Welcome to the Garritan Interactive PRINCIPLES OF ORCHESTRATION by Rimsky-Korsakov

[Louise C]

It's so good to be here in the company of like-minded people. I'm new to the forums and am looking forward to exploring some of the other topics as well. Gary, hats off. Another great reason it's good to be alive in the 21st century.

My confession- I do own another orchestra library which can sound quite nice, but have on more than one occasion yearned for GPO. (The idea of handpicking the instruments is just, well, too much to resist.) I hope in the not too distant future to go ahead and spoil myself, even if it means updating my system and sequencing software (yikes!)

[snorlax]

Hello,

Happy Holidays!
Is it too late to sign up for the orchestration course?

Thank you,
Alan

Alan...

Self-pacing...never too late...GET GOING!!!

Jim

[myles2042]

Hi,

I'm a new boy on the block. I hope to gain a lot from the course, as what I have seen so far looks very promising.

Just one negative thought: I hope I can avoid the danger of making something trite sound impressive by dressing it in orchestral garb. I am reminded of the Spanish proverb which says , a monkey dressed in silk is still a monkey.

Best wishes to you all,
Myles 2042

[scipio]

Hello,

Thank you so much for making this available. This is one of the greatest uses of the Internet I have ever seen. Congratulations to everyone involved in putting this project together. I sincerely cannot thank you enough.

Thanks again,
Scipio

[the perfect human]

hi everybody.
Orquestration is a pendient work in my musical studies.
it is amazing! In spanish we say ´me viene como anillo al dedo' (it is like a ring to a finger), meaning it is just what i was looking for .
I am grateful to have an opportunity to learn and share ideas.

[Garritan]

Hi,

I'm a new boy on the block. I hope to gain a lot from the course, as what I have seen so far looks very promising.

Just one negative thought: I hope I can avoid the danger of making something trite sound impressive by dressing it in orchestral garb. I am reminded of the Spanish proverb which says , a monkey dressed in silk is still a monkey.

Best wishes to you all,
Myles 2042

Hi Myles,

Welcome to the course and hope you do gain a lot from being here.

I think one thing you'll learn from Rimsky-Korsakov is that less is more. Ecomony of orchestration seems to underly his method so you don't have to worry about dressing those primates in sil clothing.

Gary Garritan

[Garritan]

Hello,

Thank you so much for making this available. This is one of the greatest uses of the Internet I have ever seen. Congratulations to everyone involved in putting this project together. I sincerely cannot thank you enough.

Thanks again,
Scipio

Hi Scipio,

Welcome to the course and glad you can join us. I am looking forward to your participation and hope you enjoy the course.

Best,

Gary Garritan

[Garritan]

hi everybody.
Orquestration is a pendient work in my musical studies.
it is amazing! In spanish we say ´me viene como anillo al dedo' (it is like a ring to a finger), meaning it is just what i was looking for .
I am grateful to have an opportunity to learn and share ideas.

Hola!

Thanks for joining us. I am glad this course fits perfect like a ring.

A spanish version of this course may be a worthwhile thing to do. I will look into whether there is a Spanish translation of the text available and what it would take to translate.

All the best,

Gary Garritan

[FJ Hillyer]

I have been looking for drum brush sounds and here they are!!

[FJ Hillyer]

What do I click to start?