that want to be more creative in the piano. The book will show the procedures of structural resources that allow the ability to convert a melody and its chords into a piano composition, regardless of the genre. The elements necessary as a starting point for the creation of an arrangement are simple. They only consist of one pure melody line, a set of chords accompanying it, and a time signature or conventional time measure, simply put melody, harmony and rhythm. Based on an original theme whose notation means are only a melody on the treble clef, chord symbols and a fraction indicating the rhythm, the arranger goes on to its transformation into a free piano piece or composition. The resources used to this end are the arrangement techniques whose detailed description is the main content of this book. Every arranger or composer needs to constantly perfect the execution skills, increase and renew his or her expression resources and develop his or her fantasy and creativity so that a personal style evolves. With these piano techniques, you will be able to achieve the main tasks: transforming a simple melody and few chords into a piano composition. The Chapters of this book follow a gradual development. We start going from relatively simple techniques to others of greater complexity. However, the student should feel free to proceed and choose selectively the training sequence regarding the techniques without having to follow one predetermined order. All the composition procedures explained in the book, even though they can be combined in different ways in practice, are independent of each other and can be studied in isolated form. Every technique is followed by practical exercises. Their objective is to perfect the technical performance. Such exercises will make it possible for the student to reach in a relatively short period of time, the understanding and efficient command of the set of techniques included in “Arranging for the Piano”. The method uses the Juilliard School of music system.INDEXTHE SIMPLE BASS TECHNIQUE: Procedure; Variations for the Application of the Simple Bass Technique; Application Problems; Execution; Practice.BROKEN CHORD: Broken Tenth; Broken Bass (Forms A, B, and C); Application Problems; Practice.MELODY TREATMENT: Playing in Octaves; Reinforcement; Ornamentation; Paraphrases; Piano Fills.“CROSS HAND” ARPEGGIO: Procedure; Variations; Execution; Practice.CHORDS IN AXIS POSITION: Procedure; Variations; Practice.BLOCK CHORDS: Procedure; Inversions and Deviations; Practical Considerations; Execution; Practice.ARTIFICIAL CHORDS: Procedure; Practical Application; Practice.POINT CHORDS: Procedure; Practice.FREE VOICINGS: Procedure; Practice.CHORD SUPERIMPOSITION: Procedure; Practice.FOURTH CHORDS: Transformation of Chords into Fourths (Qualities), Parallel Fourths; Practice.HARMONIC DISTORTION: Harmonic Distortion Forms; Practice.WALKING BASS LINE: Procedure; Practical Considerations; Practice.ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE AND SCOPE: Procedure; Practical Considerations; Practice.APPENDIX I: CHORD SCALES.APPENDIX II: TABLE OF “CROSS HAND” ARPEGGIOS.SYMBOL INTERPRETATION GUIDE.TABLE OF CHORDS.

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