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Tables of Contents for The Art of Writing Music
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
About the Author
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
The Process
xv
Ranges and Key Selection
1
4
Ranges
1
2
Key Selection
3
2
Constructing A Composition
5
30
Creating A Countermelody
16
15
The Introduction
31
4
The Woodwind Section
35
14
The Brass Section
49
8
Trumpets
50
1
French Horns
51
3
Trombones and Tuba
54
3
The Percussion Section
57
8
The String Section
65
14
Harmony
66
8
Tremolo
74
1
Harmonics
75
1
Other Devices
75
1
Double-Stops
76
1
Bowings
77
2
Choral Music
79
4
Electronic Applications in Orchestration
83
14
Electronic Applications in Orchestration
84
1
Getting Familiar Controllers
85
1
Sound Modules
86
1
MIDI and Effects
86
1
Sequencers and Computers
87
1
Setting Up at Home
87
1
Composer versus Player
88
1
Vocabulary
88
3
Blending Textures
91
3
Be Nice to Your Synthesists
94
3
Cross-Scoring
97
2
Tricks (or Things That Work)
99
14
Simplification of Rapid 16th-Note Passages
99
1
If You Want a Huge, Massive Accented Chord
100
1
Making Proper Choral Entrances
101
1
Creating Turbulence
101
2
The Use of the Major Second in Harmonic Situations
103
3
Do's and Don'ts
106
1
How to Make Your Music Sound Better
107
6
Don't Have a Third in the Chord When the Third Is in the Bass
107
1
Don't Double the Third Unnecessarily
107
1
Don't Write Things That Will Never Be Heard
108
1
Don't Write Things So Hard That They Can't Be Played Properly
108
1
Don't Write Bad Fingerings or Difficult-to-Play Notes
109
1
When Using Multiregistered Block Harmony, Keep It Consistent
109
1
Proofread Your Music
110
1
Make Your Writing Clear, Concise and Legible
111
1
Don't Use Complex Meter Changes to Show Off
111
2
Writing Music for Motion Pictures and Television
113
38
Synchronization
114
3
Source Music
117
34
Writing for Documentary and Industrial Films
151
2
Writing for Publication
153
8
Band Publications
153
4
Orchestra Publications
157
4
Recording
161
4
Performing Rights Societies
165
10
An Interview with Morton Gould
169
4
Finale
173
2
GLOSSARY
175
2
Standard Dynamic Levels
175
1
Special Dynamic Effects
175
1
Articulations
175
2
Music Publishers
177