Instrumentation -- The Orchestra--Yesterday and Today -- Bowed String Instruments -- Construction -- Tuning -- Fingering -- Double, Triple, and Quadruple Stops -- Divided Strings -- Vibrato -- Glissando and Portamento -- The Bow -- Bowing -- Non legato -- Legato -- Special On-the-String Bowings -- Special Off-the-String Bowings -- Trills and Other Coloristic Effects Using the Bow -- Coloristic Effects without the Bow -- Mutes -- Scordatura -- Harmonics -- Contemporary String Techniques -- Individual Bowed String Instruments -- Violin -- Viola -- Violoncello or Cello -- Double Bass -- Plucked String Instruments -- Harp -- Guitar -- Mandolin -- Banjo -- Zither -- Scoring for Strings -- Individuality within the Ensemble -- Foreground--Middleground--Background -- Contrapuntal Writing for Strings -- Homophonic Writing for Strings -- Using the String Choir to Accompany a Soloist -- Transcribing from Piano to Strings -- The Woodwind Choir (Reed Aerophones) -- Construction -- Classifying Woodwind Instruments -- The Principle of Transposition -- Playing Techniques -- The Woodwind Section of a Symphony Orchestra -- Scoring for Woodwind Instruments -- Individual Woodwinds -- Flute -- Piccolo -- Alto Flute -- Bass Flute -- Oboe -- English Horn -- Other Members of the Oboe Family -- Clarinet -- "Piccolo" Clarinet: Clarinet in D or E[flat] -- Bass Clarinet -- Other Members of the Clarinet Family -- Saxophone -- Bassoon -- Contrabassoon -- Scoring for Woodwinds and Woodwind-String Combinations.