Sop, clar, bass clar, violin, cello for me too, no question. Steve P.
> On 11 Jun 2018, at 20:32, [email protected] wrote: > > Forgot bass clarinet, I’d put it under the clarinet. > > *************************** > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios > > > >> On Jun 11, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Michael Edwards <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> [Michael Meyer:] >> >>> A student of mine wrote their end-of-year composition project for my Music >>> Theory class for soprano accompanied by clarinet, violin, bass clarinet, >>> and cello. >>> >>> For a chamber group, what order would you put the instruments in? It seems >>> weird to put them in strict orchestral order (which would put the soprano >>> in the middle, and I would think she should be at the top). >>> >>> Happy to hear opinions! Thanks! >> >> I think I would put the soprano at the top, but the rest in normal >> orchestral order. >> I have an idea that chamber music does usually follow orchestral order, >> with a few exceptions - such as piano (when present) at the bottom, or a >> solo singer at the top. >> If I recall correctly, Schubert's Octet has the score arranged in the >> order: Clarinet; Horn; Bassoon; Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello; >> Double-Bass. (The Horn is another exception to orchestral practice - put >> above the Bassoon, in average order of descending pitch, so classifying all >> the wind together.) >> Beethoven's Septet (with almost the same instrumentation) does similarly >> in copies of that score I've seen. >> So I would feel safe in doing what I just listed above. >> Hope that helps a little. >> >> Michael Edwards. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
