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MUSC 396 Introduction to Orchestration Units: 3.00
The examination of individual instruments in the string, woodwind, brass and percussion sections. Course includes score analysis, transcription, arranging and orchestration. A recommended course for MUSC Specialization composition students.
Learning Hours: 120 (48 Lecture, 72 Private Study)
Course Equivalencies: MUSC 396, MUSC 396B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Master, through written work, foundational concepts in orchestration which is achieved by systematically studying individual instruments of the orchestra.
- Learn how to read an orchestral score and the conventions of copying your own scores and instrumental parts.
- Develop skills in transcribing an existing composition for keyboard for an instrumental ensemble, preparing your own arrangements of an existing melody and creating and scoring a short original composition, all with the guidance of the professor.
- Expand your knowledge and listening experience of existing orchestral music through focused listening tests.
- Demonstrate your knowledge of orchestration through written analysis of an assigned score.