Date: Wed, 10/2
Location: Stoeckel Hall, Rm. 106
Quiz 1: Strings & Woodwinds: Study of Orchestration (Adler)
In-Class: Class Notes/Lectures and Adler text:
Adler, Ch. 2: Bowed String Instruments
Adler, Ch. 3: Individual Bowed String Instruments
Adler, Ch. 6: The Woodwind Choir (Reed Aerophones)
Adler, Ch. 7: Individual Woodwinds
1. Know the precise “Adler” ranges for these instruments: violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet in Eb, clarinet in Bb, clarinet in A, bass clarinet in Bb, oboe, english horn, bassoon and contrabassoon – Adler, Chs. 2 & 7; and .pdf class notes posted on our classesV2 site.
2. Know the precise “Adler” registral characteristics for these instruments: violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet in Eb, clarinet in Bb, clarinet in A, bass clarinet in Bb, oboe, english horn, bassoon and contrabassoon – Adler, Chs. 2 & 7; and .pdf class notes posted on our classesV2 site.
3. Know the various string techniques overviewed in Adler, Ch. 2; and .pdf class notes posted on our classesV2 site.
4. Know the various woodwind techniques overviewed in Adler, Ch. 6; and .pdf class notes posted on our classesV2 site.
Take-Home/Open Book: Scoring Example:
Adler, Ch. 5: Scoring for Strings
Adler, Ch. 8: Scoring for Woodwinds and Woodwind and String Combinations
Score the excerpt of Milhaud’s “Trois Rag Caprices, Op. 78, #1” as instructed.
Lab #6:
Work on your excerpt of MIlhaud’s “Trois Rag Caprices, Op. 78, #1”