What order should these instruments go in?

Question:hey.
i'm writing a jazz piece for an electric guitar, piano, drum kit and double bass. what order on the stave should i put these in?
thanks, dani.x

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: hey.
i'm writing a jazz piece for an electric guitar, piano, drum kit and double bass. what order on the stave should i put these in?
thanks, dani.x

For the master score I, personally, would put piano, guitar, double bass, and drum kit. It makes the most sense. Percussion is almost always at the bottom of a score.

Well, you're going to be doing these on different charts, aren't you? For a small ensemble you shouldn't need a master score, that would just make it hard for the musicians to read.

If you want to do a master score, then in this case, you'd probably put guitar on top, piano (two staves) next, bass third, drums bottom.

When writing scores such as classical or jazz the higher pitched (treble clef) are on top page.Tenor clef next. Then bass clef. You can get composition software that will arrange instruments and help with key and tonal mistakes. good luck.PS Drums and percussion are mainly found last on musical scores.

Here is the order:

Electric Guitar
Double Bass
Piano
Drum Kit

The electric guitar is not really a beat-keeper (like piano).
...Same for double bass.

The piano is a beat-keeper (but can also be used as melody, harmony, etc. sometimes.)

And percussion ALWAYS goes on the bottom of the score.

Good luck!

in a Score? it should go i think piano E.Guitar, D.Bass then Drums