Preliminary arrangement sketching for a new track

[sparky99]

Hi all. I am new to music production.

What are the best tools to use for initally sketching the arrangement of an idea for a track?

I'd like to be able to sketch a rough arrangement for a track from start to finish firstly, without hearing anything or using the actual arrangement view on Ableton. Currently I am using just paper or Excel, but this is far from ideal:) Thanks in advance.

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https://tarekith.com/articles/ArrangingSongs.pdf