WRITING FOR VIOLIN & CELLO: Beginner-Intermediate Advice for Arranging Strings and Orchestration

In this video I share 31 tips about writing for strings that I have picked up over the years as a composer for film, TV, and video games as well as an arranger on hundreds of songs.

These tips are to help beginner to intermediate arrangers write better music for violin, viola, cello, bass, string quartets, string orchestras, and whatever other string ensembles you can think up!

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