How to write for 3 horns | Arranging Tips

3-horn configurations are used in various musical styles. This lesson offers numerous scoring techniques and considerations for this medium. The recorded examples are in synch with the scrolling sketches. Learn more about unisons, octaves, counter-lines, various voicing techniques and how to combine between all.

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0:00 How to write for 3 horns
0:11 Intro
0:47 Different 3-horn configurations
1:06 Single-line phrases: Unisons & Octaves
3:03 Melodies with counter-lines
5:01 Voicings: Harmonized lines
6:09 3 Part spreads
7:04 Incomplete 4-part
9:30 Mixing up voicing techniques
9:58 Mixed textures

[brentkyle]

A 11 minute video makes a whole lot more sense than going to school. More of these! Thank you!

[periklisliakakis]

Thank you for watching? NO! thank YOU for teaching! Simply fantastic

[damiensonney]

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[robertomachado]

Amazing! This is much more than I ever got attending a highly overpriced music college for five years. A million thanks for this, Adi!

[DreadPitt]

After each example, I felt like I was going to watch an opening scene of a sitcom lol. Great tutorial!

[RuslanPerezhilo]

Absolutely brilliant tutorial! Examples played by musicians - that is just incredible! Thank you for your effort and I'm sure there are lots of viewers that will be glad to discover you in the near future.

[connor.chan.jazzman]

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[erikbrendeland]

THANKS FOR THE EXAMPLES! The demonstrations and visuals and organization is so well done. This is definitely a video I'm going to have to review many times.

[brettfoster]

Awesome work, love the fact you had the examples played by live musicians, so we could hear it live. Thanks heaps.

[edoardocertelli]

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[jerrygates]

It doesn't get any clearer or more concise than that, Adi - great resource!

[nibblrrr]

00:00 *Introduction*
01:06 *Single-line phrases* - unisons & octaves
03:02 *Melodies with counter-lines*
05:00 *Voicings* - harmonized lines
09:27 *Mixing it up*

[renanvicente]

The only bad part of this video is that it finishes, what an incredible explanation. I am trying to learn how to write horns for funk and this video alone gave me enough content to practice for years.

[The_pebble_music]

I watch this video everytime I start an arrangement. Not that it makes me play better, but writing feels so much natural and demystified after a re watch.

[richardwilliamsmusic]

I'd love more arranging tips/examples! One of the best tutorials on this subject

[steezekings]

Perfection! This helped me wrap my head around some arranging techniques I've been trying to trial and error for a long time. Big props to the horn heads as well!

[MezJ]

This is great! Exactly what I was looking for and I LOVE the live recorded examples. You can really feel what’s being taught! Thank you!

[yozk]

Wow! Simply wow! How did you demystify something that eluded me my whole life. Now I want to write arrangements

[samsilvamusicc]

Amazing video! And you got the Hornheads playing the examples so it couldn't get any better :) Thanks!

[Rafpiano]

This is great! I sure wish arrangement & scoring had been taught in such a lucid and clear manner when I was in music Uni. And the examples are played by actual live musos… how good is that? :-)