Description
Released in 2026, this latest 3rd Edition of Scoring and Arranging for Brass Band by Andrew Duncan offers lots of new features to enhance your understanding and progression
New features for this latest edition:
- The book has been comprehensively edited and adapted to be more user friendly with many coloured images and QR codes linking to sound files on YouTube.
- It has a greatly expanded section showing the progression of an arrangement of the hymn Aurelia, including:
- A step-by-step guide which shows those new to arranging for brass band how to make a simple four-part arrangement of the hymn.
- A new chapter which details how to progress the arrangement to an advanced transcription arrangement, by adding percussion, counterpoint and other details.
- A second additional chapter explains how the hymn can be arranged as an entirely new composition arrangement with each compositional device shown and discussed.
- Each of the Aurelia arrangements also have sound files on YouTube, with links and QR codes to these provided.
- An extra chapter on Colour and Contrast in Brass Band Scoring has also been added
- There is updated information on the copyright law and how to get your music published.
- The book has expanded from the original 120 pages to 170 pages in the 3rd edition.
As with the previous best-selling edition, this new release of Scoring and Arranging for Brass Band is a must for anyone wanting to begin writing for the British style brass band. In addition to the new features detailed above, the 3rd edition of this book also continues to provide detailed information about each of the brass band instruments and the different sections including the Percussion and Timpani sections.
Chapter listing:
Chapter 1: A brief history of the brass band
Chapter 2: The basses
Chapter 3: The euphoniums
Chapter 4: The trombones
Chapter 5: The baritones
Chapter 6: The tenor horns
Chapter 7: The flugelhorn
Chapter 8: The cornets
Chapter 9: The percussion and timpani
The standard brass band score
What is arranging?
Chapter 10: Aurelia 1
Chapter 11: Aurelia 2
Chapter 12: Aurelia 3
Chapter 13: Arranging orchestral music for brass band
Chapter 14: Colour and contrast in brass band scoring
Chapter 15: The Copyright Law
Chapter 16: Getting your music published
