BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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50.85This gives us an arranging axis

At one extreme:

melody fixed, everything else changes.

At the other:

groove/harmony fixed, melody improvises.

Between them:

many possibilities.

Great arrangements deliberately choose which layer carries stability.