How long does it take for you to arrange a piece?

[Master_Z]

Just wondering this because I seem to get sidetracked and lose my motivation to continue a lot of times.

[Greg]

Depends on how much time I have to arrange, and how complex the piece is. I do focus on one piece at a time though.

In terms of working time, about 3 hours for a two-piano piece typically.

In terms of actual time, it varies from a week to a month. >_>

[SlowPokemon]

Usually less than two hours.

[Shadoninja]

depends on the length and complexity.
a short, simple piece could be done in around 30-40 minutes.
a long, complicated may take me probably 8 hours total.

also, if i'm doing it by ear there's a lot of time used to repeat sections, so it'd be like double if I was arranging by midi.

[fingerz]

About a day.

[Olimar12345]

Yeah, an hour or two if I'm actually trying. I believe the fastest I've ever completed a piece(from start to finish) was 4 minutes, but that piece doesnt really count...

[MaestroUGC]

I used to at least produce them in about 4-5 hours, not in one sitting. Now, since I started to get more artistic with them, anywhere from about 3hrs to a few days, total time actually working on them.

[Tangy]

A 40 bar piece for solo piano done by ear usually takes me three hours, unless it's really repetitive or something.

[starrgrl24]

Normally it would take me about 1-2 days to arrange a music, but that's because I spend most of the time trying to figure out the meter and inserting the notes onto finale. Also I tend to distract myself from time to time...

Now that I have a tablet, I can actually put the notes in much more efficiently.

[fingerz]

I have a tablet, though I prefer to use a mouse.

[Shadoninja]

mouse and keyboard works best for me.

[Olimar12345]

mouse and keyboard works best for me.

Me too. All of those keyboard shortcuts...

[KefkaticFanatic]

The one I ever did took like 3-4 hours, and that was through painful manual click input and not knowing any shortcuts.

Arranged by listening to the song by a piano, figuring out individual notes and marking them on paper, and then putting that into Finale.

[Brassman388]

Arranged by listening to the song by a piano, figuring out individual notes and marking them on paper, and then putting that into Finale.

Oh the days of good ol' pen and paper.

[fingerz]

Yes. I remember doing that until I got a computer.