Ep.8 A Hierarchical Approach. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orchestration Toolbox

🌹Your support and donations are gratefully appreciated: paypal.me/yangpanghui buymeacoffee.com/yangandmusic This episode steps back from the note-by-note approach of earlier episodes and looks at the piece, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Movement II, as a whole. I explore an orchestration procedure I’ve distilled from Ravel’s work—one that can inform our own orchestration. Enjoy! ✨ Watch the whole series:    • From Piano to Orchestra, Ravel's Orchestra...   🌸 Piano and orchestra reduction score download: https://www.yangandmusic.com/downloads 🌱 My playground:   / yangandmusic   https://substack.com/@yangandmusic 0:00 Intro 0:15 Summary 1:13 1. mapping the emotional contour 5:40 2. considering options for structural elements 7:10 3. orchestrating primary elements 9:20 4. concept of hierarchical decision making 11:18 5.1 evolution of the "cold" element 13:28 5.2 horizontal approach 13:58 5.3 variations of harp accompaniment 16:09 6.1 strings cycling through functions 19:24 6.2 "relative register" 22:23 6.3 voice crossing 23:19 6.4 strings playing technique 24:32 7. adding auxiliary instruments 25:50 support me!!!!! Audio credit: Piano version: Martha Argerich