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there are a number of books on instrumentation/orchestration out there.
the former is the first you should attack. learning the ranges and possibilities of instruments is the basics. There's a nice, not too expensive Piston book (if you ask me, it's mis-titled "Orchestration".. it's an instrumentation text: ranges, sound qualities, etc.. It has a few brief chapters at the end on actual orchestration).
orchestration is a little harder to learn from a book. This is where a good teacher sort of becomes a necessity.
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"Those that know, do;
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-Debussy-
In musical criticism, when issues of craft and technical consideration are set aside, what remains is more subjective. However, until technical issues are dealt with, the subjective portion bears considerably less weight.
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