Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video I don't talk about any tips for orchestrating an arrangement, but rather I share my approach for how I tackle learning how to orchestrate. It's a strategy for acquiring vocabulary that you can use in your own writing. I've found it helpful, hopefully you will too!

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0:00 - Intro
2:17 - Analyzing an Arrangement
4:10 - Making a Reduction
8:57 - Making Another Reduction
11:23 - Making Your Own Arrangement
15:37 - Outro

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