In earlier arranging exercises, the chords were given and the idea was to write the chords like that. But in reality you often want to change the chords, to make the sound richer or jazzier. As an arranger you have a lot of possibilites in the additions in the harmonies.
In this exercise you will decide youself what additions you want to write in the harmonies. The basic chords are given, but there are no sevenths, ninths and the like. The song, ‘What a wonderful world’, sounds good if the harmonies are kind of jazzy, so these chords beg for additions! The melody is given as well, your task is to fill the staffs in an homophonic way, for SATB:
Here is the same exercise as a pdf and an example of a possible result.