Arranging for the Concert Band and the separately available workbook are
intended to introduce students to basic techniques of arranging for the
concert band. Arranging can be divided into two separate processes. The
first deals with scoring and transcribing. Scoring is concerned with
such things as voicing, doubling, balance and color. The term scoring
also means the actual writing of notes on the score paper. Transcribing
is scoring music written for one kind of musical instrument or group --
say a piano or orchestra -- for a different kind of group. This text
deals with those matters. The second part of arranging is the more
creative process of writing introductions, modulations, endings,
background figures and so on.