Overview

John Cacavas has written an extensive book on the techniques of composing, orchestrating and arranging. Includes chapters on each section of the band and orchestra, voicing techniques as well as special chapters on concert band writing, choral writing, electronic applications and writing for film and television.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgements
The Process
Chapter 1: Ranges & Key Selection
Ranges
Key Selection
Chapter 2: Constructing A Composition
Creating A Countermelody
The Introduction
Chapter 3: The Woodwind Section
Chapter 4: The Brass Section
Trumpets
French Horns
Trombones & Tuba
Chapter 5: The Percussion Section
Chapter 6: The String Section
Harmony
Tremolo
Harmonics
Other Devices
Double-Stops
Bowings
Chapter 7: Choral Music
Chapter 8: Electronic Applications in Orchestration
Electronic Applications in Orchestration
Getting Familiar Controllers
Sound Modules
MIDI & Effects
Sequencers & Computers
Setting Up at Home
Composer versus Player
Vocabulary
Blending Textures
Be Nice to Your Synthesists
Chapter 9: Cross-Scoring
Chapter 10: Tricks (or Things That Work)
Simplification of Rapid 16th-Note Passages
If You Want a Huge, Massive Accented Chord
Making Proper Choral Entrances
Creating Turbulance
The Use of the Major Second in Harmonic Situations
Do's and Don'ts
How to Make Your Music Sound Better
Don't Have a Third in the Chord When the Third Is in the Bass
Don't Double the Third Unnecessarily
Don't Write Things That Will Never Be Heard
Don't Write Things So Hard That They Can't Be Played Properly
Don't Write Bad Fingerings or Difficult-to-Play Notes
When Using Multiregistered Block Harmony, Keep It Consistent
Proofread Your Music
Make Your Writing Clear, Concise and Legible
Don't Use Complex Meter Changes to Show Off
Chapter 11: Writing Music for Motion Pictures and Television
Synchronization
Source Music
Chapter 12: Writing for Documentary and Industrial Films
Chapter 13: Writing for Publication
Band Publications
Orchestra Publications
Chapter 14: Recording
Chapter 15: Performing Rights Societies
An Interview with Morton Gould
Finale
GLOSSARY
Standard Dynamic Levels
Special Dynamic Effects
Articulations
Music Publishers

Paperback: 196 pages

Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company (November 1993)

Language: English

Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches