The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Music Theory

Brass:
Cornet, trumpet, French horn, trombone, bass trombone, baritone
horn, tuba
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Percussion:
Timpani, percussion (with separate staves for snare drum,
bass drum, and so on)
The example on page 251 shows a typical concert band score. As with jazz band
scores, concert band scores can be in either concert key or transposed.
In all band and orchestral
scores, like instruments are
typically grouped together
in
systems.
In a system,
the individual staves are
joined together, to make it
easier to view the instru-
ments as a group.
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Chapter 19:
Lead Sheets and Scores
A score for big band.
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A
marching band
has similar instrumentation to a concert band, minus the follow-
ing instruments: oboe, English horn, bassoon, alto clarinet, cornet, bass trom-
bone, and various concert percussion instruments. One popular variation of the
traditional marching band is the 
drum and bugle corps
(sometimes just called
drum corps
). This is typically a smaller ensemble emphasizing brass and percus-
sion instruments—and precision marching routines.
Note

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Part 6:
Arranging
A score for concert band.
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Chapter 19:
Lead Sheets and Scores
A score for full orchestra.
251

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Part 6:
Arranging
Make the Big Score—for the Symphonic
Orchestra
Now we’re in the big leagues. Creating a score for full orchestra is a major
undertaking, if for no other reason than there are many instruments to deal
with. Because of this, most orchestra scores are written on large sheets of
paper—11" x 17" or so. Because of the sheer size of the beast, you’ll probably
get only four to eight measures on each page, which means the typical orches-
tral score also is fairly long.
As you can see from the example on page 251, instrument families are grouped
together in the score in the following order:
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Woodwinds: 
Piccolo, flute (first and second), oboe (first and second),
English horn, E
clarinet, B
clarinet (first and second), bass clarinet, bas-
soon (first and second), contrabassoon, French horn (first, second, third,
and fourth)
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