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:

• Bach Brandenburg 2
• Sibelius 7, Finlandia
• Beethoven 5
• Tchaikovsky 4
• Birtwistle Silbury Air
• Xenakis Eonta

Horn

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

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

Trumpet

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

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

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:

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:

Tuba

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