hope everyones good.........lately ive bin gripped with orchestral harmonies....specially when used with rock genres........its not that i want to write a symphony but atleast i want to add those cool string sounds to my compositions.......i want to know if there is any special theory involved in doing so......should i simply take a set of harmonizing notes and plug in a strings vst such as finale???
would it be fair to do so or should i sign up a professional :p although thats not what i want........i actually want to learn the trade.
what confuses me is that many pop/rock songs do have string sections playing but not a single band memeber happens to be a violin or a cello player...take for instance INCOMPLETE by the BACKSTREET Boys....its got all kinds of orchestral sounds playing in the background but neither of the memebers of the band plays orchestral instruments.....
what should i be doing to write a simple and valid strings part fo my song......hope im clear.......thank in advance......take care
