Spectrotone Chart

The Spectrotone Chart was originally created by Academy^® Award nominee Arthur Lange, who was also the music director at MGM and other studios. In Arthur Lange's own words, the Spectrotone Chart is, "a colorgraphic exposition of tone-color combinations and balance as practiced in modern orchestration." It's the result of many years' experience gained by Lange in film, radio, and concert performances that he tested and proved to be practical and effective.

This 70th Anniversary edition of the Spectrotone Instrumental Tone-Color Chart^™ is an expanded and updated PDF edition using modern professional instrument ranges that combines both advanced orchestration and an EQ mixing reference. Also included are two PDF training booklets. For those who want to go further, the Visual Orchestration^™ #1 course is a short course in orchestration based around using the Spectrotone Chart.