This is both, a practical and theoretical course. The students are meant to go through the following topics: Distinction between orchestration and instrumentation: knowledge of basic: facts, names of instruments, their ranges etc. behaviour of transposing instrument. The order of instrumental score on the orchestral page, number of each instrument in an instrumental ensemble, clefs used by various instruments, types of scores-piano score, miniature score, open and short score, orchestral score. Scoring music for the departmental band of known instrumentation, study of the various timbres and the characteristics of some selected African musical instruments and how to use them in an instrumental ensemble.
- Lecturer : thomas chiegwu