The Well-Blended Ensemble

The Well-Blended Ensemble focuses on improving intonation, balance and tone color for smaller bands. To achieve a well-blended ensemble, there are three concepts to learn - defining the roles of melody and accompaniment parts with volume balance in mind, having awareness of "comfortable" and "uncomfortable" playing ranges per instrument, and the establishment of tonal color. With the enclosed exercises and text, readers can visually learn about tone quality and balance with "Pitch Range Chart" and "Instrumentation Guide" and improve their skills with training exercises and music.