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2. Choose Edit > Paste Special > Swap. You can also choose this option from the context

menu.

RESULT

The contents of the selected staves for the selected duration are swapped.

RELATED LINKS

Exploding music onto multiple staves on page 257

Swapping the contents of voices on page 259

Reducing music onto fewer staves

You can reduce music onto fewer staves than it was originally notated across, for example, to

create a piano reduction of a choral piece.

PROCEDURE

1. In Write mode, select the music you want to reduce.

2. Copy the music in any of the following ways:

●

Press Ctrl/Cmd-C.

● Choose Edit > Copy. You can also choose this option from the context menu.

3. Select the staves onto which you want to reduce the selected music.

4. Choose Edit > Paste Special > Reduce. You can also choose this option from the context

menu.

RESULT

The selected music is reduced onto the selected staves.

If the rhythms match, Dorico Elements merges the music into a single voice. Unison notes are

removed so that only a single note of the same pitch is pasted at a single rhythmic position, and

clef changes, octave lines, and cues are also deleted.

Each destination staff receives the music of at least one instrument, and the division of the music

to be reduced is calculated from the top selected staff downwards. For example, if you copy

material from ve instruments and reduce it to three, the top selected staff is assigned the music

from the rst and second instruments, the second selected staff is assigned music from the third

and fourth instruments, and the third selected staff is assigned music from the fth instrument.