Orchestrating for Strings – Techniques and advice
The string section is considered by many to form the backbone of the modern symphony orchestra and it’s easy to see why. Stringed instruments are […]
Read More →The string section is considered by many to form the backbone of the modern symphony orchestra and it’s easy to see why. Stringed instruments are […]
Read More →I remember at college, attending a regular orchestral training class with a well known leader of orchestras. He told us that often when playing in a professional […]
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 →‘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 →Although some clients who require string parts arranging for their tracks just give the string arranger ‘free rein’ to compose the parts in their own […]
Read More →The viola (like the cor anglais) is one of those often neglected instruments that has such a unique tone in its own right that it’s […]
Read More →Congratulations this week to the Granite Shore who have just sent us the final mix of two songs which we have provided strings for. As […]
Read More →Yesterday we were booked to provide a large string section sound for a dance track being produced by someone studying recording technology in Oxford. As the rest of […]
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 […]
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