Jan 10, 2020 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Writing for Mallets When writing parts for mallet instruments that need the player to hold two mallets per hand (like marimba/vibraphone chords) it is very tricky for the players to rapidly play passages that include constant switching between “black and white” and...
Nov 1, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Arpeggios on Brass Instruments While fast chord arpeggios are great and no problem to play on strings and woodwinds, they can become very difficult on brass instruments. It is quite tricky for brass players to cover a big range safely in a short time and especially if...
Jul 5, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Trombone Slide Difficulties The unique construction of the trombones with their slides gives them a possibility to do certain things that other brass instruments can’t do (e.g. seamless glissandi) but also limits them in certain situations. Especially in the lower...
