Music Composers and Arrangers

<ul><li>Apply elements of music theory to create musical and tonal structures, including harmonies and melodies.</li><li>Use computers and synthesizers to compose, orchestrate, and arrange music.</li><li>Determine voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos, and tone balances required to achieve the effects desired in a musical composition.</li><li>Experiment with different sounds, and types and pieces of music, using synthesizers and computers as necessary to test and evaluate ideas.</li><li>Write changes directly into compositions, or use computer software to make changes.</li><li>Transcribe ideas for musical compositions into musical notation, using instruments, pen and paper, or computers.</li><li>Guide musicians during rehearsals, performances, or recording sessions.</li><li>Score compositions so that they are consistent with instrumental and vocal capabilities such as ranges and keys, using knowledge of music theory.</li><li>Write musical scores for orchestras, bands, choral groups, or individual instrumentalists or vocalists, using knowledge of music theory and of instrumental and vocal capabilities.</li><li>Confer with producers and directors to define the nature and placement of film or television music.</li><li>Fill in details of orchestral sketches, such as adding vocal parts to scores.</li><li>Explore and develop musical ideas based on sources such as imagination or sounds in the environment.</li><li>Write music for commercial mediums, including advertising jingles or film soundtracks.</li><li>Transpose music from one voice or instrument to another to accommodate particular musicians.</li><li>Rewrite original musical scores in different musical styles by changing rhythms, harmonies, or tempos.</li><li>Study original pieces of music to become familiar with them prior to making any changes.</li><li>Arrange music composed by others, changing the music to achieve desired effects.</li><li>Accept commissions to create music for special occasions.</li><li>Study films or scripts to determine how musical scores can be used to create desired effects or moods.</li><li>Create original musical forms, or write within circumscribed musical forms such as sonatas, symphonies, or operas.</li><li>Collaborate with other colleagues, such as copyists, to complete final scores.</li><li>Copy parts from scores for individual performers.</li></ul>