At 9:39 PM -0700 6/8/10, Ryan wrote:
Where should the chorus be placed in a score for concert band? Below the brass and above the percussion?
I don't think there's any "should" about it. At least I've never seen any rule. That would be following orchestra practice, but I wouldn't like the result. I think that some jazz arrangers tend to put voices at the top, but I wouldn't want the piccolo part running into the lyrics.
Whenever I have voices with band--either solo voices or chorus--I put them right in the middle, between the woodwinds and the brass. To me, THAT follows orchestra practice on a more practical level. But that's just me. And if I do a piano part for rehearsal, I put it right under the voices, because it's easier to see there on screen and to extract with the voices.
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