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Part 1: Why Nick Drake String Arrangements are so Popular. . .

String Section ― The music of Nick Drake is now (almost 40 years after his premature death in 1974) more popular than it ever was in his lifetime. It continues on its journey with an impetus entirely of its own, awakening the consciousness of people across the ...

Tags: String Arranging, Bryter Layter, Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake String Arrangements, Orchestration, Robert Kirby

VaughanJones ― 3 hr 34 min ago

Arranging String Parts for a Guitar Track

String Section ― Recently, I was approached by a singer/songwriter to arrange strings for an existing track that contained an acoustic guitar and vocals. The client was very specific in his brief and sent me over an mp3 of the track as well as an mp3 of the same...

Tags: String Arranging, Arranging String Parts, Guitar Chords, Professional String Arrangement, String Arranger, Strings For A Guitar Track

VaughanJones ― 6 weeks 2 days ago

Arranging Strings for a Pop Track – Tips and Techniques

String Section ― Arranging strings for a pop or rock track requires a different approach to orchestrating or even composing original music solely for string orchestra. In a word, versatility is the key to enhancing and expanding an existing piece of pop music....

Tags: String Arranging, Arranging Strings For Pop Songs, Composing For String Orchestra, Hiring String Players, String Arranger

VaughanJones ― 6 weeks 6 days ago

Orchestrating for Strings – Techniques and advice

String Section ― 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 the one section that can play for an extended period of time and still sound complete. Many...

Tags: String Arranging, Composing Film Soundtracks, Instruments In A String Section, Orchestrating For Strings, Size Of A String Section, String Arranger

VaughanJones ― 11 weeks 6 days ago

String arranging tips, how to learn orchestration.

String Section ― Most of us when composing for a string section or full orchestra will do so in front of a keyboard. In this respect, the process isn’t too different from the time when a composer’s only tools were a pen, a bottle of ink, a blank...

Tags: String Arranging, Arranging Music, Composer, Learn Orchestration, Learn To Arrange Strings, String Arranging Tips

VaughanJones ― 16 weeks ago

A very good sound engineer at work….:-)

String Section

Tags: Recording Projects, String Arranging, Auto Tune, Sound Engineer Improving Voice

VaughanJones ― 19 weeks ago

Holst St Paul’s Suite: A Guide to String Writing (Part 4)

String Section ― This final movement of the ‘St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra’ is a reworking of Holst’s Second Suite in F for military band. The tune which appears throughout the movement is the folk tune ‘Dargason’, a 16th Century English dance tune included ...

Tags: String Arranging, Composing For Stringed Instruments, Dargason, Gustav Holst, Learn Orchestration, Learn To Arrange For Strings

VaughanJones ― 20 weeks ago

Holst: St. Paul’s Suite (3rd movement)

String Section ― In the first two blogs in this four-part series, I took an analytical look at the ‘Jig’ and ‘Ostinato’ movements of Gustav Holst’s ‘St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra’ from the perspective of analyzing the string writing and techniques used....

Tags: String Arranging, Composing For Strings, Gustav Holst, Intermezzo, St. Paul's Suite, String Arranger

VaughanJones ― 23 weeks ago

Holst St Paul’s Suite: A good example of String Writing (Part 2)

String Section ― The second movement of Gustav Holst’s ‘St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra’ is entitled ‘Ostinato’. This Italian word has the same basis as the word obstinate (meaning ‘stubborn’) and with good reason, as an ostinato is a persistent note or ...

Tags: String Arranging, Composing For Strings, Gustav Holst, Ostinato, Second Movement, St. Paul's Suite

VaughanJones ― 24 weeks ago

Holst, St. Paul’s Suite - an exceptional example of string writing.

String Section ― Gustav Holst was one of England’s most eminent composers in the first half of the twentieth century. From 1905 until his premature death in 1934, Holst held the post of Director of Music at St Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith and he wrote many...

Tags: String Arranging, Arranging For Strings, Composing For Strings, Double Stopping, Full Writing, Gustav Holst

VaughanJones ― 28 weeks ago

Bow Markings in Notation for Strings

String Section ― String players often discuss the need for ‘bow markings’ or simply ‘bowings’, but what are they and why do they matter? ∙ The basic premise is that the bow travels in two directions (down and up) and whereas a ...

Tags: String Arranging, Bow Notation, Bowed Instruments, Bowing And Fingering, Orchestrator Vaughan Jones, String Arranger

VaughanJones ― 31 Jan, 12

Is something missing….?

String Section ― About a year ago I wrote a blog entry called ‘Bring on the Viola‘ which discussed the merits of this sometimes overlooked and under-appreciated instrument of the string family. I thought it worth adding another blog entry as in the...

Tags: String Arranging, Arranging For Strings, Orchestrating For Strings, Qualities Of The Viola, Session String Players, Session Viola

VaughanJones ― 19 Apr, 11

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