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Originally Posted by sephiroth clock

Shandow do you have any other advice for a direction on learning orchestration. I am nearly done with the piston book, I haven't used recordings to look at the written examples in the book, should I do that. Other ideas... Piston recommends studying scores reading one instrument line at a time.

I'm really a beginner to trying to orchestrate, but I have a massive amount of listening experience to draw from because I pretty much only listen to classical music. Piston's book had a lot about instrumentation, I want to learn how to create textures and chords and effects etc.

Any other advice would be awesome, and I'd really like to hear your piece, I have finale if that's an option

I'd recommend going to the Garritan Forums and going through the interactive orchestration course in their General Discussion area. It's a complete breakdown of the Rimsky-Korsakov book, complete with musical examples. RK wrote more about combined instrumental texture than Piston did.

Also, if you want a few free scores you can print out and listen to, feel free to download and print my music from the site in my signature (All Hands Music). I post a lot of my scores and mp3s of the files in the "Listen" section. For large-scale works, try Vesuvius or Equilibrium. For a smaller ensemble, try Autumn Concerto or A Brief Symphony.