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!
Contains comprehensive information on over 150 instruments
Explains specific characteristics of each instrument
Describes dynamic and tonal qualities of each register
Includes general information and scoring tips
Presents complete and pratical ranges and transpositions