Orch tutorials?

Chords, scales, harmony, melody, etc.
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So I can't agree that a real tutor is gradually disappearing in favor of Youtube or other internet activity. One to one in a room, that isn't replaced by internet fora comment boxes. I think it's more ideal if the person has looked at eg., Ravel's orchestration of Debussy or Pictures at an Exhibition more towards the beginning of the journey than that. :shrug: But I acknowledge your point as to being seduced by this kind of facile internet experience. It is odd to see it posited that that would be necessary is all.

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Shit, I would benefit from that ThinkSpace course. good job! Deposit of $700, $175 a month x 6 mos. Ok, I'm out. Looks fantastic.

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There are several tips about orchestration in Garritan site: http://www.garritan.com/blog/category/t ... echniques/

Of course, these are "tips" and imply that you are already knowledgeable about composition and orchestration. So, perhaps you should start with a more formal and step by step training. Garritan also offers a full on-line course based on "Principles of Orchestration" by Rimsky-Korsakov, in http://www.garritan.com/principles-of-orchestration/

Based on the same book (which may be regarded as the Bible of the orchestration treaties), you have this other course, by Northern Sounds (it seems it is somehow the same course): http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/for ... on-On-line
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I just remembered this from macprovideo when you mentioned "epic" in the original question (subscription required though).

https://www.macprovideo.com/tutorial/mu ... and-styles

It doesn't go to the nitty-gritty details but I find that this "conceptual" approach works for me.
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The Rimsky-Korsakov book is a good place to start, primarily because of the Garritan tutorials you can work through. However, what you must understand is that there are no hard and fast rules. You have these instruments, each with a variety of playing techniques and you can blend them together however the hell you want to make sound. Rimsky-Korsakov emphasizes certain principles that were important 100+ years ago for a certain kind of sound but may not always be applicable today. You have to study a lot of scores and listen to what they are doing, how instruments blend together, etc. The various orchestral books will basically tell you about instrument ranges, all the various articulations and playing techniques that are possible with each instrument. If and when they start getting really specific about how to actually arrange interesting parts, remember that its just a starting point and if the book was written 100 year ago...then its probably going to have certain stylistic biases...there is always a lot of room to experiment.

Most film scores today are predominantly being done with sample libraries and a combination of acoustic and electronic instrumentation..you have a lot of options which did not exist when Rimsky-Korsakov wrote his book.
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