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The thing that differentiates the Spectrotone chart is that the originator, Arthur Lange, was a film/TV guy and had lots of experience with how recorded instruments sound in combinations. You might want to keep in mind that all of these approaches are based on how live instruments and how they sound together, mostly in the concert environment. IMO, the more different ways you can have of looking at things the better. I have all of these and think they all have their uses. These are old school, harder for us moderns to read, and all about orchestral combinations and colors and what works well with what: Valuable but in order to hear them you have to find the recordings and/or scores, or mockup the various combinations, which will sound different than they do with live musicians. These are encyclopedic lists of all the orchestral combinations that have been used by composers up to the time of the writing. The first is an alternate theory to the spectrotone approach> These two focus very specifically on combinations and techniques and how they sound together. Schatzus: If your goal is to get a better understanding of what works well together and/or expand your combinations/colors palette may I also suggest you consider:
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I didn't get any of the exercise pages though, just the 28 page pdf booklet that explains how the chart is used. Peter, didn't you sell poster sized versions of this back in the day? That's the one I have and I'm pretty sure I got from you that way.
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If you have more questions, feel free to post them at the Spectrotone Chart or Professional Orchestration forum at I have the Spectrotone chart posted on my studio wall. The Spectrotone Chart teaches both beginning and advanced orchestration combination techniques which is why I've integrated it into the whole home-study curriculum." What Jeff received was the 2010 Professional Mentor which includes the Spectrotone Chart and matching Range Sheets for EITHER home or class study which is part of our recording instruction training for MIDI mock-ups.Ī sound can be "resonant" in multiple registers.
Violin sounds don't "thin" until above the staff. The color green in the Spectrotone Chart is on the A string for pitches A4 (A above middle C) to D#4. There's additional info on the Spectrotone Chart colors here -Īs for the violin sounding "thin" in green, I'm not following this. On any bundle, click on TAB 4 to see a comparison chart. The Range Sheets are part of the Professional Orchestration Home Study Program and are used in our recording training. There are two booklets that come with the Spectrotone Chart. you can print them out at a Staples which so far, for us, has the best print out.Ģ. I have a small 8.5 x 11 I use because it's compact and convenient. The Spectrotone Chart is redesigned to be printed on standard poster size paper which is 18 x 24, but you can print it out with whatever home color printer you have.
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Maybe Peter can chime in and answer some of my questions and add suggestions on how to use this resource.ġ. I did have brass in this section, I could try transposing some of the parts to see if it makes a difference.ĭoes that answer your question at all? Not much of a review good or bad but maybe explains the chart a bit better. I'm not sure if this is recommended blending for a double of the melody or for an accompaniment. Instruments with orange in their range would be high trombones, mid trumpets, mid saxophone, xylophone. My violin line was in the green zone (E5 and higher), and the complimentary color is orange. I looked at the chart to see what the recommended accompaniment would be. I recently orchestrated a piece with a violin melody that seemed thin to me. I haven't tried this yet but it seems interesting. It shows how to use the chart to select complementary tone colors. There is a 14-page "Working with SC" document that you should read through when you get it. Yes, low trumpets may an interesting sound but it's usually weak and inappropriate. I also found that there is a bit of overlap in the description chart - 7 out of 10 of them are described as "resonant." I didn't notice anything that told you which ranges were generally recommended over others. The chart doesn't have markings for octaves, just notes at the bottom, so I added my own scale with pencil and ruler.
I printed mine on 13x19 paper (Epson 3800 inkjet) and it looked great. It's not just a poster, there are at least 50 pages of exercises that come with it (44 PDF files). I haven't gone through all of the exercises. I want to learn how to use it better, it seems like a good tool.