

The piano has been one of the building blocks of musical orchestration for at least two and a half centuries now.

I’m talking, naturally, about arranging pre-existing music for performance on the piano. And as worthy and elusive a purpose as composing original material often is, this purpose could in many ways be considered more difficult, or at least equally so. This will be a slightly different guide for a slightly different purpose.

There are plenty of tips and tricks out there on how to write a catchy song, come up with creative melodies, or be a thoughtful, savvy composer.
