March 25, 201511 yr I've been writing a pretty large scale orchestral piece lately and I've come upon a section that I'm hoping to have some kind of 12/8 orchestral fugue(Inspired heavily by the double fugue preceding the famous "Ode To Joy" chorus in the final movement of Beethoven's 9th). Here I face two problems: Working out the counterpoint(which is in a minor to make things worse) and figuring out how to orchestrate it. How could one orchestrate counterpoint to avoid voices getting covered up or not blending well as well as keeping the limitations of each instrument in mind. Also, are extra chords not involved in the counterpoint acceptable? If so, how does one manage them and keep them from becoming overbearing against the moving contrapuntal lines?
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