(360 .00 REBLACEENT COuPACT ISS AVALABLE US. $1200 AI THE COMPLETE ARRANGER /\ _— Sammy Nestico Copyright ©1993 by Fenwood Music Co., Ine. Al rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, ‘without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America,Contents * v CONTENTS COMPACT DISC PROGRAM .. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .. seseeeseeeeeeseneserseereetess cette PRELUDE . CHAPTER 1: BASIC REQUIREMENTS ... : MENTAL AND MUSICAL CONSIDERATIONS: THE MINDSET, PURPOSE, CONTINUITY AND CLARITY, FORM, SELECTING KEYS, CHOOSING TEMPOS, STYLE, NOTATION, SYNCOPATED NOTATION, CUTOFFS, VOICE LEADING, DYNAMICS, ARTICULATION (CHART, DEVELOPING DISCIPLINE, SUMMARY. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: SKETCH & SCORE PAD FORMATS, CHAPTER 2: THE SAXOPHONES RANGES. UNISONS. DUETS. CLOSE [BLOCK] VOICING. SEMEOPEN VOICING. OPEN VOICING. CLUSTER VOICING. OTHER OPTIONS. CHAPTER 3: THE WOODWIND FAMILY .......... cesteeeeseee - 33 PICCOLO, FLUTE. ALTO FLUTE, BASS FLUTE, CLARINET. BASS CLARINET. Eb CONTRA-ALTO CLARINET. Bb CONTRA-BASS CLARINET. OBOF. ENGLISH HORN. BASSOON. SCORING THE WOODWINDS. CHAPTER 4: THE BRASS FAMILY cece seseeeeee ce ‘TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN. TROMBONE, BASS TROMBONE, FRENCH HORN. TUBA. EUPHONIUM (BARITONE). SCORING THE BRASS. LIMITED INSTRUMENTATION. BRASS MUTES, CHAPTER 5: THE RHYTHM SECTION sees - 105 [ACOUSTIC BASS. ELECTRIC BASS. GUITAR, ACOUSTIC PIANO. ELECTRIC PIANO. DRUMS. ELECTRONIC DRUMS, CHAPTER 6: THE PERCUSSION FAMILY cece IS TIMPANI, CONCERT BASS DRUM (GRAN CASSA). BELL TREE (WIND CHIMES). GONG. ‘VIBRAPHONE (VIBES). XYLOPHONE, MARIMBA. ORCHESTRA BELLS (GLOCKENSPIEL). (CHIMES, AUXILIARY AND LATIN INSTRUMENTS. SCORING THE PERCUSSION. CHAPTER 7: THE STRING SECTION ........-....0-::00-+5 1a RANGES. VIOLIN, VIOLA. CELLO, CONTRA BASS. SCORING THE STRINGS. TYPES OF BOWING, SPECIAL EFFECTS. REMINDERS. CHAPTER 8: SPECIAL PURPOSE INSTRUMENTS ............. we 143 HARP: GLISSANDOS, HARMONICS, ARPEGGIOS. CELESTA, HARPSICHORD. ELECTRIC ‘ORGAN. ACCORDION. BANJO. HARMONICA.vit The Complete Arranger CHAPTER 9: WRITING AN ARRANGEMENT cesees 153 FINDING A VIEWPOINT, FUNDAMENTALS. THE VOCAL ARRANGEMENT. THE INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT. ABOUT MELODY. THREE PRIMARY FACTORS: THE MELODIC ELEMENT, RHYTHMIC RELATIONSHIP, HARMONIC RELATIONSHIP. INTRODUCTIONS, TRANSITIONS, ENDINGS. TAG ENDINGS, VAMPS. COUNTERPOINT LESS COMPLICATED ARRANGEMENTS, THE COMBO WITHIN THE ORCHESTRA. SUMMARY, CHAPTER 10: ORCHESTRATION - TONE COLORS cecesteecseees BIT CHAPTER 11: MULTI-TRACK MUSIC ..... 29 WHAT IT IS, HOW IT WORKS. IN RETROSPECT. CHAPTER 12: ELECTRONICS 0.0.0.0... seseeescseeees 253 MAKING MIDI WORK FOR YOU. FINDING ANOTHER WAY. SUMMATION CHAPTER 13: THE SYMPHONIC BAND . fettteeeresees BB ALTERNATE ORCHESTRATION. ADDITIONAL SUGG iS. REFIGURATION. OVERLAPPING TECHNIQUE. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SYMPHONIC BAND. CHAPTER 14: REFLECTIONS 323 CODA once cece es eseeesceseseeeeeseesessenseeiessessoteriertisineesisirisinssenserisiesens 332 CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC VOCABULARY «...........00:0000:5 334 THE AUTHOR .... THE OTHER COMPOSERS CONTRIBUTING TO CHAPTERS I & 12... 340