[Trombone-l] Learning to arrange for Trombones

[Eliezer Aharoni]

Of cource you can take an arranging course, but  have you tried working with 
a notation software? Encore/music time, Finale or Sibelius. If you never 
tried, Encore (or Music Time is its lighter version) would be the easier to 
start.
You can stsrt with simple tunes and try to write first a duet, then a trio, 
up to few voices.
Is any of the vouces you here is the bass voice? If you can come up with a 
bass line filling the inside voices would be easy.
As the sofware display the notation, plays it back for you, and is very easy 
to edit, it will be great to work with. Experiment on trial & Error bassis, 
and you can work with an arranging book, too.
Best wishes
Eliezer Aharoni
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Burton" <John.Burton at JohnBurton.org>
To: "Trombone List" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:09 AM
Subject: [Trombone-l] Learning to arrange for Trombones


> In addition to the voices, I often 'hear' new trombone-like arrangements
> to tunes in my head.  That is to say, I hear 4-, 5-, 6- or perhaps even
> 8 similarly pitched voices leading the tune; quite often hymns, but from
> time to time other tunes.
>
> The 'trombone-content' question is, how does one learn to put these
> tunes to paper?  Is there a school, are there specific courses?
>
> You arrangers out there, how'd you learn?
>
> Enquiring minds wander...
>
> Thanks!
>
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> john burton
> Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone
> Kanawha Valley Community Band / Slide-by-Slide
> South Charleston, West Virginia
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