What is the difference between music composition and music arrangement?
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composition: you create the music
arrangement: you use a piece created to adapt it for a specific audience
eg. a piece originally composed for the violin may be arranged for piano
The composer is like the author of a book. They created the original work.
An arranger is like the author of the movie based on that book. They’re working to change something about the original material, usually to convert it to a different performance method.
So, for example, somebody might arrange a Taylor Swift song to be sung without any instruments. They didn’t write the original song, but they did make decisions to convert it to a new performance method.
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