How Does Jonny Greenwood Make the STRINGS Sound SO Amazing? | Orchestration Q&A

Orchestration Q&A. Questions from my Patrons on patreon, followers on twitter, instagram and youtube.

Questions:
0:18 What are the mistakes that using a soundfont/music library make you make?
0:23 How did composers imagine the infinite subtleties of orchestral textures before Sibelius playback? Would Tchaikovsky have written anything as magnificent as he did if he had had a MacBook?
1:26 Dynamic "weight" of different instruments
3:10 How does Jonny Greenwood make the strings sound so amazing?
4:04 Writing for brass instruments?
5:14 Can orchestration techniques apply to sample-based/electronic dance music?
8:05 how to write orchestrally for smaller ensembles
9:38 Balancing a solo instrument with an orchestra
10:08 Which instrument should I give the melody to in the orchestra?
10:32 Use of solo and string divisi, a2 a3
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Other Music mentioned in this video
Jonny Greenwood: rehearsals for There Will be Blood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ_YcOMUI10

Penderecki - Threnody (Animated Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HilGthRhwP8&t=1s

Lutosławski: livre pour orchestre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtexspg9Yyc

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