Course Syllabus

INTRODUCTION

• About the Course

GENERAL REVIEW

• Lesson 1 – Strings and Woodwinds
• Lesson 2 – Brass, Percussion, and Other Instrument

MELODY

• Lesson 3 – Strings – Melody in Stringed Instruments
• Lesson 4 – Strings – Grouping in Unison
• Lesson 5 – Strings – Doubling, Thirds & Sixths
• Lesson 6 – Woodwind – Melody in Woodwind
• Lesson 7 – Woodwind – Unison & Octaves
• Lesson 8 – Brass – Melody, Unisons & Octaves
• Lesson 9 – Different Groups of Instruments Combined
• Lesson 10 – Different Groups of Instruments

HARMONY

• Lesson 11 – General Observations
• Lesson 12 – Strings Harmony
• Lesson 13 – Woodwind Harmony
• Lesson 14 – Woodwind – Several Parts & Duplication
• Lesson 15 – Brass Harmony
• Lesson 16 – Combined Groups – Wind & Brass
• Lesson 17 – Combined Groups – Wind & Brass (continued)
• Lesson 18 – Combined Groups – Strings & Wind, Three Groups

COMPOSITION

• Lesson 19 – Orchestrating the Same Music
• Lesson 20 – Tutti
• Lesson 21 – Soli
• Lesson 22 – Range Limits, Transference, Alternation Clouds
• Lesson 23 – Volume of Tone Qualities, Repetition, Sfz, Emphasis
• Lesson 24 – Cresendo and Diminuendo
• Lesson 25 – Effects, Rhythm & Color

CONCLUSION

• Concluding Remarks