Creating the billboard charting arrangement templates

We’ll begin by structuring an A-B framework in FL Studio. Once we have this basic framework template created, we can dive into what makes arrangements stand out by using my Power User strategies:

1. Create a new project in FL Studio.
2. Begin by coming up with unique patterns for the various verse, chorus, and bridge sections of the song. We will create the melody, chord, and drum patterns using Step Sequencer or the Piano Roll.
3. When you have finished creating all of your patterns, open the Playlist window. You can arrange the various patterns there to produce the song’s overall structure.

For the sake of this example, we won’t dive into creating a mind-blowing composition, just something we can use to fill each step of building the A-B pop framework:

1. So, let’s start by creating the intro of the song. I have chosen the FL Keys VST to make the melody shown in Figure 6.9:

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