Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.[1] Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble.[2] Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".[3] In jazz, a memorized (unwritten) arrangement of a new or pre-existing composition is known as a head arrangement.[4]

  1. ^ "Arrangement". Britannica. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ Häberlin, Andreas (2025). "12. Opportunities". A Music Transcription Method: Notating Recorded Music by Ear (1st ed.). New York / Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 136–137. ISBN 9781032842547.
  3. ^ (Corozine 2002, p. 3)
  4. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-141-02646-6.
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