Aren't taht parallel fifths?

(see bassoon part in attachment, from Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade Mvt.4)

If it's used for special effect, what...kind...of special effect is it to sound like?

Perfect example of what I was talking about! That's a late-Romantic work by a Russian composer trying to evoke what he perceived was a stylized Middle-Eastern/Asian sound. See how blatant he was about it? Rimsky-Korsakov was quite a pedagogue, and would never have done something like that if he weren't trying for a specific effect.

Oh well ok then!

For more on Rimsky-Korsakov and his pedagogy, I heartily recommend his "Principles of Orchestration". Most books on orchestration can tell you the ranges of the insutrments and give you a sense of what the instrument sounds like. Rimsky-Krosakov will let you in on how combinations of instruments work together, and that is indispensible to the composer who wants to be able to evoke such aural worlds!

Yep, I have it... lol

Good book, but no book can replace a piece blowing up in your face. Now tell me, is a majority of modern wind ensemble and concert band pieces composed in a homophonic fashion, with chords in the background and a main melodic line... possibly with a secondary counterpoint line if your lucky =)? Or am i just missing something

Good book, but no book can replace a piece blowing up in your face. Now tell me, is a majority of modern wind ensemble and concert band pieces composed in a homophonic fashion, with chords in the background and a main melodic line... possibly with a secondary counterpoint line if your lucky =)? Or am i just missing something

you are missing something

What am i missing? Im very interested to hear...

Some have added ambient wind flutterings. :D

I use to wonder the same with most Romantic compositions.

The composer who wrote for ballet, I believe his name to be mingkus, or something other, that...... is..... chords and melody.