Lecture notes

Notes from the orchestration class series, with a PDF handout for each class.

These notes may contain solutions to class assignments, so please wait until you have finished your own work.

  1. First page of the Class 4 handout: notes on call and response, not being too literal about the piano score, and combination tones

    Orchestration · 7 October 2026

    Haydn · Class 4

    Call and response, not being too literal about the piano score, combination tones, and a listen to The Bear.

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  2. First page of the Class 3 handout: the class notes on horn fifths, with a score excerpt of the horns underneath

    Orchestration · 30 September 2026

    Haydn · Class 3

    Horn fifths, the horns highlighting a line, violas and the bass line, the cadence, and contrast in the Trio.

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  3. First page of the Class 2 handout: the opening of the class notes with a full-score excerpt underneath

    Orchestration · 23 September 2026

    Haydn · Class 2

    The unison tutti, the horns and their limitations, the pedal, and where not to divide a phrase.

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  4. First page of the Class 1 handout: the opening of the class notes, on Haydn and the early orchestra

    Orchestration · 16 September 2026

    Haydn · Class 1

    The Haydn style, the instrumental crescendo, the open strings and the bass line, the natural horn and the horn fifths.

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  5. Orchestration · Next class

    Class 5

    Notes and a handout follow the class.

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