Glissando and Portamento
The word ‘Glissando’ comes from a French verb ‘to slide’ and applies to any passage where one note slides rapidly up or down to another. […]
Read More →The word ‘Glissando’ comes from a French verb ‘to slide’ and applies to any passage where one note slides rapidly up or down to another. […]
Read More →A tremelo can be defined as being a ‘trembling’ or ‘quivering’ effect – this usually takes one of two forms. One is where a single […]
Read More →Many of the jobs that we’ve worked on have been for clients who have sent us string parts they’ve written themselves from a midi file. Scoring from midi […]
Read More →One of the most wide ranging techniques on a bowed stringed instrument is what is commonly referred to as staccato. In essence, staccato is where […]
Read More →Pizzicato is simply a technique where the strings are plucked rather than bowed (arco). It is a great tool to add variety to a piece […]
Read More →Adding a mute to a stringed instrument has a very different effect from muting a brass instrument. Although by definition, a mute does take off […]
Read More →Despite the title, todays blog entry is nothing to do with bicycles…. 🙂 A pedal note is where the bottom note of a chord (the […]
Read More →One of the most common ways in which arrangers add strings to a track is through the provision of chords. There are in essence three […]
Read More →When the strings are more in the background, there are many ways in which they can add interest to the track without becoming too dominant. […]
Read More →One of the first things to consider when writing string arrangements is how much strings will be needed in a particular track and when it […]
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