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My Piano Arrangement is Better Than Yours
(and here are the secrets)
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CollegeJeremy
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Overview Melody
Harmony
Pianism
Question and Answer
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Melody
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Think Like a Singer
Speak with a metronome
1
Change duple to triple?
2
Back-phrasing (forward-phrasing)
3
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Well-Known Recordings
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EmbellishmentGrace notes
“Turns” and other ornaments
Ghost notes
Passing notes
Articulation
Phrasing/Dynamics
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Harmonize or Add?
Intervals
Three-note chords
Four-note chords
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Harmony
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Create a Harmonic
World
Triadic
Seventh chords/Jazz
Blues
Wholetone
Modal
Debussy/French
Clusters
Atonal
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Emotion Words
“Them that’s got shall get, them that’s not shall lose,
So the bible said, and it still is news,
Mama may have,
Papa may have,
But God bless the child whose got his own.”
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Mix and Match Styles
Genres
Specific composers
Specific Pieces
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Create a Harmonic
World
Triadic
Seventh chords/Jazz
Blues
Wholetone
Modal
Debussy/French
Clusters
Atonal
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Easy Reharmonization
CHANGE BASS NOTES (INVERSIONS)
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Changing Bass Notes
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Easy Reharmonization
ADDING CHORDS (CIRCLE OF 5THS)
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Adding Chords with the Circle of Fifths
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Non-Chord Tones/Tension Notes
Suspensions
Passing tones
Altered dominants
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Pianism
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Sharing Chords Between Hands
Open Position
Shuttling
Draping
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Types of Left-Hand Shuttle
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Call and Response
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Copying Other Composers
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Think Orchestrally
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Orchestral Prompts
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Putting it Together
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Form
Intros/EndingsInterludes
(palate cleansers)
Emotional arc?Key
changes/texture changes
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Questions?
www.jeremysiskind.com
www.youtube.com/JeremySiskind
www.JeremySiskind.com/jazzclass/