How To Orchestrate A Chord Progression (from Piano to Full Orchestra)

Today's Orchestral Music Production Tutorial is all about Chord Progressions.
Writing Chord Progressions By Ear Tutorial:
⯈ • How To Write Orchestra...
Essential Orchestral Music Tutorials from my channel:
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Evenant Cinematic Music Course:
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Song I picked as an exmaple: "Yes" by Coldplay.
Libraries I used:
- Strings: Cinematic Strings 2, Metropolis Ark 1
- Brass: Metropolis Ark 1, Century Brass
- Percussion: Cerberus Percussion, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion
- Trailer FXs: AVA Instinct, Custom Samples
PC Specs:
- i7 8700k 3.7GHz CPU, 32GB RAM, M-Audio M-Track Plus, 2TB SSD Drives

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​@whiteaxxxe Although I agree that learning to read music sheets not a bad thing, it's not essential anymore. Try looking at it in a different perspective :) At the end of the day, music is a creative expression... there's no one-way to do it. Look at Van Halen for an example, he doesn't even know how to read sheet music and he's one of the most famous guitarists as of late. I'm sure if Mozart or Beethoven had DAWs back then, they wouldn't use music sheets as extensively.

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Always give these articulation and a little staccato Rythem 6:32 bass and tuba bass notes 11:45 cello harmonizing notes with a little variation for the bass note 12:37 violas second harmonizing notes but with more variation for bass and cello 13:53 bass trumbones high and low/using 2 octaves and two different harmonies mixed together 16:01 two French horns same thing but mixed differently than bass trumbones 21:59 celesta main melody 22:39 flute main melody then plays a back up counter melody something like a side counter melody. It supports the counter melody 24:50 first violin and (second violin but one octave higher) with tremolo of your choice main melody 27:00 trumpets come in at a counter melody from the other instruments but trumpets plays main melody 26:00 is trumpet 2 with counter melody 27:09 is chorus doing the counter melody and main melody at two different octaves I’m almost done I’ll finish this later and also give me a like...I’ll be doing this for whatever tutorial you want

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He's at 154 in this video. From what he's said in other videos, a good way to learn is to do covers. That should help you find an optimal bpm for your song.

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