I'm working on two compositions to be played, each, on one piano. As Finale's Setup Wizard don't provide a solution for the exact names to assign to staffs in this case, and assuming that staff names should be the same as described on the score's cover page, what would you think is the most suitable solution between the following?
For one piano to played by two performers:
1. Piano Duet 2. Piano Four Hand 3. Piano Four Hands 4. Four Hand Piano 5. Four Hands Piano 6. Four Hand Piano Music 7. Four Hands Piano Music 8. Piano 4 Hand 9. Piano 4 Hands 10. 4 Hand Piano 11. 4 Hands Piano 12. 4 Hand Piano Music 13. 4 Hands Piano Music
For one piano to played by three performers:
14. Piano Six Hand 15. Piano Six Hands 16. Six Hand Piano 17. Six Hands Piano 18. Six Hand Piano Music 19. Six Hands Piano Music 20. Piano 6 Hand 21. Piano 6 Hands 22. 6 Hand Piano 23. 6 Hands Piano 24. 6 Hand Piano Music 25. 6 Hands Piano Music
or whatever else
Thank you Giovanni Andreani
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For an *English* title of the work. For one piano to played by two performers: Piano Duet or (less common in English) Piano Four Hands
For one piano to played by three performers: Piano Six Hands
side note:
Avoid Arabic designations in titles, e.g. "Piano 4 hands" or "Piano 6 hands", these are used in the library classification schemes and are
fine for their heading purposes of shelving designations. It is easy to read these classification schemes and create terms such as "4 hand piano" which is not appropriate for a title since such terms can encompass two different formats (Piano duet and Two Pianos Four Hands).
And yes, there have been many publication of Two Piano Eight Hands so the term "Two Piano Four Hands" is not tautological, in the context of all published music, as suggested in an earlier reply. Most major publishers do not offer two piano eight hand music, so it is easier for them to refer to their offerings of two piano four hand music as "Two Piano" music. This should be discouraged as it eclipses the rich format of two piano eight hands which has been woefully neglected and hopefully will find a place in current repertoire (if I have anything to do with it).
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John Poole
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