Writing For The Cello - How To Orchestrate Like a Pro

In this episode Cellist Bryan Gibson with demonstrate all the Bowing Articulations that you see in your virtual Instruments. You will learn how they are played and sound - Detache, Legato, Sul Ponticello, Sul Tasto, Staccato, Spiccato, Marcato, Ricochet, Pizzicato and Tremolo.
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[@ikaikahudgens]

THIS COULD BE SUCH A GOOD SERIES, LIKE BRASS, WOODWINDS, PERCUSSION, ETC IT COULD HELP ALOTTA BEGINNING COMPOSERS LIKE ME AHH!!

[@mosesramirez6330]

So much yes!

[@sannylad9204]

YEESSSS

[@kodysamson8750]

I know I'm kind of randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to watch newly released movies online?

[@sagarkapoor9892]

For quick revisions later on: 1:20 detache 1:58 legato 5:24 sul ponticello 6:52 sul tasto 7:44 staccato 10:13 spiccato 12:08 marcato 14:21 ricochet 15:34 col legno 17:01 pizzicato 18:25 tremolo 19:48 hook bowing 23:34 using the frog of the bow

[@tompw3141]

legato?

[@sagarkapoor9892]

corrected. thanks.

[@JoePaquin26]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@francescodefendi3201]

Thanks!

[@alguiennanimo2135]

thanks so much!

[@metahed]

BEST. CHANNEL. EVER.

[@RickBeato]

Thanks!

[@vanessajazp6341]

Agreed :)

[@maxjohn6012]

That was extremely useful. I'm a pianist thinking of writing for the cello for the first time, and this was fantastically helpful. I particularly appreciated Bryan using the same scale to demonstrate so much of what was covered - that consistency in the material really helped highlight the differences in sound due to the various techniques! Much appreciated :)

[@jannisbmrt]

I really hope this series continues

[@FrancescoFiligoi]

What an incredible player and teacher. This is gonna be an amazing series!

[@coltonclement]

When I searched for this I never thought I get a Rick Beato vid. This rocks.

[@danieltbassable]

I know this video is old but I got a cello for Christmas (I'm 48), and I figured I had to see if Rick had anything on cello. Score!!

[@danb2622]

Bryan's skill + cello = POWER! I love it!

[@vanessajazp6341]

Who doesn't love the evocative sound of a cello?

[@joshuawallwork1443]

This really helped me write sheet music! Thank you!

[@laertesdd]

First after Adam Neely. What an honor.

[@pursharthchawla8306]

oh man rick you're the best! i've not seen anyone on youtube give such detailed information on the nuances of orchestral instruments and bringing them to people who are mostly programming their orchestral compositions. i'm filled with gratitude...

[@ZvikaDror]

Awesome job Bryan - I so much wish to go back 30 years and pick up the Cello... enjoy music! Thanks for sharing

[@mahavishnustravinskij]

I'm studying cello and composing music. This was a good simple exploration of the cello. What I miss though is to show how much one can do using two or more strings at once. Bach presented so many pieces with two melodies simultaneously on one cello. Bryan Gibson, you probably know this better than I do, I just wish you included it. Pushing the limits of what a cello can do.

[@RaymondHng]

Mahavishnu Stravinskij That is called a double stop

[@felixmarques]

There's also harmonics, etc.

[@Equinerhael]

You have no idea how badly I needed this video! lolololol I write my own Orchestral scores and without knowledge of techniques of the orchestra, it’s very hard to do. These vids help a lot. Thank you for these.

[@tdubveedub]

This is a great idea for teaching orchestration. Having a live player interviewed and demonstrating the techniques of their instrument is of tremendous value. Thank you for doing this; opening up and inspiring my music once again.

[@maudonnet]

Once more you raised the bar, Rick! Amazing video, I've been looking for something like this for months. Thank you very much!

[@MacClenney]

Rick, I'm a big fan of your channel. You've got a goldmine here if you could do something like this for just about every instrument.

[@arthurmee]

This is a superb video. So informative.

[@1000buffalos]

Rick, you are amazing! This brings the articulations in my East West Diamond collection alive with the opportunity to see them!

[@RickBeato]

+1000buffalos Great! That was the idea!!

[@jerannon]

Very much appreciate this. I just picked cello up again after 25 years (played it in 6th grade) and this info was really helpful!

[@JimLane]

Thank you for doing this series, Rick - can't wait for the future installments!

[@amber1862]

So fascinating! Loving your diverse uploads.

[@marylanders3989]

Thank you Rick for these lessons. I really appreciate them.

[@Rebecaanddavid]

So helpful! Great value.

[@ernielgoh3539]

Thanks Bryan and Rick for the quality content!

[@Axadn]

Great video! There's a lot of value here

[@JureJerebic]

Brilliant. I have posted this to several film scoring groups on Facebook, with thousands of members (one including Hans Zimmer himself as well). Hopefully everyone gets to see these series!

[@Megollyen1]

You're amazing, Rick! And Bryan is a fantastic and knowledgeable cellist. Thank you so much! I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this series. :)

[@reallyreallyryan]

I was so pleased to see this in my feed. I'm an aspiring composer and this couldn't have come along at a better time. Good luck with the rest, Rick! Thanks a lot, your videos are incredibly useful.

[@lastdaysguitar]

Once in awhile I will add virtual cello to my songs - I hadn't given study of this topic any thought, but this video was VERY interesting and helpful. Thanks, guys!

[@6riffmaster]

This was very cool, I love Bryan's work with Chris

[@RayThingProduction]

This is so valueable, thank you Rick amd Bryan.

[@goingtobe]

Hi Rick, Even though we can find many things on youtube, many musicians don't have a classical players to demonstrate and explain about their instruments. I know I didn't have and had to work very hard to get example from professional musician which is different then to listen them playing in a concert. *Rick, what you have done is AWESOME!!!*

[@grasped2]

Make more of these, Rick! Please!

[@knoxvl]

That's awesome! Thank you Rick!

[@thewolfgangensemble4378]

What a shock ...you almost had me thinking you had an unknown talent...still laughing so hard it almost hurts lol

[@thechisensei]

this is gold! tnx Rick

[@grahamwevans9383]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for a very informative video.

[@kunzangrangdrol]

This is so precious to me. Thanks, Rick and Bryan. I use Vienna Symphonic Library, love string quartets. I got the full solo strings bundle which contains all of these articulations you are presenting. Plus the VSL system offers superb tweaking for everything. You can easily stretch out those staccato articulations. This is awesome. So grateful.

[@sprkymrt]

I like the comments he made comparing the real instruments with the samples people use with their DAWS, and what doesn't really work very well. Makes all the difference when you hear the real thing.

[@paulhenty]

This is a great idea for a series, and really well made. Thanks.

[@lizziebirdsworth3726]

Superb video, thank you so much both of you.

[@jimnaz5267]

wonderful, thanks

[@pianogiggles]

Fantastic video! Very informative! Thank you very much!!

[@ShirshakRajKunwar]

Thank you both of you

[@classicalhero7]

This series is going to be great. The intro was well done.

[@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849]

Awesome video, very helpful. Thank you.

[@clairecooper1754]

Wow, amazing series.

[@doubleddrummer]

Rick Beato... Coolest dude ever! Thanks for these damn videos!

[@finscontingencyplan7005]

Hey Rick. Really appreciate what you're doing here. One thing I think that could be a lot of help to these types of videos is if you had little picture in picture frames showing what each articulation looks like when notated. You could possibly achieve this by writing a score for your video with a small title referencing each technique - for instance, start the score with a phrase notated in single bow strokes, then legato (as a slur and using other forms), then how one would notate several notes played on the same string etc etc. I think it'd really help to show exactly how to implement these techniques as a composer that might not have the extensive experience that usually brings knowledge of different notations

[@Imagineyourmusiccom]

thank you very much both of you, so useful, fantastic.

[@user-dc7vx8qx3d]

Thank you for doing this !

[@imranino]

This was so informative! Thank you!

[@jamiroquaiordie]

got a test next week about orchestration, so thank you a lot for this

[@jeradatherton]

This is awesome. Keep it up Rick.

Excellent!! Thank you! :)

[@JustMiluna]

what a great time to be alive!

[@nickyelovich3872]

Who dislikes this, man? Seriously! Great video. Super Informative!

[@nevertheless123]

he is a fantastic Cellist.

[@BoredomEnsues]

Excellent, thank you.

[@frankspears4597]

How about continuing this series Rick for woodwind, brassand percussion.

[@Diggsblues]

Great Lesson !!!!

[@TheRolvaag]

I just bought the Chris Hein Ensemble strings and I found this very helpful

[@Ark4evah]

this is invaluable

[@rbrooks2007]

The composer Eric Coates tells the story in his autobiography Suite: In Four Movements where a cellist got on the wrong side of an orchestra and leaving their instrument unattended before the performance, one of the orchestra members undid the bow and threaded the hair and bow around the strings. The result was a cellist fighting with their instrument at start of play much to the amusement of the orchestra. Never cross an orchestra.

[@oscarfogelstrom2070]

Great, thanks!

[@videf2007]

SUPER!

[@MasonTorrey]

Great video, but I just have to say, what a beautiful cello. That colour is amazing.

[@Steven_Gifford]

Very helpful

[@ShorkGamer]

Very helpful!

[@undekagoncz5045]

very helpful! thanks

[@kabar1211]

Awesome

[@doubledown9333]

Great idea

[@Mrjononotbono]

Thanks for this! Amazing You Tube channel. I have subscribed!

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

Brilliant, Rick (thanks Bryan) As I move into working with more orchestral libraries and composing in different genre's, I've been picking up some of this information on articulations, elsewhere (KZbin's algorithm kicking in, too), but fantastic to get demonstrations and explanations. Gonna have to go deeper on your cinematic composition vids, next, too

[@sebastianvarela6468]

Bravo Rick! you have the chuck norris of theory channels

[@chrisclarkeML]

Rick! You forgot about battudo! Thank you for this video though it cleared up somethings that I always wanted to know!

[@sparkleshyguy85]

I’m a hobbyist songwriter and will probably never write anything with a cello, but I still really enjoyed this and feel I learned a lot. Just to be clear, it’s mostly that I’m unlikely to ever have access to a cellist so that’s why I wouldn’t write for that instrument, but as a guitarist it’s fascinating to learn about the differences in technique. That and yeah, cello is as awesome as I thought it was from the sound of it. :)

[@Mtaalas]

I really liked this. I'm always struggling since I know I should know more about the instruments and the techniques to really improve my orchestration and my composing as well. Technique that has certain sound can be useful as an inspiration in itself. :) I hope we get more ^_^

[@GSunNo]

Really enjoy your videos :)

[@davidkeller9469]

I assumed you had done videos like this, just hadn't come across it. Good resource for non-string players. How about one that shows off what an electric cello can do? (You've probably done one of those too). 🔥

[@rens2998]

Really really usefull video

[@reyescisneros1785]

I love these videos Rick and appreciate all that you have been doing for the music community! Thank you. I agree that it is better to use a real musician with instrument versus a virtual instrument in your orchestral arrangements. However, in November of 2020, I picked up BBC Orchestra by Spitfire Audio and you can articulate many of these type of nuances with your virtual instruments. Its pretty cool, check it out, still not the same but it's getting closer...

[@usamahBlackLove]

Hey Rick, Can you do a video on how to write and orchestrate for French horn?

[@RickBeato]

I'm going to do a video on every instrument of the Orchestra

[@usamahBlackLove]

Great!!!!!! Can't wait

[@nakedmambo]

Thanks Rick. When you do other strings like violin/viola could you cover the playing of double stops? The realistic speed of playing stops. I have in mind the problem of viola writing in string trios where it has to add harmony filling in what a 2nd violin would provide in a quartet. Will you be covering contrabas yourself?

[@mosesramirez6330]

Realistic speed for virtuoso player vs. typical professional orchestra player.

[@charlesgaskell5899]

Congratulations on a good start to what sounds like it will be a mammoth undertaking. Great to see a real live player demonstrating the different techniques, the differences between live sounds and sampled sounds and also the comments on blending 'live' and sampled instruments. It might not be necessary for every stringed instrument, but can cover use of vibrato (and senza vibrato), harmonics (natural and artificial) and con sordino in at least one of the string instrument videos? Thanks again, and a belated happy birthday - as a 55-year-old myself, I've realised that we are almost identical in age! ;-)

[@jockojohn3294]

This will be great. I'm a beginner in this composing venture, so this is exactly what I had in mind doing by hiring a live teacher to show me all this stuff. I will still do that, but now, I'll have some knowledge going in, and won't be a dumb wide eyed slug sitting in a chair saying.....teach me.....I can be a participant. The teacher will probably have more fun too....because I put forth some effort & can interact. Thanks Rick. Of course, all your stuff is top notch. :)

[@camsolo2024]

Thanks a bunch for this!!

[@RickBeato]

You are welcome!

[@seiph80]

I just can't get enough of your channel, Rick! Thanks so much, man!

[@petersmart894]

Good to get another point of view. Glad I took up the guitar though as I would be lost on the cello. However.one cellist my wife always loved to listen to was the great Jacqueline Du Pre, who, unfortunately, died in 1982. First wife of Danial Barenboim.

[@ANGELSVEN]

Nice vibrato and lovely cello tone. I wish I knew the year your cello was made and the maker.

[@yannickdepauw7930]

Awesome videos! I actually use the technique with the 8 chairs myself :) But I often ask the player to bring an extra violin, so it's not always the same instrument. Most players have a second one and don't mind bringing it. It sounds a bit more realistic that way.

[@scottgirvanmusic8391]

Gold

[@MaxTooney]

It's very interesting to 'hear' a cellist delineate the deficiencies in string sample libraries. This will be a valuable series. Btw, I wonder if the cello is bryan's favorite instrument? He also happens to be one Hell of a guitar player.

[@aeronviladomini580]

Hey Rick, have you done any more of these videos? I really enjoyed this one on the cello. I've had a look through your channel but couldn't find any others on orchestra instruments. It'd be awesome to have a look at the rest of the string section :)

[@michellepackman1484]

my people!!!!

[@advaithjaikumar6403]

Hey, absolutely LOVED this video! You said you'd do one on every orchestral instrument, did that not happen or has it been taken down :(

[@darrenhirst9900]

A Gibson that plays a cello. Be funny if a Gibson played a Fender. 😂 Gentleman I enjoyed this so thank you.

[@GaaraOfTheFunk606]

Do a video on your intro music? i'm stumped on the second to last chord in my transcription haha

[@jonnyroxx7172]

Great job and very informative as always, Rick. Love your channel. Could you please add vibrato to the next string segment. Also, what's your opinion of On The Track (book) for film scoring? Fred Karlin was a friend of my composition teacher. Thanks for the great lessons! Peace. JR