Rearrangement

Does anyone know a good tutorial on musical rearrangement? (Like the basic elements one has to keep when moving a piece from one genre to another) or does someone have some advise?. I'm trying to rearrange Radiohead's Paranoid Android for a piano (one note bassline)

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Already tried acctually, but I just couldn't find a good balance for all the different melodies, with two guitars and Thom Yorke's vocals, even when I moved the most distinguishable melodies to the same register. Also I couldn't keep a good rythm going when the melody slowed down, without acctually interfereing with it. Any advise would help, also an example of something like this that's been done before, if possible.

Does anyone know a good tutorial on musical rearrangement? (Like the basic elements one has to keep when moving a piece from one genre to another) or does someone have some advise?. I'm trying to rearrange Radiohead's Paranoid Android for a piano (one note bassline)

You mean just piano reduction? Hmmm, I think Paranoid Android already exists as a piano arrangement. I am sure there is also a piano-only arrangement LP for Radiohead's songs. You could get some ideas from there. ;)

Check out Brad Mehldau's version...stunning.

Will edit later with album details, maybe even a sound clip.

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Okay, so I dug it out, it's actually on two records: Largo has it arranged for a larger ensemble; the other on Live in Tokyo is the one I was thinking of for solo piano.

I may try and dig up an mp3 of it somewhere...

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Lol, I was hoping I'd do it myself for educational purposes, but I'd love to hear how Brad Mehldau does it, plus all the other great songs on the album, I'll try to find a copy. Thanks for the link!.

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Also Manossg thanks for giving me the proper term, it'll make googling help for it a LOT easier.

Also Manossg thanks for giving me the proper term, it'll make googling help for it a LOT easier.

No sweat. :thumbsup: