rhoadley.net music research software blogs
aru seminars m&t critski focm1a cmc circuit bending mic2b sensor technology comp 3 sonic art major project
youtube vimeo facebook
Composing and Improvising
AF115003S
Instrumentation
piano
strings
woodwind
brass
percussion
guitar
harp
part-writing and transposition
Woodwind
For good examples of woodwind writing listen to the following pieces:
- The Flute: Duets for Storab - Harrison Birtwistle
- Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe - Gyorgy Ligeti
- And so on...
Flute
(Fr: flute; It: flauto, flauto grande; Ger: Flote, grosse
Range:
Piccolo
(Fr: petite flute; It: flauto piccolo, ottavino; Ger: kleine Flote)
Range:
Alto Flute
(Fr: flute en sol; It: flauto contralto; Ger: AltFlote)
Range:
Oboe
(Fr: hautbois; It: oboe; Ger: Hoboe)
Range:
English Horn
(Fr: cor anglais; It: corno inglese; Ger: englisch Horn)
Range:
high notes rarely if ever used.
Oboe d'amore
(Fr: hautbois d'amour; It: oboe d'amore; Ger: Oboe d'amore, Liebesoboe)
Range:
high notes rarely if ever used.
Clarinet
(in B flat or A)
(Fr: clarinette; It: clarinetto; Ger: Klarinette)
Range:
Bass Clarinet
(usually in B flat)
Range:
Bassett Horn
(rare, archaic)
Range:
Saxophone
(soprano and tenor in B flat, alto and baritone in E flat)
(Fr: saxophone; It: saxofono, sassofono; Ger: Saxophon)
Range:
Sounds according to transposition
Bassoon
(Fr: basson; It: fagotto; Ger: Fagott)
Range:
Double Bassoon
(Fr: contrebasson; It: contrafagotto; Ger: Kontrafagott)
Range:
sounds one octave lower than notated