manual for Students

This comprehensive but concise guide for the student of orchestration is also an excellent book of reference for the practicing musician.

Each instrument is considered within its respective group and helpful details are given on compass, technique, and timbre.

The author takes many passages written for keyboard instruments and shows how they may be scored for a variety of combinations, thereby showing in the clearest possible manner the principles underlying effective orchestration.

Exercises at the end of each chapter lead the student, in gradual stages, from simpler scoring for strings to the more complex art of writing for full orchestra.

For this new edition, Dr. Jacob has revised the text to reflect recent developments, particularly in wind and percussion instrument writing.


Author: Gordon Jacob
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/03/1983
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.44w x 0.33d
ISBN: 9780193182042

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