Composing ORCHESTRAL Music | Intro to Orchestration

Intro to orchestration. We cover the sections of the orchestra, a few tips regarding dynamics, register and range, and the broad view of how to begin composing orchestral music. Feel free to ask your orchestration questions in the comments.

C O N N E C T

Orchestral music has been a long and enduring love of mine, ever since I heard the symphonies of Beethoven and Mozart as a little boy. I had these tapes of all of the classical composers that I would listen to at night, and still remember being spellbound by the spectacular world woven by the vast spectrum of colors and incredible intensity of the orchestra.

I've wanted to do this series for a long time. Here we go!

[johnnyfacesthemusic]

Awesome video. I felt like Batman was explaining orchestration to me. Thanks!

[maxalaintwo]

The pauses in your speech both comfort and disturb me

[rsbj]

Wtf why does this not have more views??? This is amazing

[omamajohnpaul]

Finally, a YouTuber who sounds different.😁

[kathyjohnson]

These huge scores are so impressive! So far, my most orchestrated piece is for piano and violin, so I'm curious to learn more. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 😊

[exitedaardvark]

It’s like the Joker is explaining orchestration to me... I love it.

[harrisonjohn]

Dude, THANK YOU! I have been looking for a video like this, and this was EXTREMELY helpful. I’m turning 30 this year, and I’ve always wanted to learn to play an instrument (just started teaching myself piano), but for the past couple of years I have been extremely interested in learning to compose after listening to some of my favorite video game composers, and watching videos on how they created their music. It looks like a lot of fun, and something that could cultivate a lot enjoyment. I love music, so I’m very determined to become a decent composer even if I’m older. I don’t care what the naysayers say about being older; I am very determined even if takes me 20 years. Thanks for the video and I will definitely be subscribing.

[ajborowski]

A proficient orchestral composer is truly an artist of sound. Thank you for this video! Orchestra is under appreciated in modern society - i sure hope this changes 💙

[TheSelfAwareIndianEmpath]

Dude your voice is intriguing. You should be hired to tell stories in Hollywood movies, like thrillers

[Cyrotech]

You don’t know how much I love this video. The composition in the background adds so much to the already helpful tutorial :3

[godned]

This is absolutely the best video I have seen yet for anyone wanting to compose orchestral music via midi programming.

[celia]

i really love the orchestration by the wayy

[Ihatemyusernamemore]

I love how you present such a wide variety of information with a distinctive dramatic flare. I'll be watching this multiple times, and I think I'll have to grab that East West program thing too

[jj]

Your videos just keep getting better and better. You're someone I'd love to have lunch with some time. I feel like we could talk for hours about music. I've literally googled "how to orchestrate for MIDI, sample libraries" and "how to harmonize voice" and so many other things that have lead me to your videos.

Thank you for all you do!

[burningMallowz]

This is the most underrated channel I've even seen. He deserves more subscribers!

[hexstring]

That's excellent. You should continue the series.

[surrendernates]

This was a flipping amazing explanation and exactly what I needed!

[tejaswai]

Thanks Saher bro, please keep them coming ..

[lightningluke]

Can't wait for part 2 ! When is it coming :) ?

[haktanmaya]

best narrative award for a tutorial video goes to... seriously I am hooked