Ep 3. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orchestration Toolbox

Ep.1:    • Ep 1. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orc...   Ep.2:    • Ep 2. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orc...   Ep.3:    • Ep 3. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orc...   Ep.4:    • Ep 4. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orc...   Ep.5:    • Ep 5. From Piano to Orchestra: Ravel's Orc...   Shimmeringly haunting. Tenderly warm. Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, Movement II is such a simple, beautiful piano piece. This series explains how Ravel expanded it into an orchestral work. In a note-by-note study, we answer one simple question: where do all those orchestral notes come from? Each episode focuses on one section, showing how Ravel organized and transformed the materials. Along the way, I extract Ravel’s orchestration “tools” -- practical methods you can also apply in your own writing. To help with practice, I'm creating orchestration exercises based on excerpts from existing orchestral scores (for now, exclusively Ravel’s, since that’s who I’m studying) and posting here as well well my social media regularly. 🌸 Download study PDFs: https://www.yangandmusic.com/downloads ✨ More exercises & articles: https://substack.com/@yangandmusic 🌱 My playground:   / yangandmusic   0:00 Intro 0:18 Transposition 0:59 Harmonically self-sufficient groups 4:30 voice leading 5:25 Another harmonically self-sufficient group