lowdown Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Heads up on this site, it's not a freebie. But some really useful top notch and informative material for download, and world wide postage. Some boxed DVD stuff as well. [url="http://www.alexanderpublishing.com/Departments/Professional-Orchestration.aspx"]http://www.alexander...hestration.aspx[/url] Garry Edited November 22, 2011 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Hey Garry, Do you know any info with advice on doing simple,not orchestral, [pop] tunes' chord charts/transcriptions? easy Laimis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Avoid consecutive 5ths! Samuel Adler and Rimsky Korsakov both published really useful books on Orchestral arranging. They're both from a classical perspective, but give a thorough exploration of what each instrument and section is good at, and not good at. also they are great references for which clef etc... to use when scoring parts. Hope this is of some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 [quote name='Faithless' timestamp='1322054965' post='1445903'] Hey Garry, Do you know any info with advice on doing simple,not orchestral, [pop] tunes' chord charts/transcriptions? easy Laimis [/quote] Hey Laimis. I am not quite sure what you are asking - Software based ? When i was at collage [many moons ago] we used to share this book around a lot. The great Henry Mancini - 'Sounds and Scores A Practical Guide to Professional Orchestration' Transcribing and arranging for small Band & small ensembles. It's Jazz based harmony & changes [mainly from his film scores]. But it uses chord shapes & notation combined. Lots about chord voicing, simple and coloured. [url="http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/048007/details.html"]http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/048007/details.html[/url] These days consecutive 5ths are broken all the time - especially in film Music I do believe Mozart & Chopin liked to piss people off doing it. The Samuel Adler and Rimsky Korsakov books are great for full on understanding of Orchestral Scoring & arranging. The Rimsky Korsakov book, although quite old - Is still very much used these days as reference. Enjoy the up coming TV series Laimis. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBrownBass Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 [quote name='Faithless' timestamp='1322054965' post='1445903'] Hey Garry, Do you know any info with advice on doing simple,not orchestral, [pop] tunes' chord charts/transcriptions? easy Laimis [/quote] It really depends on what your doing the charts for. If your doing them for other people to use, a full transcription with chords is always going to be the best route. If it's for personal work, you can get away with writing a few bars groove so can remind yourself & then have a simple chord chart throughout but marking any important hits or accents IMO. The stuff i use for shows generally looks nothing like what i post up on my website as i just don't need that much information. Some tunes are literally a structure, a key, and I VI IV V written on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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