Horn Wars – Scoring 1/2, 3/4 vs. 1/3, 2/4

Horn Wars – Scoring 1/2, 3/4 vs. 1/3, 2/4

One of the most frequently asked questions in the Orchestration Online Facebook group is “How should I score horns – 1/2, 3/4; or 1/3, 2/4?” This refers to the placement on the standard two-staff layout of horns in pairs. In other words, should horns be scored like the left sample or right sample below? The…
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2014 May Orchestration Challenge [Closed]

2014 May Orchestration Challenge [Closed]

2014 May Orchestration Challenge Our first challenge will be an excerpt from Robert Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, orchestrating the first half of the first Etude-Variation. For an orchestra, we will limit ourselves to the orchestra of Schumann’s own Fourth Symphony: 2222 winds, 4230 brass, timpani, and strings. Brass may be chromatic rather than natural, but timpani…
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Welcome to Orchestration Online: The Website!

Welcome to Orchestration Online: The Website!

Hello to Orchestration Online YouTube channel subscribers, Facebook group members, Twitter and G+ followers, and musicians interested in orchestration across the planet! You’re reading the first blog post of the new Orchestration Online website […]

RadioNZ: Holst

RadioNZ: Holst

Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets’ is a triumph of orchestration, but many of its features and innovations are taken for granted. Thomas Goss takes us on a tour of the unique architecture and fascinating conception of this 20th-century masterpiece. http://on-demand.radionz.co.nz/appt/appt-20131023-1900-the_planets-064.mp3   © Copyright Radio New Zealand