arrangement
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4.2
- noun
- /əˈreɪndʒmənt/
- The orchestra performed a stunning arrangement of Beethoven's symphony for a smaller ensemble.
- music arrangements
- arrangements and compositions
- band arrangements
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- Yeah, the original Lyricon had one writing an arrangement for that.
- And sometimes I felt people was going to get bored, which we just playing some guitarist stuff and like scales and really nice arrangement.
Examples
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Jazz study emphasizes aural learning, memorization, creating new music and/or arrangements of standards, and improvisation.
Academic text (2011) -
Plus, as a producer, I've written string arrangements and conducted them with string players.
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This guy gave us the piano arrangement for our finding Twitter question song.
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After the garage bands perform their arrangements, it is exciting to hear how they arrived at their choices.
Academic text (2011) -
The bassline is now bigger, and the arrangement fills out into a denser texture.
Academic text (2017) -
The music squealed and tittered from inside, a stiff orchestral arrangement of a popular dance number.
Fiction book (1997) -
Korean director Hyung Rae Shim played a new arrangement of "Arirang" as background music in his movie D-War.
Academic text (2013) -
The bowls are blackened and decorated with an arrangement of incised designs that closely resemble women's pottery.
Academic text (1993) -
She shared her latest arrangement for the school choir, combining both voices and instruments beautifully.
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The director approved the new arrangement of the song, ensuring it was perfect for the upcoming concert.
Synonyms
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An arrangement of a musical piece that shows which instruments play each part
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6.2
Instruments used in a musical piece and how they are arranged
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4.2
Making a piece of music fit for different instruments or voices
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5.7
An arrangement of a musical piece for a different instrument or group
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3.8
A version of a song changed for certain voices or instruments
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Adding music to something to make it feel like a song or show
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5.3
Music written for piano that comes from a piece for other instruments like an orchestra
Compounds
- Formal
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A deal in which a seller makes a buyer buy one product to get another
How Elaborate
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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7.0
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Arrangement comes from the old French verb arranger, which meant 'to put in order' and is related to the common word range. In music, an arrangement is the tune 'put in order' again for different voices or instruments, so the origin explains the musical meaning.