MYL 5024E - Instrumentation&Orchestration

Course Objectives

1. To provide knowledge of the ranges and sound qualities of orchestral instruments, 2. To show how instruments have historically been written for in solo and ensemble
contexts,
3. To develop an understanding of what is and is not idiomatic writing for instruments,

Course Description

The study of instrumentation and orchestration taught through the study of orchestral instruments alone (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, trombone, tuba, piano, percussion, harp, strings, etc,) and in combination, Instruments’ range, timbral qualities, and attributes, Techniques of writing for instruments,