Your videos are super awesome for real!🙌 For someone who is starting out, like a "fresh" beginner, is there anything you'd recommend I'd start with? I want to start arranging and I don’t know much about note reading and all that. Could you maybe make a series that adresses people like me? Thank you!
Hi, thanks for your kind words! :-) Strictly speaking, sheet music isn't really required to do arranging; you can do it entirely by ear and/or by recording and layering parts in a digital audio workstation (DAW) like Logic Pro or Ableton. It's not unheard of for choirs to have arrangements done this way, where the choir members learn through call-and-response and listening to practise track. That being said, I've found that having written down music can make rehearsals go faster, even if not all choir members can read them, so it might be worth spending some time learning how to read (and in turn write) sheet music. There should be some online resources for doing this, I'm sure! If you're not sure how to go about learning how to do the arranging itself, I would say that the best way to learn about good arrangements is to sing good arrangements by others in a choir. A lot can be learned through taking part in the rehearsal process, as you'll get the arrangement broken down in course of rehearsals, such as the altos and sopranos singing in isolation, and over time you'll develop a good ear for what voices sound like in different registers and when put together. Depending on where you are there may be plenty of options here; Sweden and the UK for instance have many, many choirs at every level and for every genre! You can of course watch my series for help, but I'm sure there are plenty of other resources online for help with arranging; Deke Sharon has both a UA-cam channel and a few books out that I learned a lot from! If you're in a choir then that's also a good way to test out arrangements, which can be invaluable. I hope that's a little to start with! :-)
Your videos are super awesome for real!🙌
For someone who is starting out, like a "fresh" beginner, is there anything you'd recommend I'd start with? I want to start arranging and I don’t know much about note reading and all that. Could you maybe make a series that adresses people like me? Thank you!
Hi, thanks for your kind words! :-) Strictly speaking, sheet music isn't really required to do arranging; you can do it entirely by ear and/or by recording and layering parts in a digital audio workstation (DAW) like Logic Pro or Ableton. It's not unheard of for choirs to have arrangements done this way, where the choir members learn through call-and-response and listening to practise track. That being said, I've found that having written down music can make rehearsals go faster, even if not all choir members can read them, so it might be worth spending some time learning how to read (and in turn write) sheet music. There should be some online resources for doing this, I'm sure!
If you're not sure how to go about learning how to do the arranging itself, I would say that the best way to learn about good arrangements is to sing good arrangements by others in a choir. A lot can be learned through taking part in the rehearsal process, as you'll get the arrangement broken down in course of rehearsals, such as the altos and sopranos singing in isolation, and over time you'll develop a good ear for what voices sound like in different registers and when put together. Depending on where you are there may be plenty of options here; Sweden and the UK for instance have many, many choirs at every level and for every genre!
You can of course watch my series for help, but I'm sure there are plenty of other resources online for help with arranging; Deke Sharon has both a UA-cam channel and a few books out that I learned a lot from! If you're in a choir then that's also a good way to test out arrangements, which can be invaluable.
I hope that's a little to start with! :-)
@@KnutsMusic This is a good place to start. Thanks Knut! I'll definitely keep watching and learning from your series. Keep doing what you do :)