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Alfred Music Publishing is the world's largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational reference pop and performance materials for teachers students professionals and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument style and difficulty level. At last an orchestration book tailor-made for the classroom musician on a budget. Any teacher student or professional musician whether a composer orchestrator arranger performer or enthusiast will find this thoroughly comprehensive dictionary full of the most needed information on over 150 instruments. Designed for quick and easy reference the Essential Dictionary of Orchestration includes those much-needed instrument ranges general characteristics tone quality descriptions technical pitfalls useful scoring tips and much more!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this because I lost my Walter Piston volume on the same subject, and wanted reminding of a few things. And for that, I can well recommend this little book. Its size is really handy - it fits easily into a jacket pocket or handbag (well, you couldn't carry a Blatter, Adler or Piston around with you really). It also gives some helpful little tips, like the relative dynamic ranges in each instrument. It's not meant to be a textbook, and so if you're looking to learn orchestration for a modern outfit you'd be better off with something like the Blatter or Adler (which has a set of workbooks).
So all in all, it's a cute little handbook, with a friendly presentation (nice paper, crisp print, thoughtfully laid-out, etc). Great for dipping into as and when you can or need to, and small enough to carry around with you to rehearsals, seminars or perhaps working (with Sibelius, Finale, Notion etc) in a confined computer space.
So all in all, it's a cute little handbook, with a friendly presentation (nice paper, crisp print, thoughtfully laid-out, etc). Great for dipping into as and when you can or need to, and small enough to carry around with you to rehearsals, seminars or perhaps working (with Sibelius, Finale, Notion etc) in a confined computer space.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A good little dictionary giving you comprehensive information about Weston, often orchestral instruments. Information includes instrumental devices, ranges and what within music that instrument is best suited. However, the writers do warn it is in pocket-dictionary style which means it should be used as a quick reference. They suggest studying a larger book for detailed analysis about each instrumental grouping. This book is about the instruments, not necessarily about how best to orchestrate particular difficulties, for example, or about collective writing… The essential dictionary of Orchestration is a pocket dictionary giving you practical, easy-to-understand advice for the beginner or the un-familiar. The illustrations clearly show how certain types of effect should be ideally written with useful illustrations depicting meaning. This is a very useful book, with a great deal of instruments (from violin to the harp, percussion to the bass flute…). It also explains the basics of MIDI. For the price – you can’t really go wrong!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bought for my daughter who is studying music at university. It is a very useful book.
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