Creating a piano reduction

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LAWRENCE AXELROD Posted November 05, 2018 17:12

I've read a few of the posts about creating a piano reduction and they don't quite answers my questions.

I am using Finale 25.4.1 and Mac High Sierra 10.13.6

I have a six-part choral work that I want to condense into two staves. I tried the "implode music" function and it did put everything together, but didn't preserve differences in note values among the parts. I really don't want to input the whole thing into two piano staves. Is there a way to copy and add into another layer or some other method that won't make a mess?

Thanks

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MIKE ROSEN Posted November 05, 2018 17:40

You can copy and paste, using Show Active Layer Only, to avoid overwriting the notes in other layers. You might also look at JW Staff Polyphony, to see if that will do what you want.

Bruce Kling Edited November 05, 2018 19:26

You might want to try the free JW plugin "Staff Polyphony". It will merge staves and respect note values (generally).

https://www.finaletips.nu/index.php/download/category/44-64-bit-mac-plug-ins

Barbara Chamberlin Posted August 21, 2022 23:08

I'm trying to get a piano reduction, but it doesn't work. I have the 26.3.1 version. on a Mac Catalina

MIKE ROSEN Posted August 22, 2022 05:32

Barbara, can you give us some more details? Exactly what are you starring with, what are you doing, and what is (or isn’t) happening?

And I agree with Bruce’s recommendation of JW Staff Polyphony.

ERNEST BIGGS Posted August 22, 2022 13:55

Did you try the plug-in under Scoring and arranging>Piano reduction? Did it not work for you?

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