Recommended Music Notation References
- Behind Bars by Elaine Gould (2011)
- The Art of Music Copying by Clinton Roemer (1973)
- Music Notation by Gardner Read (2nd Edition 1969)
- New Music Vocabulary by Howard Risatti (1975)
- Music Notation in the Twentieth Century by Kurt Stone (1980)
- Essential Dictionary of Music Notation by Tom Gerou & Linda Lusk (1996)
- Essential Dictionary of Orchestration by Tom Gerou & Dave Black (1998)
- Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today’s Musician by Ron Gorow (2nd Edition 2000)
Orchestration Resources
- Thesaurus of Orchestral Devices (1953) by Gardner Read
- deBreved, the Tim Davies Orchestration blog
- Big Band Arranging Secrets Revealed (videos) by Elliot Deutsch on his Pandemonium Big Band YouTube channel
- Big Band Arranging for composers, orchestrators, and arrangers by Evan Rogers
Orchestra Conductors and Research
Score Software Resources
- Scoring Notes (news, reviews, tips, tutorials, podcast)
- Dorico resources
- Sibelius resources
- Finale resources
Score Software Event Videos (members-only)
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- Exploring Sibelius with John Hinchey event videos — ~16 hours (6 parts).
- Discovering Dorico with Frank Heckel event videos — nearly 10 hours (3 parts).
- Finale tips event videos — ~4.5 hours (2).
- Music Prep event videos, including Music Prep Hanginar #4 with Elaine Gould. ~20 hours (8).
Resources recommended by William Ross:
- Scores — Any that you love!
- Arranged — Nelson Riddle
- Arranging Concepts — Dick Grove
- Contemporary Arranger — Don Sebesky
- Glenn Miller’s Method for Orchestral Arranging
- Scoring for Film — Earle Hagen
- Sounds and Scores — Henry Mancini
- Orchestration — Cecil Forsyth
- Principles of Orchestration — Rimsky-Korsakov — via Project Gutenberg and IMSLP
- Treatise On Instrumentation — Berlioz & Strauss
- Applied Counterpoint – Percy Goetschius — via IMSLP
- Hal Leonard Signature Series — John Williams
- Prokofiev on Prokofiev (Autobiography)
- Nelson Riddle Interviews — Here’s a 6-part interview by WNEW-AM radio host Jonathan Schwartz
- IMSLP for public domain scores
- Brand Library in Glendale, CA