Free Reference Cards

Reference Cards for Orchestral Players

Free, print-and-keep cards on the craft of playing in an orchestra — the things experienced players do that nobody ever writes down. Each card is complete on its page, with a print-quality PDF to download and nothing to sign up for. If one is useful, please pass it on.

For every player

Counting rests without losing your place Before the first rehearsal Tuning in an orchestra When the part is too hard Practise a part in 25 minutes Marking up a part Reading the conductor What the conductor just said

Transposition, made practical

The table, the key change for every row, and the method that makes it automatic.

HornEvery crook on an F horn ClarinetA, C and E flat parts on a B flat clarinet TrumpetEvery common key on B flat and C

For the section stand

One card for each instrument: the things worth remembering when you sit down in the section, on a single A5 page you can keep on the stand.

Flute in the orchestraThe stand sheet Oboe in the orchestraThe stand sheet Clarinet in the orchestraThe stand sheet Bassoon in the orchestraThe stand sheet Horn in the orchestraThe stand sheet Trumpet in the orchestraThe stand sheet Trombone in the orchestraThe stand sheet Tuba in the orchestraThe stand sheet Violin in the orchestraThe stand sheet Viola in the orchestraThe stand sheet Cello in the orchestraThe stand sheet Double bass in the orchestraThe stand sheet

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