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A piano reduction is sheet music
Sheet music

Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of musical notation; like its analogs?books, pamphlets, etc.?the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens....
 for the piano (a piano score) that was once music for other instruments that was reduced to its most basic components within a two line staff for piano. It is also considered a style of orchestration
Orchestration

Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. It only gradually over the course of music history came to be regarded as a compositional art in itself....
 or music arrangement
Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet....
 less well known as contraction scoring, a subset of elastic scoring
Elastic Scoring

Elastic scoring is a style of orchestration or music arrangement that was first used by the Australian composer Percy Grainger.This unique technique of orchestration is used to provide composers with the option of allowing a diverse group of singing or instrumentalists the ability to perform their music....
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Contraction scoring music into a piano reduction is a process that lets composers and arrangers reduce the original work from a larger score
Sheet music

Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of musical notation; like its analogs?books, pamphlets, etc.?the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens....
 to a smaller score.






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A piano reduction is sheet music
Sheet music

Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of musical notation; like its analogs?books, pamphlets, etc.?the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens....
 for the piano (a piano score) that was once music for other instruments that was reduced to its most basic components within a two line staff for piano. It is also considered a style of orchestration
Orchestration

Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. It only gradually over the course of music history came to be regarded as a compositional art in itself....
 or music arrangement
Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet....
 less well known as contraction scoring, a subset of elastic scoring
Elastic Scoring

Elastic scoring is a style of orchestration or music arrangement that was first used by the Australian composer Percy Grainger.This unique technique of orchestration is used to provide composers with the option of allowing a diverse group of singing or instrumentalists the ability to perform their music....
.

Contraction scoring music into a piano reduction is a process that lets composers and arrangers reduce the original work from a larger score
Sheet music

Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of musical notation; like its analogs?books, pamphlets, etc.?the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens....
 to a smaller score. An example of this is when an orchestral work is reduced to piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 form. This is commonly known as a 'piano reduction'.

See also

  • Vocal score
    Vocal score

    Vocal score or Piano-vocal score is a music score of an opera, or a vocal or choral composition with orchestra where the vocal parts are written out in full but the accompaniment is reduced and adapted for playing on piano....