I Built an Orchestration Tool - And It’s FREE!

[@JanBLarsson]

This is why you are one of my top music teaching heroes. Don't over work yourself, but this channel is pure Gold. :)

[@sp00ky_guy]

Man, Ryan is such a real one; you can tell he really cares about his craft. He genuinely wants to help everyone learn; he goes out of his way to do stuff like this, the competitions, making regular content that's super informative etc. Genuinely a great force for humanity - I hope he gets all the recognition he deserves, I certainly appreciate him a hell of a lot.

[@alexjbrenchleymusic]

Like this competition which was supposed to end 2 months ago but still hasn't ended.

[@BrianMagnan]

This is perfect for someone like me who loves layering orchestral instruments but doesn’t know the instrument ranges by heart. Awesome tool!

[@TangentMoon]

Surprisingly useful little tool!

[@controlledchaos8481]

This is massively beneficial to the novice composer and the experienced one as well! Being able to see a wide variety of options immediately at your disposal that you know will be “effective/safe” for any given voice is very valuable. And free!! Thank you.

[@agorgedslug]

Fantastic! Maybe it already exists, but I've always thought a great tool would be to similarly input two notes (any reasonable interval), and it displays which stringed instrument can play them as a double-stop (if any), where it would appear on the neck of that instrument, and the level of difficulty.

[@ericleiter6179]

Correct me if Im wrong, but I think there is a mistake in the program as far as its optimal suggestions are concerned...I realize that all of the wind instruments are shown on the notation as being in concert pitch, i.e., non transposing (except the piccolo is written an octave below its sound like normal), but the issue here is that while the given parameters for the Zelda melody technically fall within the range of the English Horn, that high sounding 'A' is at the absolute top of its register, and therefore will sound strained when playing that high...is this idea of optimal range considered by the program? Not trying to be that guy, as I also appreciate everything you do Ryan, and Rovshan...there is SO much to learn, its nice to have tutorials like this available online from your efforts, and please keep up the good work!!!

[@Broeckietube]

Can confirm, EH player here; that A (played as an E on the EH) is definitely not in the comfortable range

[@ChizFreak]

I would also criticize that it doesn't contemplate dynamics of a passage. That's very important to take into account when choosing an instrument. Just because a flute can play it doesn't mean it will be heard if it's its lower register and there are other instruments playing loud. This seems like a first good step though, with iterations it could become a very good tool.

[@gramski]

@@ChizFreak For info - the course does go into that level of detail but as you say, it would be great to build that into the tool as well.

[@alexjbrenchleymusic]

Where's the post with who won?

[@Casur1N]

Rovshan’s Course might be THE BEST orchestration course in terms of getting to know the instruments practically, sections and subsections, as well as the whole limitless homophonic textures that one can then extrapolate to many things.

[@jamaciasmusic]

Indeed, the way to learn to voice chords between different instruments, from classic to modern harmony is just eye-opener. For me it has the best woodwind dedicated chapter and in a very digestible way, learning to voice and use the woodwinds as a section, knowing the limitations of the first double woodwind section which helps you to understand why auxiliary instruments made it through to cover those limitations. As well as Brass combinations and Strings multiple stops, all crystal clear.

[@sensumcommunem]

Thank you for sharing this very helpful tool.

[@LiamRaitorComposer]

That's fantastic! Thanks, Ryan. I'm going to put it to work right away!

[@heart_healer]

Thank you so much!! Have learnt so much from you and Rovshan sir!! His course I invested without any afterthought ..and really his way of imparting orchestration is on par with the best... Next target..enrolling in your course...thank you Ryan for the fantastic knowledge you put up!! You deserve all the love and accolades.... Will try to enroll in your course as soon as I save some up!! You and Rovshan sir are really one of the best !!

[@gavinleepermusic]

Excited to try this!

[@Purpleninja7707]

This is awesome! I’m absolutely going to use this. Thanks so much Ryan!

[@thesecretsoforchestration]

Dear Ryan, thanks for making and sharing this wonderful tool! I believe it will be handy for all young composers!

[@jamaciasmusic]

Maestro!

[@1warmday1]

Really nice, good way to get to using the concepts while still learning them - it's a lot of memorize! Appreciate the support in orchestrating!

[@rodterrell304]

Thanks!

[@RyanLeach]

Thanks Rod!

[@musiclore]

What you do is seriously appreciated.

[@MikeDrouilhet]

Another "Wow!" I wish you and the internet had been around 50 years ago!! I learn more from you than I did in my orchestration classes in college! Thanks!!

[@handznet]

Wow. I was just watching his orchestration videos this week! Thank you for this, will check it out right away

[@paulmdevenney]

I love the colouring for warmth level!

[@FranMonzo]

I have enrolled to this Ravshan's course, It is amazing and with this tool it will be more enjoyable. Thanks Ryan.

[@deanhamill5192]

That is a SUPER TOOL!!! It will really help me in my orchestration efforts. Thank you, Ryan, for this generous gift.

[@dpixvid]

Very nice! Over the long run I’m sure this will teach me appropriate combinations, even though I have a chart that defines instrument ranges. Thank you!

[@tontao21]

Thank you for your hard working, Ryan Leach

[@TheRealWinsletFan]

This tool is fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

[@riordanskt]

Thanks for sharing this with us Ryan. You're absolute great! Best of luck to you! Hugs!

[@jazzdirt]

3:17 French Horn in F is usually notated within a G-clef, you can write F-clef but you'll make a lot of Horn players really unhappy... I know I know French horn players are supposed to be able to read anything and transpose from any key... As a French horn player I haven't encountered much F-clef (or it must be really low) music sheets yet.. That is more of a Trombone thing... About the same range I know.. But most French horn players prefer to read G-clef or a lot must have changed in the past 30 years...

[@birb7271]

This is so great Ryan. Thank you!!!

[@rodterrell304]

Right on Ryan, thank you so much.

[@michelcamachomusic]

It seems like a good tool. Do you have or know about a tool for string instrument positions? Something like to easily know if some chords are possible for orchestrating? To prevent impossible chords or very difficult passages that would be awesome!!

[@XeNoS_Music]

Oh wow, what a cool idea! Great tool. Thanks Ryan!

[@BeachAndSnow]

This is brilliant! Thanks Ryan!

[@bobogus7559]

For the most part, this is a pretty decent tool. However, I would suggest one additional feature. Is it possible to have the note play back (perhaps as a piano sound) when a key on the keyboard is pressed? That way, there isn't any uncertainty about exactly which octave that corresponds to. Also, I notice that it suggests using the French Horn on melodies going up to C6, which seems a bit high considering that horns traditionally only go up to a sounding pitch of F5. This translates to a written pitch of C6, though. Did you use the written or sounding range of the horn when developing this tool?

[@alleyway3215]

I just bought Secrets of Orchestration. I'm only a few videos in, and I can say it's loaded with essential information.

[@Ifoundtheanswer]

This looks really cool. Thanks, Ryan!

[@GospelProgressionsUniversity]

Thank you so much for this. Much appreciated. 🙏🙏🙏

[@chasvox2]

Exceptional! Fine work, young man!

[@blueb4ryz951]

This is great! Thank you Ryan Leach

[@RunCoffeeBeer]

As always, a great video! Tool looks really cool. Checked out the contest! Thanks again for the video. Keep up the good work!

[@adude394]

Very cool, excellent resource! Well done!

[@Wallsochet]

Thanks, dude! Talk about providence; I just got contracted to orchestrate a musical to be performed in the spring and I actually really needed this 😅.

[@Nyan1012Aj]

Looking forward to looking into this, this is seriously so dope!

[@SparkyMK3]

This is a truly awesome program awesome! I'm gonna try it out as soon as I get home tonight! Thank you soooooooooo much for this!

[@indyartmusic1142]

Hi Ryan, thanks for sharing this video and for the free Orchestration tool!!! This will help me a lot. I am currently working on a piece that has a solo Violin playing the lead part and had been debating which instrument i should use to double part of the melody, so THIS GIFT could not have come at a better time. Many thanks!

[@Turtlpwr]

You are an angel for this dude

[@episodicstudiosllc]

Love this. This will be super useful. I would love to see a version for Concert Band as well, or that at least included Sax and Euphonium.

[@iamfrankbiesta]

Super useful tool. Thanks, Ryan!

[@g.p616]

Wow, What a great idea!

[@GaryRuschman]

sweet! Also, your Tell Me What to Compose tool is a great idea! Oblique Strategies-style :)

[@alexgerlach5630]

Thanks a lot

[@Krzychu3005]

Do we have a winner?

[@ParischneiderMUSIC]

This is a pretty cool idea. And i like the secrets of orchestration channel its really good. i was surprised to see you guys know eachother

[@dbarr15]

Wonderful tool! Thanks

[@GavinPotter]

This is great Ryan. Can you put a Reset/Clear button on it?

[@flowerinthedawn1]

Great tool man you are awesome.

[@povilasl5383]

this is absolutely amazing.

[@FischerOrchestra]

This is fantastic, thanks so much dude

[@eliahsolstice]

… WOW! You are a legend!

[@krakentoast]

I love you man

[@jonkenhod6230]

Hi Ryan.. I'm confused as to how the climax is harmonized with Bbdim7 when the 7th of that chord is, for a dim 7th, an Abb, and for a half-dim 7th, is an Ab.

[@RyanLeach]

Abb is also G, which is what the A is resolving down to as an appogiatura. It might be better to call the chord Gdim/Bb

[@kevinmkraft]

Great idea! Thank you for making this.

[@Trombinha_jooj]

Amazing!🙏🏻❤️

[@TraderTimmy]

Really cool tool. Thanks!

[@amiezwag]

What a legend!

[@cleodello]

I’ll leave it to other people who would benefit more to win course (I’m just a curious layperson), but the range tool is quite neat!

[@TanishqSadanala]

very helpful!!

[@CoffeeAcorn]

This is so cool, thank you

[@Alex-lu4po]

At first I thought this was going to be a Kubernetes alternative

[@ZayaMillis]

Omg!!!! Thank you!

[@aj.s...]

"For our example, let's use Zelda's Lullaby." That should be the channel mantra, lol. "For our example, let's use [insert any Zelda music]."

[@edwardserfontein4126]

Great tool!

[@jmwsr47]

Any chance of doing something like this for concert band?

[@_canon5519]

This is a really useful tool! can you please add saxophones to this? I know they aren't normal, but it would be super nice to have those in addition to the others, as well as maybe contrabass clarinet. Even if you don't add these, I'll be using this tool, thanks so much!

[@RyanLeach]

that's a fair request, I'll consult with Rovshan!

[@OA14231]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@navidhendrix]

Hi Ryan. Just checking up on the Competition. You said in the video that the week after you would announce the winner. It has been over a month. Unfortunately you haven't posted a vid after this one for over a month as well. Is the competition still on?

[@alexjbrenchleymusic]

Not only that, but it looks like people are still able to enter the competition despite the fact that it should have ended at this point.

[@screamingswifts]

That's really neat - thank you, good job!

[@Yeppers_Peppers]

Do some sample libraries that have ensemble patches (specifically cinematic studios strings) operate in a similar manner?

[@feraste]

That's great !

[@ShaharHarshuv]

Did you program it yourself or comissioned someone to implement it?

[@RyanLeach]

I did it myself with the help of Claude (kind of like ChatGPT). I mostly had it generate the code and then I'd report/discuss errors or other features to implement. I know enough coding to understand it but it would've taken me ages to actually build!

[@guillaumegaf2603]

Great work! Can't wait for the IsMyVoicingNicelyBalanced app! 😅

[@dr.weegee314]

Sorry, did I miss the post with who won the giveaway? I can’t find it.

[@fabriceuwihirwe2086]

did you end up finding out the winner?

[@dr.weegee314]

@@fabriceuwihirwe2086No, I didn’t. I don’t know where he announced it

[@hirkdeknirk1]

Nice!

[@shadowgod-tunes]

I just put in my entry. Good luck to me! I hope I win.

[@michaelmoeyaertmusic-ld3ox]

cool

[@CoffeeAcorn]

no percussion is a bit disappointing, it would be cool to get timpani, vibes and crotale ranges

[@RyanLeach]

If you give a mouse a cookie

[@corrosive135]

Thank you so much! Your channel has been instrumental in helping me become a better composer (see what I did there?)

[@Lealey_]

That's a neat little tool, thanks!

[@orchestratedpassage9468]

🎻 could I get your definition of hot timbre?

[@TacoAlligator]

Trumpets can’t reach a low G since their lowest note is F#

[@quoverdose1]

Zelda!!!!!

[@VasaMusic438]

great tool bu complicated to color blind like me

[@Stereozentrum]

And this, my dear friends, is exactly how to NOT orchestre. You have to view composition as an organic whole and not single out certain melody lines here and there via some neat little tools. This Zimmer-like approach is completely pointless.

[@raztube90]

🤦‍♂️ this is why we will never have big composers again …Insted of asking people to study music scores and figure why they scored it that way you came up with that tool…also this is free in dorico

[@RyanLeach]

a. I really don’t think it will have that much impact to change the world of music b. if you think I don’t encourage studying you aren’t familiar with my content

[@StudentDad-mc3pu]

I don't do guess work - I learned how to orchestrate, it's not that difficult.