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

Horn in the orchestra: the stand sheetThe first of a set; more instruments to follow

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Twelve reasons to play againThe why Coming back to your instrumentThe how, in four weeks

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