Patent ID: 8378194

Claim:
A system for creating a musical score, comprising: a composition tool application configured to: provide a score interface and a plurality of instrument interfaces to a user comprising a keyboard interface, a stringed instrument interface, and a percussion interface, the plurality of instrument interfaces each comprising a graphical representation of an instrument and a score section for illustration of at least one part of a musical score; provide the user with the ability to select a portion of the graphical representation of the instrument; and in response to the selection of the portion of the graphical representation of the instrument, provide a representation of at least one musical note that is corresponding to the selected portion of the graphical representation of the instrument in the score section, wherein the score interface is capable of: displaying a score having at least one part; allowing a user to assign or deassign the at least one part of the score to different instruments; determining whether a part of a musical score assigned to an instrument by the user is out of a natural range of the instrument; asking the user whether to transpose the assigned part to fit the assigned part within the natural range of the instrument, if it is determined that the assigned part of the musical score is outside of the natural range of the instrument; and transposing the assigned part, if the user desires a transposition of the assigned part.