Andy Brick, composer, conductor, symphonist


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01/16/06


HMU 398A Orchestration II


Class Notes


Piano Reduction and
Analysis of Scheherazade

 

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1 All Does it fit in the Hand? Easy Piano Reduction 3 adjacent 8vas  
3 Celli Why Trill? Just a coloration note no basson trill  
4 Vlns Why dropped Can play the range Do you drop the F# in the piano. Is it an Echo?
8 Flt & Clar Notice outter voices    
10 Bsn Why so high? Maintains color of winds and allows the register to expand and texture to get fuller without a dramatic change in color Notice the voicing becomes more standard with entrance of Horn.
14 Harp How do we voice it so its playable by a human its a complete chord. Give the root, 5th, 10th Notice the E, F# G movement.
18 All This is impossible to play if we litterally transcribe it for piano. What are the strategies

1. Need the undulation so that covers LH

2. All sustains can be covered with piano pedal on Vc.

3. Single Vln Melody in RH

 
24 Vlns Is Pizz significant? 1. Its a textural issue. A single downbeat open B chord in the RH will serve.  
25-30 all Similar procedure as 18-24    
30 Vla Should we catch the divisi At least the Lower C# if not both  
30 Bass How do we deal with the whole note bass It follows the the first note of the Vc at pitch. Use the Sos or Sus pedal  
36-41 Bass here the Bass breaks from the Celli best to follow the celli with the pedal the Ab is brought out on beat 6 This brings up the derivation of a counter line from the arp.
42 Vlns, winds How to handle voicing? Which ocatve Staccato allows upper register because it need not sustain. Ear fills in the middle.  
44 Winds Brass How to handle voicing? Which Octave Maybe lower. Brass are very strong and winds are coloring.?