Music GCSE
Production and arrangement
What Production and arrangement means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Production and arrangement
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The composer enters notes, rhythms and timbres on a timeline or piano-roll and layers tracks, and the software plays the result.
Topics that use Production and arrangement
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Dynamics and performance matters (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Chords and double stops
- Distinguishing doubling from harmony
- Doubling
- Emphasis and attack
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs
- Harmony
- Identifying performers by timbre
- Melody
Using Production and arrangement in the exam
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