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  4. Any recomendation for a book/site to learn brass arrangement (for Big Band)?

  • Any recomendation for a book/site to learn brass arrangement (for Big Band)?

    F
    F

    I think it is a difficuilt mission to find a good brass arrange by try and error. So I´d be grateful for some hints, which would be a good book with audio demos oder a good site to study. 

    What is a good site to get sheets of Big Band arrangements?
  • C
    C
    I'd recommend "Instrumental Jazz Arranging" by Mike Tomaro and John Wilson.
  • V
    V

    http://imslp.org/wiki/Grand_Treatise_on_Instrumentation_and_Modern_Orchestration,_Op.10_%28Berlioz,_Hector%29
  • F
    F

    Those hints helped a lot. Thank you!
  • V
    V

    My pleasure!

    Make sure to select the revised version of the treatise. Richard Strauss knows a thing or two about the subject.

  • D
    D

    Hello Felix,

    Berlioz/Strauss is a good base indeed, but actually more for instrumentation of classical music. If you looking for a guide to learn more about Big Band Arrangements I recommend "bill dobbins: jazz arranging and composing" or as well as good "sammy nestico: the complete arranger" (german title: Der professionelle Arrangeur") . AKAIK these are the most common books for those stuff. Hope this helps!

    Best

    Frank
  • D
    D

    Try "Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble" by Dick Lowell and Ken Pulling, available from Berklee Press. 
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