A cappella arranging: Writing effective choral ostinatos and riffs | Choir With Knut

Ostinatos and riffs/vamps are incredibly important in pop music, and learning how they work can greatly improve your arranging skills! So, in this episode we look at different kinds of ostinatos and how you can go about implementing them in your songs. Choir With Knut is your number one resource for learning how to arrange for choral and a cappella groups! Through informative videos, you’ll learn about the voice types, how to structure a vocal arrangement or composition, how to go about arranging for voices/singing as opposed to other instruments, and all sorts of related topics, tricks and tips! Scripted, filmed, and edited by Knut Olav Rygnestad Music by Knut Olav Rygnestad Except "My Funny Valentine" (© 1937 Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart), "I Want You Back" (© 1969 Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell & Deke Richards), "Good Times" (© 1979 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers), "Smoke On The Water" (© 1973 Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice), "Eye of the Tiger" (© 1982 Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik), "You Really Got Me" (© 1964 Ray Davies) and "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (© 1979 Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead). Intro and credits graphics/animation by Ingmar Kamalagharan Pictures: Andreas Lawen LCV (Guy Bell, Carsten Windhorst) Pixabay Silvio Tanaka Special thanks Anil Kamalagharan Didier Rochard Manuela Twrsnick Marcel Hunziker Marit Røkeberg Therese Ramstedt Produced and directed by Knut Olav Rygnestad #choir #acappella #arranging #arrange #choral #vocal #voices #acapella