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Composing and Improvising

AF115003S

Instrumentation

piano   strings   woodwind   brass   percussion   guitar   harp
part-writing and transposition


Brass

For good examples of brass writing listen to the following pieces:


Horn

(Fr: cor; It: corno; Ger: Horn)

Written range of the double horn in F, (sounds a perfect fifth lower):

horn range image

Trumpet

(Fr: trompette; It: tromba; Ger: Trompette)

Written range of the trumpet, (sounds according to key of instrument):

trumpet range image

Note: most common keys are B flat, C, D and E flat. Score should be notated in C, and the parts transposed as necessary.

Trombone

(Fr: trombone; It: trombone; Ger: Posaune)

Range of the tenor trombone:

tenor trombone range image

Note that the tenor trombone cannot play the notes between B flat and E below the stave (bass clef)

Range of the tenor/bass trombone:

tenor/bass trombone range image

Tuba

Range of the tuba in 12-foot F - the usual orchestral tuba, (parts written in C):

tuba range image