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    The Orchestration Handbook: The Essential Guide to Every Instrument in the Orchestra
    The Orchestration Handbook: The Essential Guide to Every Instrument in the Orchestra
    The Orchestration Handbook: The Essential Guide to Every Instrument in the Orchestra
    Ebook120 pages28 minutes

    The Orchestration Handbook: The Essential Guide to Every Instrument in the Orchestra

    By Don B. Ray

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowmanLittlefield
    Release dateAug 1, 2000
    ISBN9781476851426
    The Orchestration Handbook: The Essential Guide to Every Instrument in the Orchestra

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      The Orchestration Handbook - Don B. Ray

      pitches.

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      PICCOLO IN C

      Range:

      Clef: treble

      Transposition: sounds an octave higher than written

      Timbre:

      Lower range: good but unexploited register; poor projection

      Middle range: good quality and control

      Upper range: penetrating and brilliant

      General characteristics:

      agile and requires little breath

      intonation can be a problem

      Special effects:

      Flutter: A sound produced on one pitch similar in quality to the cooing of a dove, indicated thus:

      Trill: Rapid alternation between written note and neighboring upper note of scale (if music is tonal). Otherwise an accidental at right of sign indicates whether upper note is sharp, natural or flat; indicated thus:

      Wider trills between non-adjoining notes are indicated thus:

      FLUTE

      Range:

      Clef: treble

      Transposition: sounds as written

      Timbre:

      Low range: dark, haunting sound

      Middle range: sonorous quality but poor projection

      Upper range: bright, carrying sound

      High range: bright, penetrating quality

      Characteristics:

      very agile throughout range

      the lower the register, the more breath required

      Special effects: same as piccolo

      ALTO FLUTE

      Range:

      Clef: treble

      Transposition: sounds a perfect fourth lower than written

      Timbre:

      Low range: haunting, throaty, soft

      Middle range: rich, throaty sound

      Upper range: good quality; projects

      Characteristics: same as flute, but uses considerably more breath

      Special effects: same as piccolo except that flutter is ineffective in low and middle registers

      OBOE

      Range:

      Clef: treble

      Transposition: sounds as written

      Timbre:

      Lower range: rich, exotic sound; difficult to play softly

      Middle range: characteristic color

      Upper range: thin and tentative near top; loses volume

      Characteristics:

      very agile throughout register

      requires little breath

      particularly expressive instrument

      Special effects: see piccolo: Special Effects: Trills

      ENGLlSH HORN

      Range:

      Clef: treble

      Transposition: sounds a perfect fifth lower than written

      Timbre:

      Low range: dark, sensuous sound; difficult to play softly

      Middle range: like oboe but more resonant

      Upper range: like oboe but more projected sound

      Characteristics: same as oboe; less agile

      Special effects: see piccolo: Special Effects: Trills

      CLARINET IN B

      Range:

      Clef: treble

      Transposition: sounds a whole step lower than written

      Timbre:

      Low range: rich

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