Arrangement help?

[Rowka]

My google skills are failing me on this one:

 

I'm working on some arrangements for the community band and was hoping someone might be able to help me out.

Does anyone have, or can point me to an online source for, a document that defines the ranges for the different concert band instruments (written range as well as concert -actual pitch- range)?

 

Maybe a little help with those silly brass instruments, too.

Baritone VS. Euphonium? What is the difference?

Trumpet VS Coronet VS other similar trumpet-like horns?

F Horn? What are they good for, really.

 

FWIW, I have available in my local band:

 

1 - oboe

4 - flutes

5 - Clarinets

1 - Bass Clarinet

3 - Alto Saxes

3 - Tenor Saxes

1 - Bari Sax (me )

2 - French Horns

5 - Trumpets (but some of them have other trumpet-like horns as well)

2 - Tubas

2 - Trombones

1 - Double Bass

3 - Baritones (Euphoniums?)

1 - guy who kinda randomly hits on various drums and cymbals.

 

I'm working on Gershwin's Sumertime and What A Wonderful World written by Weiss and Thiele and made popular by Loius Armstrong

 

I'm gonna post this in the WW&B forum as well.

[catphish]

 

My google skills are failing me on this one: I'm working on some arrangements for the community band and was hoping someone might be able to help me out. Does anyone have, or can point me to an online source for, a document that defines the ranges for the different concert band instruments (written range as well as concert -actual pitch- range)?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_(music)

 

you'll need to transpose for written range.

[Rowka]

Thanks, CF

Not quite as precise as I was hoping for, but it's a start.

[solderjunkie]

F-Horn... think of the intro to the original Star Trek.

 

Heroic and brash, but melodic at the same time.

 

Have two trumpeters bring their cornets... a little warmth goes a long way.

[Rowka]

I have to look at it more closely, but I think this is what I'm looking for.

 

[phicks85]

That chart you posted is exactly what I would give you. Just make sure you are good at transposing or else there will be lots of weird chords going on.

 

-Baritone VS. Euphonium? What is the difference?

There are only a few differences. The biggest is that a baritone has 3 valves and a euphonium has 4, meaning the euphonium has a larger range and more options for different notes. There is also a little bit of a difference in tone quality.

 

-Trumpet VS Coronet VS other similar trumpet-like horns?

Trumpet and cornet have different bores, cornet has a darker sound than the trumpet. Other trumpet like horns, like flugel, are used for their different tone colors. Depending on what you want for a sound you may chose to write with that, provided you can get an instrument.

 

-F Horn? What are they good for, really.

Horn is used to bridge the gap between the woodwinds and the brass sections. They have a very large range and if the player is decent they can be very agile and capable of some fast riffs. The traditional part writing also has 4 different horn parts going meaning that they can create full chords just within the section making the band sound much fuller.

 

Let me know if you want more info.