Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing
Learn more advanced arranging techniques for the rhythm section and horn section. In Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing, you'll learn unison, 2, 3, 4, and 5-part writing, and study techniques for voicing chords, orchestration, articulations, and background lines. You'll also learn advanced topics of harmony, such as tension substitutions and lower interval limits, knowledge that you can use to create more expressive and captivating music for both live instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand four-part soli and four-way close
- Define and understand mechanical voicings
- Use and understand approach chords
- Understand low interval limits, spread voicings (five-part and internal lines)
- Understand mixed voicings (2, 3 & 4 parts)
- Define and understand emotional contour
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Online Summer Term Starts June 25th
Course Info
| For-credit tuition: $1,400 |
| Non-credit tuition: $1,200 |
| Credits: 3 |
| Duration: 12 weeks |
| Catalog #: BME-132 |
Course Faculty 
| Jerry Gates Associate Professor in Contemporary Arranging, Directed Studies in Arranging, and Contemporary Twelve-Tone Composition. | |
| Jeff Perry Berklee faculty since 1997, and currently teaches arranging in the Contemporary Writing and Production department. | |
Student Comments
“I really benefited from how each lesson helped set up for the next and how it all came together in the end. I was able to utilize all of the topics we covered in making my own arrangements more exciting.” - V. Hurtado
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