Preparing a Piano Reduction of a Score

With Composer, you can quickly prepare a piano reduction of an instrument ensemble or choral score.

There are many uses for piano reductions of scores:

     For your own enjoyment, transcribe an instrumental or choral piece so that you can play it.

     If you lead an instrument or choral group and have piano skills, convey your musical ideas to your group by playing the score reduction on a piano or keyboard.

     If you compose, prepare the reduction as a "digest" of your score that a conductor can easily review.

To prepare a piano reduction of an instrumental or choral score:

     Use the Prepare Piano Reduction command in the Parts menu. Select the instrument and vocal parts you wish to merge into a piano reduction part.

     If this newly created piano reduction has too many notes, delete the extra, unnecessary notes.

     If you want to play a note in the right or left hand instead of the other, select it, and type SHIFT+ or SHIFT+.

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