The Complete Idiot's Guide to
Arranging and Orchestration
Corrections and Clarifications

As happens with any printed work, a few errors slipped into the initial printings of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Arranging and Orchestration. These errors will be corrected in subsequent printings.

This page lists all the mistakes or confusing passages I know about. If you happen to come across any other errors or confusing sections, please feel free to email me at books@molehillgroup.com. I appreciate your feedback!

• Chapter 2, p. 33: In Table 2.2, "Verse 3" should be "Verse 2"

• Chapter 3, p. 41: In the first Tip, final sentence, "seconds and fourths of the chord" should read "seconds and fourths of the scale"

• Chapter 3, p. 41: In the example of altered bass chords, the fourth chord should be Dm7/G, to reflect the iim7/V discussed in the preceding paragraph

• Chapter 3, p. 43: In Table 3.2, the first row should be a major seventh chord a second below, with BbM7 as the example

• Chapter 5, p. 65: Figure 5.4, the caption should read: "Our original melody with a new one-bar cadence added at the end of each phrase."

• Chapter 7, p. 90: Figure 7.2, the caption should read: "The tied notes in this passage are played on the same up- or down-bow."

• Chapter 11, p. 133-134, Rhythmic Patterns, the example cited on the bottom of p. 133 and shown at the top of p. 134 is actually made up of melodic patterns M155, M116, and M63 (not M164, which doesn't even exist)

• Chapter 11, p. 134, rhythmic patterns R25 and R26 are identical. Sorry for this duplication.

• Chapter 17, p. 213: In the "Pass the Melody Around" section, second paragraph, the second sentence should read "transfer the melody to a second voice"