Alexander Publishing

NEW! Professional Orchestration 2B:
Orchestrating the Melody Within the Woods and Brass
400 pps, Ill, $39.95

Ships Approximately November 15, 2008

What’s Inside
Professional Orchestration continues to make music education history with this historic third volume, Professional Orchestration 2B: Orchestrating the Melody Within the Woods and Brass, giving more than 60 different techniques with full page/full score examples supported with a separate optional MP3 audio package.

Pre-order now for $32.95 plus shipping. Price includes one (1) PDF copy which will be e-mailed out as each section is completed.

Separate (not included) MP3 Audio Supplement from eClassical.com will be available.

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Introduction

Table of Contents (shown by section and technique covered)
Introduction

Woodwinds
Chapter 1 - Unison Combinations
Flute + Oboe
Flute + Clarinet
Oboe + Clarinet
Oboe + English Horn
Bassoon + Clarinet

Oboe + English Horn + Clarinet
Flute + Oboe + Clarinet
Bassoon + Clarinet + Oboe + Flute
Flute + Oboe + English Horn

Chapter 2 - Combinations in Octaves
Flute 1 - Flute 2
Clarinet 1 - Clarinet 2
Oboe 1 - Oboe 2
Bassoon 1 - Bassoon 2

Piccolo - Flute
Piccolo - Oboe
Piccolo - D Clarinet
Piccolo - Clarinet
English Horn - Bassoon
Oboe - Bassoon
Bassoon - Contrabassoon

Flute - Oboe
Flute - English Horn
Flute - Clarinet
Flute - Bassoon
Oboe - Clarinet
Clarinet - Bassoon

Clarinet + Oboe - Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute + Clarinet - Clarinet + Bassoon
2 Flutes + Oboe - 2 Clarinets + English Horn
Flute + Alto Flute - Clarinet + Bass Clarinet
3 Flutes + Oboe - 2 Clarinets + Bassoon + English Horn
Flute + Clarinet - Bassoon
English Horn + Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute + Oboe + Clarinet - Clarinet + Oboe + Bassoon
Flute + Oboe + Clarinet - English Horn + Clarinet
Flute + Oboe - Flute + Oboe + English Horn + Clarinet

Chapter 3 - Doubling in Three Octaves
Piccolo - Flute - Clarinet
Piccolo - Flute - Oboe + Clarinet
Piccolo - Clarinet 1 - Clarinet 2
Flute - Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute - Oboe - English Horn
Flute + Flute - Oboe + English Horn + Clarinet - Bassoon
Piccolo + Flute - Oboe + Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute - Oboe + Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute - Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute - Oboe - Bassoon
Flute - Oboe + Clarinet - Bassoon
Flute - Oboe - English Horn
Oboe - English Horn - Bassoon

Chapter 4 - Doubling in Four and Five Octaves (including mixed timbres)
Flute - Oboe - Clarinet - Bassoon
Picc - 2 Flutes - 2 Oboes + Clarinet - Bassoon
Picc - 2 Flutes - 2 Oboes + 2 Clarinets - 2 Bassoons

Chapter 5 - Melody in Thirds and Sixths
Flute - Flute
Carlinet - Clarinet
Oboe - Oboe
Piccolo - Piccolo

Flute - Flute and Clarinet - Clarinet
2 Flutes - 2 Oboes (6ths)
Flute - Oboe - Bassoon
Flute - Bassoon
2 Clarinets - 2 Bassoons
Oboe - Clarinet
English Horn - Bassoon

Chapter 6 - Melody in The Brass
Trumpets
French Horns
Trombones
Tuba
Trumpets and Horns
Trumpets and Trombones
3 Trumpets, 4 Horns
2 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones
2 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, Tuba
2 Trombones, Trumpet
2 Horns and Trumpets, Horns in Octaves
Triumphant Melodic Figures
Trumpet
Trombones
Horn Opened and Stopped
Horn in Piano Passages

Chapter 7 - Brass in Unison, Octaves, Thirds and Sixths

Chapter 8 - Brass Combinations
Trumpet - Trumpet
1 Trumpet + 1 Trombone - 2 Trombones
Trumpet - Trombone
Trombone - Trombones
Accenting the Melodic Line
Brass as Background Line

Author of Professional Orchestration
Peter Lawrence Alexander is an award winning journalist. He’s an accomplished songwriter, composer and orchestrator. Many of his music books endorsed by winners of the Academy®, Grammy®, Emmy® and G.A.N.G. Awards. Mr. Alexander’s books include: Applied Professional Harmony, Professional Orchestration™, How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite, The Instant Composer: Counterpoint by Fux, and Writing for Strings™. His historical fiction works for book and stage include The Road of Blood: The Untold Story of The Good Samaritan, and The Unfaithful Wife: The Story of Hosea and Gomer.