How to Write for Woodwinds from a Piano Sketch

Arranging the Techno de Chocobo theme from Final Fantasy VI for woodwind ensemble using Dorico.

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In this piece I start with a piano sketch and arrange it for flute, oboe, english horn, 2 clarinets, and bassoon.

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0:00 1 Piano sketch
0:23 2 Performance
3:37 3 Main sound
7:08 4 Enhance the main sound
10:01 5 Supporting parts
12:19 6 Final touches
17:01 Final arrangement