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Hey, we’re Pentatonix! We are a 3x Grammy award-winning and multi-Platinum selling musical group that specializes in creating songs using only our voices. We love to cover pop, and we've accumulated over 5 billion views on YouTube by reimagining songs from artists like Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Clean Bandit, Lorde, and Ariana Grande, as well as sharing our own original music. In our Studio, we’re sharing our real, behind-the-scenes process for creating new a cappella arrangements. Watch us arrange an new a cappella songs from scratch, including how we write harmonies and background parts, add vocal percussion and bass lines, use vocal textures and more. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to create covers of your favorite songs using only your voice, we’re showing every step here. Our Studio is designed to help you learn exactly how we do what we do.

Pentatonix chooses a pop song to arrange and shows how to make adjustments to the song's structure to build the outline for their arrangement. 

Choosing a Song & Outlining the Arrangement

Pentatonix begins working on their pre-arrangement, doing a first pass of their song's introduction, first verse, refrain, and second verse.

Pre-Arranging the Intro & Verse

Pentatonix pre-arranges the chorus and second refrain, building energy with dynamics, vowel shaping, and a bouncing rhythm section.

Pre-Arranging the Chorus

Pentatonix works through the remaining verse, chorus, refrains, and outro to complete the pre-arrangement of their cover.

Pre-Arranging the Rest of the Song

Pentatonix finalizes their pop cover, making finishing adjustments, polishing dynamics, syllables, and breath control, and adding embellishments.

Polishing the Arrangement

Pentatonix rehearses for their final recording, addressing blending and dynamics before recording each part individually into the DAW.

Rehearsal & Recording

Pentatonix performs their pop arrangement just like they would onstage for a live audience.

Final Performance

In this video series, we share our entire, step-by-step creative process on camera, as we arrange an uptempo pop song from scratch. Along the way, we share and explain everything that we're doing and thinking in detail — every idea, decision, tool, and technique.

 You'll learn exactly how we create these kinds of a cappella arrangements firsthand, from how we choose a song, to crafting our parts, all the way through recording and performing finished arrangement.

 In the process, we'll be explaining our approach to the following topics:
 -   End-to-End A Cappella Arrangement
 -   Harmonies & Writing Vocal Parts
 -   Recording A Cappella Covers
 -   Bass Lines, Rhythm & Groove
 -   Delivering a Powerful Solo
 -   Beatboxing & Vocal Percussion
 -   Dynamics, Energy & Transitions
 -   Improvisation & Developing Your Ear
 -   Choosing Syllables & Vowels
 -   Embellishments & Ear Candy
 -   Layering Your Voice with Music Software
 -   Music Theory for A Cappella
 -   Rehearsal & Polishing a Performance
 -   Blending & Breath Control

 We hope you enjoy and learn something from how we work!

Arranging an Uptempo Pop Song From Start to Finish: Our Full A Cappella Process

Pentatonix selects a ballad and outlines their arrangement, sharing how they lay the foundation of a ballad arrangement.

Choosing a Ballad & Outlining the Arrangement

Pentatonix begins working on their pre-arrangement, starting with the introduction, first verse, second verse, and chorus of the song.

Pre-Arranging the Ballad Through the Chorus

Pentatonix finishes pre-arranging the remaining parts of the ballad, including the third verse, the bridge, the final chorus, and the outro.

Pre-Arranging the Rest of the Ballad

Pentatonix locks in their final ballad arrangement, making revisions and adding extra ear candy along the way.

Polishing the Ballad Arrangement

Pentatonix rehearses for their final recording, perfecting their blend, timing, and dynamics before recording their parts into the DAW.

Pentatonix performs their ballad arrangement, sharing all their performance tips before hitting the stage.

In this video series, we share our entire, step-by-step creative process on camera, as we arrange a powerful, dramatic ballad from scratch. Along the way, we share and explain everything that we're doing and thinking in detail — every idea, decision, tool, and technique.

 You'll learn exactly how we arrange a ballad firsthand, from how we choose a song, to crafting our parts, all the way through recording and performing finished arrangement.

 In the process, we'll be explaining our approach to the following topics:
 -   End-to-End A Cappella Arrangement
 -   Harmonies & Writing Vocal Parts
 -   Recording A Cappella Covers
 -   Bass Lines, Rhythm & Groove
 -   Delivering a Powerful Solo
 -   Beatboxing & Vocal Percussion
 -   Dynamics, Energy & Transitions
 -   Improvisation & Developing Your Ear
 -   Choosing Syllables & Vowels
 -   Embellishments & Ear Candy
 -   Layering Your Voice with Music Software
 -   Music Theory for A Cappella
 -   Rehearsal & Polishing a Performance
 -   Blending & Breath Control

 We hope you enjoy and learn something from how we work!

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Arranging an Uptempo Pop Song From Start to Finish: Our Full A Cappella Process

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