Last Friday 29 July 2005 22:30, Brad Fuller was like: > Emmanuel saracco wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Where can I find a document about the usefull range ("texture"?) for each > >instrument? > > Do you mean acoustical instruments? > If so, here are two popular ones used in orchestration classes > > "Orchestration" by Walter Piston > "The Technique of Orchestration" by Kent Wheeler Kennan Just like to add: "Instrumentation / Orchestration" by Alfred Blatter Longman ISBN 0-582-28118-0 My favourite reference for this sort of stuff. cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk