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Encyclopedia > Piano Reduction

A Piano Reduction is sheet music 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 or music arrangement less well known as, Contraction Scoring a subset of Elastic Scoring. Sheet music is written representation of music. ... Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ... Elastic Scoring is a style of orchestration or music arrangement that was first used by the Australian composer, Percy Grainger. ...


Contraction Scoring music into a piano reduction is a process that lets composers and arrangers reduce the original work from a larger score to a smaller score. An example of this is when an orchestral work is reduced to piano form. This is commonly known as a 'Piano Reduction'. Sheet music is written representation of music. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ...


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