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Cecil Forsyth describes 57 instruments, tracing their origins, development and status at the beginning of World War I. He discusses the evolution of each instrument and players' impressions of what th...

Ein Hand- und Lehrbuch in 13 Teilen

Ein Hand- und Lehrbuch in 13 Teilen

“You know the range of the voices, you know the song you want to arrange and you know who will get to sing the lead. What will be your next step now? Will the arrangement be homophonic? What options y...

This text is a complete examination of all aspects of modern arranging and composing. Adopted by high school and college music theory programs everywhere, it provides students with a logical, progress...

Mel Bay proudly endorses Tom Bruner's beginning text on arranging and orchestrating music. This is a hands-on approach designed to impart essential information to the serious student!

A practical guide to professional orchestration featuring recorded musical examples performed by Henry Mancini. Included in the book are sections on the woodwinds, brass, the rhythm section and the st...

Originally published in 1948, this orchestration manual is one of the cornerstone texts on the topic, but has never before been published in English. Profusely illustrated with musical examples, this...

Arrangieren für Chor, Streicher, Blech, Big Band, Blasorchester, u.a.

Arranging for the Concert Band and the separately available workbook are intended to introduce students to basic techniques of arranging for the concert band. Arranging can be divided into two separat...

A unique book that authoritatively discusses how to create effective vocal arrangements and techniques in virtually every major kind of vocal ensemble; sacred, secular and Baroque to Jazz. Contains mo...

Provides students with music from the great composers to study before attempting to write themselves. Discussion of the elements of music pertinent to an understanding of the 18th century counterpoint...

Riarmonizzare una melodia significa darle nuovo colore cambiando il suo substrato armonico. Sia che tu scriva colonne sonore, diriga una band o un coro, o suoni il pianoforte o la chitarra in solo per...

'Prima di metterci al lavoro su un brano dobbiamo riflettere, analizzarlo, spremerlo, distillarne il materiale melodico, armonico e ritmico fino ad intravedere la nostra strada per rileggerlo e dargli...

Come ideale compendio del volume dedicato alla strumentazione - sono stati ideati una serie di esercizi logici e di chiarimento - che risulteranno una verifica su quanto appreso - nonché un impegno mn...

I segreti dell’orchestrazione – per orchestra di fiati, è rivolto a tutti coloro desiderosi di approfondire le proprie conoscenze dell’orchestrazione per fiati. Questo trattato si prefigge di accompag...

Il Manuale di Arrangiamento & Orchestrazione Pop – Volume 2 approfondisce le tecniche avanzate per la scrittura e l’orchestrazione nella musica pop, con un taglio pratico e progressivo. Attraverso die...

Beyond Functional Harmony presents a system that creates melody and harmony and allows them to function outside of the normal dependencies governing the principles of diatonic harmony, melody and form...

Write more compelling songs! Song form, or the way a song's ideas are structured, is one of the most powerful dimesnions of songwriting. These practical, hands-on lessons teach you to structure song's...

Learn to write songs! This book presents the basic concepts of popular songwriting, such as song construction, creativity techniques, melodic and harmonic development, how to write memorable lyrics, a...

Take your songwriting to the next level! This book breaks down the processes used by hit songwriters and dives deeply into the craft of songwriting. Discover the tools and techniques for melody, harmo...

Create effective film scores! This book presents a framework for creative decision-making that will lead to producing the best music for a given scene. It supports artists working in film, television,...