1st Edition
The First Notes and The First Year How to Write Music for Young Musicians to Perform
By Jim Coyle
Copyright 2027
500 Pages
429 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
500 Pages
429 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
The First Notes and The First Year is a guide for composers and arrangers who wish to write for beginner and early-stage musicians. For each instrument, there are detailed guidelines on the optimal way to write for beginners and to write for continuers, that is to say musicians who have been playing their instrument for approximately one year. There are chapters dedicated to all the orchestral... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Flute 3. Oboe 4. Clarinet and Bass Clarinet 5. Saxophones 6. Bassoons 7. Other Woodwind Instruments 8. Horn 9. Trumpet 10. Trombone 11. Euphonium 12. Tuba 13. Other Brass Instruments 14. Violin 15. Viola 16. Cello 17. Double Bass 18. Percussion 19. Piano 20. Guitar 21. Bass Guitar 22. Young Voices 23. Adult Voices 24. Concert Band 25. String Ensemble 26. Orchestra
Biography
Jim Coyle is an Australian composer, teacher and academic. He is on the faculty of Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney. The First Notes and The First Year is his first book.
