When I’m composing music, a lot of times, my chord progressions tend to become repetitive and flat once the track is rolling. I spend quite some time finding ways to improve my harmonization by using more advanced techniques, which I’m showing you in this blog post. While variations in harmony, texture, and melody significantly impact …
Writing an orchestral score is an intimidating process, which requires an in-depth understanding of each instrument in the orchestra. Luckily, we can use modern sound libraries, so everyone is free to try it out for himself. But what are all the instruments within an orchestra, their role, and how are they used in modern scores? …
Chord Progressions are the main structure we use to create music in all its forms. From Pop to Rock and from Classic to Jazz, every musical arrangement has a chord progression as its foundation. The chords give a particular atmosphere, specify the harmonies and transform a simple melody into a rich piece of music. The …
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A few days ago, I tried to recreate the movie “Inception” theme for practice, and I recognized the enormous impact proper chord voicing has. I decided to write down all the experiences I made, so it’s easy for you to follow and get a good idea of how chord voicing works. Chord voicing is the …
Whenever you have the feeling that your score is messy and the melody is hard to understand, the chances are that it is so because of a lack of separation. This problem occurs when new elements are added without structuring them properly. This is by far one of the most common problems you see in …
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The goal of any good score is to tell a story. Like a story written in a book, the score can be divided into different parts. The beginning should allow the listener to understand the mood, the theme, and the emotion as quickly as possible. While the track progresses, these emotions and feelings should be …
Getting started in scoring is really, really hard. Especially if you haven’t dipped your feet in the water before and all this musical stuff is a pile of nonsense for you. Therefore I prepared for you some big Chapters. These are the massive pillars of every score, and they define how your track is progressing …
Ostinatos seem to have a high value among composers of all different genres, but especially if you are focused on epic orchestration. The term “epic orchestration” might be a bit unspecific, but it describes all different kinds of uplifting, inspirational, and forward-moving scores used in Trailers and written to picture. A key element and signature …