Get This Right or Your Orchestration Will Be Thin

Use resonance in orchestration to get a bigger, fuller and richer sound from the orchestra.

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[IvoryShard]

I love your videos Ryan, thanks for sharing all this musical knowledge for free!

[juanricardosanchezlopez]

Ryan, this video is simply "for framing." Milled gold. Thanks once again. Chapeau !!! 🎩🎩🎩

[edcew]

In the old days of the theater organ, this technique was called counter melody, often done with second touch on the accompaniment manual. (Second touch played additional pipes when the key was depressed further, often done with the 4th and 5th fingers). With a theater organ, though, it wasn't possible to play counter melodies as interesting as orchestral music.

[stefanocanali]

A channel like this one is GOLD! Thank you, amazingly done!

[NidusFormicarum]

Yes, it is also interesting to looking at filling in gaps in the upper parts of the orchestra. Sometimes, it's enough to let the overtones do the job, but on other occasions you can hear something is missing. It is also always worth considering how the individual instrument groups sound on their own. Two oboes in octaves can stick out as rough even if their are wood winds in between and a fifth on the violins taken as double stop will tend to sound like an empty fifth even if you fill the gaps with the other string instruments due to the resonance in the individual instruments.

[rodterrell]

Great Video Ryan. Loved the version that had the accomp in the woodwinds and the melody on the strings with the lower strings playing the arpeggio

[ianlarsen]

This is the video that first introduced me to your channel. Haven't looked back since. The musical knowledge you so freely share with us is invaluable. Thank you, Ryan.

[NikolaiMusicChannel]

Love you videos and the way you present orchestration and composing tips in a clear and understandable way, also I love that you actually orchestrate and demonstrate most things you teach about in your videos :-) By the way, how are you liking Dorico as of now? Saw your video on it a while back, and you seemed sceptical then after using Sibelius for so long. I just made the switch myself, writing a short piece to learn the basics, and after a minute of music I'm starting to like it more and more :-) Also been using Sibelius for a while, and need to set up some shortcuts for some functions that are not programmed in as default in Dorico, like explode and transpose, which I use all the time. But never the less, Dorico is growing on me

[ChristopherSiu]

Love this concept Ryan. Thanks for sharing!

[GersonSalvador]

Man, I just recently discovered your channel here in YouTube, and can't stop watching them.
Your content is amazing.

[ShaharHarshuv]

Can you do more videos that shows the thought process of orchestrating a piano piece? I think that was really insightful. I need more examples.

[kalendmusic]

This might be one of the best videos on orchestration on YouTube. Thank you!

[sethstring]

As a complete novice, I appreciate your book recommendations. I found Goetschius' Elementary Counterpoint, which you mentioned elsewhere, and am enjoying fumbling my way through it. Thank you.

[roelgarcia]

Thank you! This is by far the best orchestration tutorials I've watched here in YT, I've just found your channel and so far just watched 3 videos and I've already learned a lot!

[AlecKatz]

Loved your idea at the end. Great material and very nice presentation ✨ 👏🏻

[Josh-tujs]

Just found you content, love it! What program are using to notate and/or “play” the score?

[samkenny]

Just found your channel -- these are outstanding videos -- thanks!

[rgferreira]

Very useful info. Thank you so much for sharing.

[thelookingcat]

I'm amazed at how realistic your sounds are, what software do you use?

[alexwatson]

Huh, learned something new. I'd like to think I know my way around orchestration but I had not heard this.