Editing Orchestration (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Orchestration is about '''Balance''', '''Texture''', and '''Function'''.

'''The Families of the Orchestra''':
1. '''Strings''': The "Workhorse." They can play for hours without getting tired and have a huge dynamic range.
2. '''Woodwinds''': The "Individualists." Each has a very distinct color (nasal oboe, bright flute). Used for solos or to add specific "tints" to a chord.
3. '''Brass''': The "Powerhouse." Used for climaxes, fanfares, and providing a solid foundation.
4. '''Percussion''': The "Heartbeat" and "Sparkle." Used to define the rhythm or add "impact" to a moment.

'''The Art of the Mix''': Just as a painter mixes blue and yellow to get green, an orchestrator mixes a Cello and a Bassoon to get a new, "earthy" sound.
* '''Homophonic Texture''': All instruments play the same rhythm in chords.
* '''Polyphonic Texture''': Instruments play independent, interlocking lines.
* '''Monophonic Texture''': Everyone plays the exact same melody (extremely powerful).

'''Register and Color''': Most instruments change "color" depending on how high or low they play. A flute is "breathy" and "dark" at the bottom, but "piercing" and "brilliant" at the top. The orchestrator uses these registers to create "depth" in the musical image.
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