MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT
by Anton Antonio
July 14, 2015
More often, when reading musical pieces and literature, we
come across these terms: “composed by”; “lyrics by”, “performed by”; and,
“arranged by”. In the world of music, an
arrangement is a musical re-conceptualization of a previously composed musical
piece. It entails changes that may
differ from the original work by means of re-harmonization, melodic
paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Musical arrangements are all about this
business of creating a new sound concept.
It is quite difficult to narrate the transition between an
original composition to a re-arranged musical piece… so please allow me to
present audio-video examples instead.
FIRST, a group known as the Indigo Girls came up with a beautiful song
titled “Galileo”. (For your listening and
viewing pleasure, please click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79Tw7SbuhA.) Please note that this song was recorded by a
9-piece band. I did an arrangement of
this song using only an electric guitar using the “acoustic beat” style of
guitar playing. (To listen and view this
cover, please click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhpO9CUy_BU.)
It is important to note that new arrangements must be able
to present a new (even if not a totally different ) sound to accord the song a
new sound concept. My friends in the
music industry who have seen the cover say that the purely guitar arrangement
for this song is quite hard to accomplish and this song is indeed a new musical
arrangement.
Just my little thoughts…
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REFERENCES:
Youtube. “Galileo by Indigo Girls”. Retrieved on July 14,
2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79Tw7SbuhA
Youtube. “Galileo (Cover)”.
Retrieved on July 14, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhpO9CUy_BU
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