Off-Topic: Orchestration Aid

[Frédéric Chiasson]

Ouch!

Normally (you must know that), composers use orchestration treatises - books - for that. I don't know about a software giving this kind of advice. I know Sibelius change the color of the notehead when the instrument is off-bounds, but that's all.

For fingerings and instrumentation (the science of composing for instruments separately), I suggest the Blatter orchestration treatise, or beginner instrument methods. Maybe the Adler might be good too to have a gradual introduction to orchestration.

But for great advice for orchestration and instrumentation, I suggest definitely the Koechlin's "Traité de l'orchestration". It has plenty of great ideas for orchestral writing. But there are some problems : it is so badly organised - you might need to look at many chapters to understand a single topic - and it is written only in French.

But for a software? I really don't know. Maybe you could develop this!

Regards,

Frédéric Chiasson

2006/12/30, Mehmet Okonsar < address@hidden>:

Does anyone in the list knows some helper software for instrumentation topics,
instruments ranges, fingerboard positions on strings etc..
Please forgive the off-topic intrusion and reply to me personally if you wish
so..
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thanks
--
Mehmet Okonsar,
pianist-composer-conductor
www.okonsar.com


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