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. Music may also be arranged by distributing or redistrib­uting harmonic elements among different instruments.

Examples:

Transpositions are not copyrightable.See section 404.03 above. Therefore, the Copyright Office will not make multiple registrations for the same work in different keys.

Example:

Madame Evanti's Solfege Songs" is sub­mitted in a different key each for High, Medium, and Low voice. The applicant may select the version to be registered, but only one registration may be made.

Moreover, the notation of a musical work necessary to enable transposing instruments to play in the same key is not copyrightable.

Example:

The transposition of the standard four-part setting of the hymn "Abide with Me" for E-flat, A-flat, and B-flat saxophones and C clarinet, assigning a different part to each instrument, is not registrable. [1984]