Study on Alternating Sections | Orchestral Distribution Effects in Sound, Space and Acoustics

Subject 6 is from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6. mov. iii, mm. 221–229. The goal was to examine the unique alternating instrumental sections in this passage. Example A is the orchestration of just the string section. Example B is the orchestration of just the woodwind section. Example C is the original tutti scored by Tchaikovsky.