Lesson 1: Technological Considerations

• Samples, Samplers, MIDI, and Sequencers
• Software Installation and Troubleshooting
• Signal Flow in a MIDI Orchestration Studio
• Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting
• How Sampling Patches Are Constructed
• Creating Dynamics in Your Sequence
• On-Velocity
• Volume
• Expression
• Dynamic Layers and Modulation
• Dynamics Summary
• Working With Dynamics
• The Two Rules of MIDI Orchestration

Lesson 2: Musical Considerations

• Orchestral Sizes
• Historical Use of Orchestral Resources
• Clefs
• Transposition
• The Score
• Multiple Parts and Staves
• Cover Page
• Transposed and C Scores
• The Part
• Notation Programs
• The Overtone Series

Lesson 3: String Writing I

• Instruments and Their Ranges
• Instrument Identification
• Open Strings
• Notating String Preferences
• Double-Stops
• Viable Triple and Quadruple Stop Triads
• Sample Types: Sustained
• Sample Types: Tremelo
• Sample Types: Staccato
• Sample Types: Pizzicato
• Sample Types: Crescendo and Diminuendo
• Sample Types: Trill
• Sample Types: Runs
• Sample Types: Articulations
• Sample Types: Additional Samples
• Combining Samples: Alternating
• Combining Samples: Key Switches
• Combining Samples: Layering
• Acoustic Bowing Techniques
• Bowing and Dynamics
• Choosing Bowings
• Sequencing Implications
• Additional Playing Techniques
• Reconciling Acoustic Playing Techniques and Sample Types

Lesson 4: String Writing II

• 4-Part Writing
• 5-Part Writing
• Doubling and Divisi Writing
• Sequencing Divisi Parts
• Intro to Mozart's 40th Symphony
• Presenting Melody
• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• Bass
• Octave Doublings
• Voicing Chords
• Harmonic Treatment
• Harmonic Arrangement
• Incorporating Solo Strings

Lesson 5: Brass Writing I

• Brass Section Introductions
• Instrument Ranges
• The Horn
• The Trumpet
• The Trombone
• The Bass Trombone
• The Tuba
• Sample Types
• Sample Type: Sustained
• Sample Type: Staccato
• Sample Types: Crescendo and Diminuendo
• Sample Types: Articulations
• Sample Types: Additional Samples
• Combining Samples: Alternation
• Combining Samples: Layering
• Dynamics
• Sequencing Dynamics
• Brass Melodic Presentation
• Horn Melody
• Trumpet Melody
• Trombone Melody
• Brass Mutes
• Trumpet and Trombone Mutes
• Tuba and Horn Mutes

Lesson 6: Brass Writing II

• Brass Section Size and Subgrouping
• Acoustic Articulations
• Brass Articulations
• Glissandi
• Chordal Voicings
• Bad Voicings
• Using Brass for Harmonic Support
• Using Brass to Create a Climax
• The Brass Fanfare
• Brass and String Combinations

Lesson 7: Woodwind Writing I

• Woodwind Background
• Woodwind Ranges
• The Piccolo
• The Flute
• The Oboe
• The English Horn
• The Bassoon
• The Contrabassoon
• The Clarinet
• The Bass Clarinet
• Common Sample Types
• Sample Type: Staccato
• Sample Type: Trills
• Sample Type: Runs
• Sample Types: Crescendo and Diminuendo
• Sample Types: Legato Articulations
• Sample Types: Repetition Articulations
• Acoustic Articulations
• Woodwind Solos
• Woodwind Solo: Flute
• Woodwind Solo: Oboe
• Woodwind Solo: English Horn
• Woodwind Solo: Clarinet
• Woodwind Solo: Bassoon

Lesson 8: Woodwind Writing II

• Woodwind Doublings
• Doubling to Create a Unique Tone Color
• Doubling to Create Growth
• Doubling to Create a Climax
• Doubling Woodwinds with Brass and Strings
• Woodwind Chordal Voicings
• Creating Blend
• Chord Tone Spacing
• Counterlines
• Textural Flourishes
• Runs
• Using Woodwind Runs
• Restatement
• Harmonic Arpeggiation
• Harmonic Support

Lesson 9: Percussion Writing I

• Instrument Categorization
• Snare Drum
• Bass Drum
• Tambourine
• Additional Nonpitched Idiophones
• Pitched Membranophones
• Writing for Timpani
• Xylophone
• Marimba
• Glockenspiel
• Tubular Bells
• Harp
• Notating Pedal Positions
• Enharmonic Spellings
• Glissandi
• Harmonics
• Keyboards
• Celesta
• Additional Pitched Percussion Instruments

Lesson 10: Percussion Writing II

• Notation Considerations
• Notating A Snare Part
• Percussion Uses
• Accent Highlights
• Harmonic Support
• Builds and Climaxes
• Dynamic Extremes
• Solo Statements
• Doubling for Color
• Adding Percussion Climaxes

Lesson 11: Expansions of the Orchestral Sound

• Expanding the Orchestra with Choir and Ethnic Instruments
• Using Choir Samples to Create Grandeur
• Choir Parts
• Ethnic Instruments
• Drum Loops
• Saxophones
• Guitar
• Overdubbing Soloists

Lesson 12: Full Ensemble Orchestration

• Foreground, Middleground, Background I
• Foreground, Middleground, Background II
• Foreground, Middleground, Background III
• Full Piece Listening and Analysis

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