Berklee College Of Music Inc
Bachelor in Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing
Berklee, USA
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LANGUAGES
English
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor in Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing offers a focused curriculum that enhances skills in horn arrangement. You'll engage in a comprehensive study of techniques that foster creative expression and musicianship. This program emphasizes both practical and theoretical understanding, preparing you to excel in the field of arranging.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as arrangers, composers, or educators. Other opportunities include work in orchestras, studios, or music production companies. You'll gain valuable skills that are applicable in various music-related fields, contributing to a vibrant professional network.
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Introduction
Learn more advanced arranging techniques for the rhythm section and horn section in this music arrangement course. In Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing, you'll learn unison, two-, three-, four-, and five-part writing, and study techniques for voicing chords, orchestration, articulations, and background lines. You'll also learn advanced topics of harmony, such as tension substitutions and lower interval limits, knowledge that you can use to create more expressive and captivating music for both live instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand four-part soli and four-way close
- Define and understand mechanical voicings
- Use and understand approach chords
- Understand low interval limits, spread voicings (five-part and internal lines)
- Understand mixed voicings (two, three, and four parts)
- Define and understand emotional contour