How to use Dynamic Phrasing in your Compositions for Added Emotion

Want to get your music sounding more dynamic, expressive, and lifelike, but are not sure how to plan dynamics over the course of a musical phrase or melody? In this video I (Ben Botkin) share some tips and tricks you can use to take the dynamic performances of your music to the next level, whether you are using virtual instruments or not. This video lesson was made from content taken from an online course of mine called "Bringing Virtual Orchestra Music to Life: Vol 1: Expression, Dynamics, and Performance". In this course I attempt to bridge the gap between musicality and technology by sharing in-depth techniques for applying timeless principles of musical expression to virtual orchestral instruments. https://store.fortecomposeracademy.co... 0:00 Dynamic Phrasing Defined 1:08 Dynamic Phrasing In Greensleeves 1:36 Dynamic Shapes within an individual phrase 2:52 Melodic elements or movements that get dynamic attention 5:58 Tip: make music away from your DAW 8:22 How Phrases join together (in traditional Western music) 10:02 The functions of the difference phrases in an 8-bar melody 11:18 Dynamic Shaping over a Multi-phrase Sequence 14:30 Mapping out the Dynamic Phrasing for an Entire Melody (with longs) 22:27 Dynamic Phrasing in a completed piece ("The Upward Call") 30:27 Mapping out the Dynamic Phrasing for an Entire Melody ("Carol of the Bells" with shorts)