Music Composers & Arrangers
Also called:
Music Composer, Music Arranger, Music Producer, Film Composer
What they do:
Write and transcribe musical scores.
On the job, you would:
- Apply elements of music theory to create musical and tonal structures, including harmonies and melodies.
- Use computers and synthesizers to compose, orchestrate, and arrange music.
- Determine voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos, and tone balances required to achieve the effects desired in a musical composition.
Arts and Humanities
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
- English language
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Business
- customer service
- sales and marketing
Communications
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- writing things for co-workers or customers
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by writing
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- create new and original ideas
- come up with lots of ideas
Hearing and Speech
- tell the difference between sounds
- recognize spoken words
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People interested in this work like activities that include
creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Innovation
- Attention to Detail
- Achievement/Effort
- Persistence
- Cooperation
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Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.
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Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$47,410
per year, on average
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