The Wonderful World Of the Solo Instrument
When you’re faced with the quandary of finding “something
different” to underscore a scene, CSS Music suggests an idea often used in
motion pictures: the solo instrumental. Be it a solo trumpet evoking a sad
battlefield moment, a scratchy, poorly played violin for humor or an acoustic
guitar capturing the mood of a sleepy Mexican town, the power and intimacy of a
single instrument will offer your shows a unique color palette.
What does the solo instrumental have over a more fleshed out
piece of music? The first thing is emotion and identification. Think about the
movie “The Sting” and Marvin Hamlisch’s excellent score that revolved around
Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” played on an out-of-tune upright piano. From
the opening credits, you know immediately you’re watching a tongue-in-cheek
period film. The other powerful aspect is your ability to ride the gain more
easily. You never have to worry about a big drum fill or dweedle guitar solo
interrupting a mood you’ve established. Finally, depending on the length of
your scene, you can fade, edit to ending or loop this type of track in a myriad
of different ways.
If you would like to explore the CSS Music library of solo
instruments simply scroll down our homepage to Keyword Alpha List. Under the
Keywords R-Z you’ll find Solo Instrumentals with 14 pages of various
instruments and moods. The solo instrument track won’t work in every situation.
But when you want to perk up your viewer’s ears with something more emotionally
focused that immediately establishes mood, nothing does it like a single
instrumental!
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