A first effort using a DAW to create an orchestral piece. Strings, woodwinds, guitar and piano.

First Effort

Thanks for giving my second effort at orchestral composition a listen. It's very simple. Some variations on a couple of simple melodies presented to me while fiddling about on the keyboard, arranged for strings, woodwinds, and harp. The DAW is Studio One, most instruments are from EastWest. A big shoutout to Keith for observation and suggestions. And to Ralph Vaughan Williams. They say you should only steal from the best.

Variations One MK 3 Eqd

I wanted to create a piece to showcase just a tiny fraction of the wonderful instruments available for free at pianobook.co.uk, (https://www.pianobook.co.uk)a community of musically minded people giving their effort and time to provide interesting and inspirational instruments to others. Instruments used are as follows:

Remote Violin by AlejandroMaganaMusic
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/remote-violin-nano/

Hunter’s Percussion – World by hrogerson
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/hunters-percussion-world/

Winter Voices by Pianobook 
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/winter-voices/

The Synthony by Rubenofficial
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/the-synthony/

Soft String Spurs by Dan Keen
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/soft-string-spurs-extras/

Niue by Fabian Siethoff
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/niue/

Claustrophobic Piano by Christian Henson
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/claustrophobic-piano/

Chilly’s Bottle by Stephen Tallamy
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/chillys-bottle/

Closet Harp by Kalen Smith
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/closet-harp/

Slinky Violin by David Hilowitz
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/slinky-violin/

Metal Sails by KevinDePree
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/metal-sails/

Suitability Spooky

Based on Child Ballad #100, it is an oddity in the world of old folk songs.

It has a happy ending.

A king, recently returned home after being held hostage in Spain, suspects his daughter's virtue might not be quite what it was before his absence.

Demanding to know who did the deed, the dutiful daughter admits it was "Willy O' Winsbury".

The king, prepared to have him hanged, sends forth his men to retrieve the dastardly cad.

But when he sees the fellow he's so impressed by his good looks he says, "For if I was a woman, as I am a man My bedfellow you would have been".

He offers Willy a lordship if he does the right thing and agrees to marry his daughter, but Willy declines, marries the daughter anyway and rides off with her to his own lands. Turns out he was a king too.

Usually this sort of situation would end in tears, bloodshed, or both, but not this time.

Winsbury Fantasy

After acquiring BBCSO from Spitfire Audio and Cremona Quartet from Native Instruments, I thought I'd see what my second composition (variations MK3) would sound like re-orchestrated. This is the result.

Edward Emerson

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