How to Extract Parts from a PDF Score

A step-by-step guide to splitting any PDF score into individual instrumental parts — free, fast, and directly in your browser.

Why extract parts from a score?

If you're a music teacher, band director, orchestra member, or musician, you've probably faced this situation: you have a full score in PDF but need to hand out individual parts to each player. Printing the entire score for everyone is wasteful, and manually cropping pages in a PDF editor is tedious and error-prone.

ScorePartify solves this problem. It lets you visually select each instrument's staves on the score and export them as separate, clean PDF files — ready to print or share digitally.

How to extract parts: 3 simple steps

1 Upload your PDF score

Open ScorePartify and drag your PDF onto the upload area, or click the Load PDF button. The tool accepts any PDF score: orchestral, ensemble, band, choir, or chamber music. Instrument names are detected automatically from the score labels.

2 Draw bands over each instrument

Tap twice on the score to draw a band around each instrument — first the top edge, then the bottom edge. Bands snap to nearby staves and chain automatically. You can:

Resize a band by dragging its edges
Reassign a band to a different instrument by clicking its label
Rename an instrument by double-clicking its chip
Copy bands from the previous page in one click

3 Download the individual parts

Switch to the Preview tab to see each extracted part. Then download a single instrument as PDF, or grab everything at once as a ZIP file. That's it — from full score to individual parts in minutes.

Ready to extract parts from your score?

Open ScorePartify — it's free

Who is ScorePartify for?

Conductors who need to distribute parts before a rehearsal
Music teachers preparing material for students
Music librarians managing digital repertoire for ensembles
Musicians who want to practice from a clean, single-instrument sheet

Key features

Works entirely in the browser — no software to install
No sign-up or account required
Your files stay on your device — nothing is stored on our servers
Automatic instrument detection from score labels
Supports multi-page scores of any length
Download individual PDFs or all parts as ZIP
Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile
Completely free — no watermarks, no limits

Frequently asked questions

How do I extract parts from a PDF score?

Upload your PDF score to ScorePartify, draw bands over each instrument, and download the individual parts as separate PDFs. It works entirely in the browser — no installation or sign-up required.

Is ScorePartify free?

Yes, ScorePartify is completely free to use. There are no subscriptions, watermarks, or usage limits.

Does it work with orchestral scores?

Yes. ScorePartify works with any PDF score — orchestral, ensemble, band, choir, or any other format. Instruments are detected automatically from the score labels.

Do I need to install anything?

No. ScorePartify runs entirely in your browser. Your files stay on your device and are never uploaded to any server for storage.

What happened to Partifi.org?

Partifi.org is no longer active. ScorePartify is a modern, free alternative that offers the same functionality — extracting individual parts from PDF scores — directly in the browser.

Tips & shortcuts

Draw bands — Tap twice on the canvas to create a band (top then bottom edge). Bands chain automatically and snap to nearby edges.
Resize — Drag a band edge to resize it. Adjacent bands share edges — dragging moves both.
Instruments — Click a band label to change instrument. Double-click to rename it.
Pages — Use thumbnails or toolbar arrows to navigate. "Copy blocks from previous page" replicates the layout.
Download — Download a single instrument PDF or all at once as ZIP. "Align left edge" crops instrument names.
Clear — Use the x on a block or Clear from the toolbar. Undo/Redo available with Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y.

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