Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MUS 425 — Orchestration

MUS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• identify the tonal registers of all musical instruments
• identify various conventions of notation
• describe and use manuscript layout intelligibly; and
• engage in reduction of orchestral pieces for medium ensembles or enlarge piano pieces for large ensembles such as military band and symphony orchestra

Course contents

Study of instrumentation with an examination of the possibilities and limitations of the commonly used Western orchestra instruments. Conventions of notation, scoring and arranging for various ensembles, small, medium and large. Exercises to include both Western orchestral and African instruments.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MUS 425.

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