Dynamics in Score Sheets

Dec 6, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration

Dynamics in Score Sheets When studying score sheets of classical works, you will often notice how ambiguous dynamic markings are notated. There might be hairpins leading to or from nowhere and other markings that don’t clearly indicate what the desired dynamic...

Bow Length Duration on Strings

Nov 15, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration

Bow Length Duration on Strings The time of how long one bow length lasts on string instruments is massively depending on the dynamic degree it is being played. For instance on Violins playing a super soft pianissimo, it is possible to extend the time until you need to...

Triple Dynamics

Oct 18, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration

Triple Dynamics The dynamic range of orchestra musicians spans more or less between pp and ff. Triple dynamics, even though used quite regularly especially by inexperienced orchestrators will mostly result in not sounding any different than the double dynamics. Only...

Mood Killers in Scoring Sessions

Oct 11, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration

Mood Killers in Scoring Sessions An orchestra is not only an ensemble of different instruments but also a group of human beings. Psychological factors can influence the performance quite heavily, not only whether it is a rainy day or things like that but also by the...