Rock, Jazz & Pop Arranging  33689

All the facts and all the know-how

  • Introduction
    • How to use this book
    • Incidentals
    • A note to the professional
  1. The Routine: The Lead Sheet
    • Routining a cover version
    • The lead sheet
    • More details
    • Routining a new arrangement
    • Routining your own tune
    • Overview
  2. Vocals
    • Lead vocals: sung
    • Lead vocals: rap
    • Backing vocals (bvox)
    • Chorus backing
    • Three girls, three boys
    • Lead singer as bvox
    • Do-it-themselves bvox
  3. The Rhythm section
    • Arranging for rhythm section
    • Sequencing
    • Recording
  4. Drums
    • The kit
    • The drum part
    • Bass and drums
    • Synth and drums
  5. Bass
    • Bass guitar, fretted
    • Bass guitar style
    • Special fx
    • Bass guitar, fretless;
    • Synth bass
    • Bass guitar or synth bass?
    • Basic bass licks
    • String bass
    • String bass style
  6. Keyboards
    • Synths
    • Basic technical info
    • The sounds of a synth
    • Uses for synths
    • Piano
    • Electric organ
    • Basic technical info
    • Basic organ licks
  7. Guitar
    • Electric guitar: lead guitar
    • Rhythm guitar
    • Acoustic guitar
    • Other guitars and related instruments
  8. Percussion
    • Latin percussion
    • Untuned percussion: general
    • Tuned percussion
    • Synth percussion
  9. Electronics: signal processing
    • The effects
    • Sampling
    • Sequencing: the theory
    • Writing for sequencer
  10. Brass and reeds
    • Transposing instruments
    • Brass ranges and transpositions
    • Writing for brass
    • The trumpet section
    • The french horn section
    • The trombone section
    • Reed ranges and transpositions
    • Writing for reeds
    • Combining brass and reeds
    • Synth brass and reeds
  11. Strings
    • Ranges
    • String-playing techniques
    • The string section
    • Solo string techniques
    • Synth strings
  12. Orchestral and other instruments
  13. A capella
    • Strict tempo a capella
    • Non-strict tempo a capella
    • Out-of-tempo sections and pieces
    • TV and film music
    • Classical style arranging
    • Orchestration
  14. The Jazz Arrangement
    • The head arrangement
    • The small band arrangement
    • The big band arrangement
  15. The Full Score
    • The vertical layout
    • The bar-by-bar layout
    • Reference bars
    • More details

Appendices

  1. Time-saving shortcuts for writers
  2. Chord symbols
    • The chords
    • The chord sequence
    • First method, without melody
    • Second method, with melody
    • The theory
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