Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Table Of ContentPreface, Chapter 1: Vertical-Horizontal Reading, 1.1 Dimensions of the Score, 1.2 Preliminary Analysis, 1.3 Piano and Reference Pitch, 1.4 Crossing of Voices, 1.5 Practical Advice, 1.6 Examples: Chorales, Chapter 2: Clefs, 2.1 Clef Notation and Types of Clefs, 2.2 Examples (Alto clef, Tenor clef, Alto and tenor clefs, Vocal ensembles in old clefs), Chapter 3: Score Synthesis, 3.1 Harmonical Synthesis, 3.2 Musical Layers, 3.3 Piano Reduction, 3.4 Examples, Chapter 4: Transpositions, 4.1 Interval Method, 4.2 Clef Substitution, 4.3 Examples: Single Transpositions, 4.4 Examples: Multiple Transpositions, Chapter 5: Full Score, Appendix A: Table of Instruments, Appendix B: Score Layout, Appendix C: List of Examples
SynopsisA comprehensive guide to score reading of orchestral music for conductors and all musicians, music readers and students. It presents methods on synthesising a score, creating a sounding image of the score in the mind, reading in clefs, decoding single and multiple transpositions, making piano reductions. Each of the topics is complemented with a wide range of practice examples from 18th - 20th century orchestral repertoire. Maja Metelska-Räsänen, D.Mus.A. in conducting, M.Mus in cello, is a graduate of the Chopin University of Music and of the Sibelius Academy. She has been conducting professional orchestras around the world, symphonic and opera music. For more than 15 years she has been teaching score reading to students of conducting, composition, music theory and sound engineering at university level.