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Orchestration

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Orchestration, available at $109.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 178 lectures, 23 quizzes, based on 991 reviews, and has 6198 subscribers.

You will learn about You will be learning from a professional and award-winning composer and orchestrator. You will learn about orchestral instruments and their notation, transposition, ranges, register strengths, dynamic capabilities, playing techniques, and more. You will learn how to properly prepare a score and parts and tips on how to proof them before publishing or performance. You will acquire knowledge of the different types of timbres and textures and how and why to use them. You will learn how spacing and voicing is used in orchestral chords and how to score chords for the orchestra and each section. You will learn about various instrument combinations, and the different roles each instrument and section plays within the whole. You will learn many orchestration tips and techniques to help you in your orchestrations. You will learn strategies for reading scores. You will study hundreds of score examples, diagrams, and audio clips. You will get access to many free external resources. You will have your knowledge tested with nearly 1,000 quiz questions. This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginning to intermediate level composers and orchestrators or Composers who want to expand their writing skills into the area of orchestration or All musicians wanting to learn about instrumentation and orchestration or People who have had a course in either instrumentation or orchestration but not both and are missing half the picture It is particularly useful for Beginning to intermediate level composers and orchestrators or Composers who want to expand their writing skills into the area of orchestration or All musicians wanting to learn about instrumentation and orchestration or People who have had a course in either instrumentation or orchestration but not both and are missing half the picture.

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Summary

Title: Orchestration

Price: $109.99

Average Rating: 4.6

Number of Lectures: 178

Number of Quizzes: 23

Number of Published Lectures: 178

Number of Published Quizzes: 23

Number of Curriculum Items: 201

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 201

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

  • You will be learning from a professional and award-winning composer and orchestrator.
  • You will learn about orchestral instruments and their notation, transposition, ranges, register strengths, dynamic capabilities, playing techniques, and more.
  • You will learn how to properly prepare a score and parts and tips on how to proof them before publishing or performance.
  • You will acquire knowledge of the different types of timbres and textures and how and why to use them.
  • You will learn how spacing and voicing is used in orchestral chords and how to score chords for the orchestra and each section.
  • You will learn about various instrument combinations, and the different roles each instrument and section plays within the whole.
  • You will learn many orchestration tips and techniques to help you in your orchestrations.
  • You will learn strategies for reading scores.
  • You will study hundreds of score examples, diagrams, and audio clips.
  • You will get access to many free external resources.
  • You will have your knowledge tested with nearly 1,000 quiz questions.

Who Should Attend

  • Beginning to intermediate level composers and orchestrators
  • Composers who want to expand their writing skills into the area of orchestration
  • All musicians wanting to learn about instrumentation and orchestration
  • People who have had a course in either instrumentation or orchestration but not both and are missing half the picture

Target Audiences

  • Beginning to intermediate level composers and orchestrators
  • Composers who want to expand their writing skills into the area of orchestration
  • All musicians wanting to learn about instrumentation and orchestration
  • People who have had a course in either instrumentation or orchestration but not both and are missing half the picture

The course is divided into two parts: part 1 is on Instrumentation and part 2 is on Orchestration. Instrumentation is an important and necessary first step since you cannot write for orchestra if you don’t know about the individual instruments of the orchestra.

In part 1 you will learn how each instrument is constructed, how they produce sound, how they are properly notated, their playing and sounding ranges, register characteristics, dynamic capabilities and common playing techniques.

 

In part 2 you will learn basic concepts for writing for orchestra, including how to create and effectively use different timbres and textures, the best methods for scoring chords, the roles each instrument and section play within the whole, how to properly prepare a score and parts, and how to proof before publishing. The course concludes with an entire section of helpful orchestration tips and techniques. There are also a number of useful reference charts in the appendix.

 

At key points in the course you will be given score reading assignments, listening assignments, composing assignments, and quizzes.

A vital component to the study of orchestration is score reading, and so throughout the course you will be asked to read scores. There are some score excerpts in the course but the majority of score reading will be done on your own. There is an important reason for this. Taking a course in orchestration is a great start to learning how to write for orchestra but the only way to become truly knowledgeable and skilled in this very complex art form is through a lifetime of score study and through a lifetime of experience gained from actual writing for orchestra. This cannot be emphasized enough.

 

Note: This is not a music theory course or a music composition course. This course was written for individuals who already have a basic foundation in music theory (including music notation) and music composition. If you need or would like to develop your knowledge in these areas please see the following courses by the instructor.

 

Music Theory

 

Music Composition 1

 

Music Composition 2

 

Four-part Harmony

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Lecture 1: Course Structure

Lecture 2: Resources

Lecture 3: Scientific Pitch Notation

Chapter 2: INTRODUCTION TO BOWED STRINGS

Lecture 1: Construction & Sound Production

Lecture 2: Bowing

Chapter 3: BOWED STRINGS

Lecture 1: Violin

Lecture 2: Viola

Lecture 3: Cello

Lecture 4: Double Bass

Lecture 5: Score Study & Listening Assignments

Chapter 4: PLAYING TECHNIQUES FOR BOWED STRING INSTRUMENTS

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Vibrato

Lecture 3: Legato & Détaché

Lecture 4: Portato

Lecture 5: Staccato & Spiccato

Lecture 6: Trills

Lecture 7: Tremolos

Lecture 8: Special Bow Placements

Lecture 9: Glissando

Lecture 10: Portamento

Lecture 11: Col Legno

Lecture 12: Mutes

Lecture 13: Natural Harmonics

Lecture 14: Artificial Harmonics

Lecture 15: Pizzicato

Lecture 16: Snap Pizzicato

Lecture 17: Multiple Stops

Lecture 18: Divisi

Lecture 19: Bowed String Demonstrations

Lecture 20: Score Study & Listening Assignments

Lecture 21: Writing Assignments

Chapter 5: HARP

Lecture 1: Harp

Chapter 6: PLAYING TECHNIQUES FOR HARP

Lecture 1: Chords

Lecture 2: Glissando

Lecture 3: Trills

Lecture 4: Tremolos

Lecture 5: Harmonics

Lecture 6: Harp Demonstration

Lecture 7: Score Study & Listening Assignments

Lecture 8: Writing Assignments

Chapter 7: INTRODUCTION TO WOODWINDS

Lecture 1: Construction & Sound Production

Lecture 2: Transposition

Chapter 8: WOODWINDS

Lecture 1: Flute

Lecture 2: Piccolo

Lecture 3: Oboe

Lecture 4: English Horn

Lecture 5: Clarinet

Lecture 6: Bass Clarinet

Lecture 7: Bassoon

Lecture 8: Contrabassoon

Lecture 9: Score Study & Listening Assignments

Chapter 9: PLAYING TECHNIQUES FOR WOODWINDS

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Vibrato

Lecture 3: Tonguing

Lecture 4: Flutter Tongue

Lecture 5: Trills

Lecture 6: Tremolos

Lecture 7: Glissando

Lecture 8: Mutes

Lecture 9: Woodwind Demonstrations

Lecture 10: Score Study & Listening Assignments

Lecture 11: Writing Assignments

Chapter 10: INTRODUCTION TO BRASS

Lecture 1: Construction & Sound Production

Chapter 11: BRASS

Lecture 1: Trumpet

Lecture 2: Horn

Lecture 3: Trombone

Lecture 4: Tuba

Lecture 5: Score Study & Listening Assignments

Chapter 12: PLAYING TECHNIQUES FOR BRASS

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Vibrato

Lecture 3: Tonguing & Flutter Tongue

Lecture 4: Trills & Tremolos

Lecture 5: Glissando

Lecture 6: Mutes

Lecture 7: Brass Demonstrations

Lecture 8: Score Study & Listening Assignments

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  • 5 stars: 602 votes

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