The Size of a String Section
Last weekend we spent quite a lot of time in the studio, recording some original music which I had been asked to compose for an […]
Read More →Last weekend we spent quite a lot of time in the studio, recording some original music which I had been asked to compose for an […]
Read More →On Friday, we had the pleasure of recording some violin and viola parts for a composer who had already recorded the cello parts himself. As […]
Read More →I remember a colleague of mine saying that rock and pop arrangements for strings fell flat and didn’t seem to work, yet arrangements of other […]
Read More →On Thursday night, a group of 10 players from String section (including the Manor House String Quartet at the core) were booked to perform as […]
Read More →Occasionally we receive enquiries from people who would like parts written or a string arrangement for a pop track but on listening to the track, […]
Read More →‘Saltando’ is an Italian musical term used when string players are being asked to play with a rapid, bouncing stroke in the middle of the […]
Read More →Earlier this year, I completed a string arrangement for a client who commented that he liked the way that every ‘verse’ of the strings had […]
Read More →Many violinists, violists and cellists have experienced the joys of playing a concerto with an orchestral reduction which has been written for the piano. Often, […]
Read More →Throughout history, many composers have been primarily keyboard players yet have still written magnificent works for stringed instruments. They were able to do this by […]
Read More →The celebrated Italian Violinist and composer Guiseppe Tartini (1692-1770) has been credited in discovering the phenomenon of an audible ‘third voice’ when playing double stops […]
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