Arrangement

In music, an arrangement loosely describes rewriting a piece of pre-existing music for a specific set of instruments or voices, often in harmony or with additional original material. In jazz or studio settings, "arranging" is most commonly used to describe the process that is also called orchestration, adaptation, setting, or a variety of other terms.

Further reading

• The Billboard Book of Rock Arranging by Mark Michaels, ISBN 0823075370.
• The Professional Arranger Composer by Russ Garcia
• Composing for the Jazz Orchestra by Bill Russo