orchestral arrangements
Scores for ensembles
Orchestral arrangements are versions of musical pieces adapted for performance by an orchestra.
The term usually implies the music wasn't originally written for orchestra—a pop song, jazz standard, or piano composition reworked for strings, winds, brass, and percussion: The album features orchestral arrangements of Beatles songs.
The arranger decides which instruments play which parts, often adding harmonies and textures absent from the original.
- woodwindsInstruments played by blowing
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- musical textureLayering of simultaneous sounds
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- stringsThin flexible lines
brass · harmony · bassoon · cadences · timpani · modulation · harp · percussion · piccolo · wind ensemble · French horn · cello · double bass · transcription · rehearsal · concert hall · voicing · audience engagement
- Classical Recordingssymphonies, concertos, overtures, studio recordings, live recordings
- Prog RockKing Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, prog rock
- orchestrasphilharmonic, string ensemble, sinfonietta, symphony, New York Philharmonic
- Game Musicbattle theme, boss theme, title theme, main theme, boss music
- hold musicelevator music, muzak
- Euro Metalpower metal, folk metal, Serenity, Heavenly, Tyr
orchestral arrangementssolo performances
Acts featuring lone artists
solo pieces · solo recitals · a cappella · solo piano · chamber music
orchestral arrangementsjazz improvisation
Spontaneous musical composition during performance
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