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52.93Think like an arranger of people
Imagine:
saxophone: call.
brass: answer.
bass: riff.
drums: punctuation.
full band: shout.
Solo piano arrangement becomes easier if you first imagine who is speaking.
Then assign those roles to registers and textures.