# How do I cut a piece of music?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 29, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cut-a-piece-of-music/296724 "2005-03-29T03:10:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cut-a-piece-of-music/296724/1 "2005-03-29T03:10:55Z")

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I’m doing a dance for a show and I need to cut a song so only a part of it is played. Now the problem is I’ve got no idea on how to go about this. I’ve got iTunes, if that helps any. Thanks a bundle!

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cut-a-piece-of-music/296724/2 "2005-03-29T03:29:37Z")

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It seems like this gets asked almost every day. There are many, many ways to do this. I, like many people here, will recommend Audacity:

> **[Audacity](https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/)**
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> Download Audacity for free. A free multi-track audio editor and recorder. Audacity is no longer at SourceForge. Audacity can be downloaded via AudacityTeam website instead: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/
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> Audacity is a free, easy-to-use,...

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cut-a-piece-of-music/296724/3 "2005-03-29T03:54:46Z")

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You want to do it in iTunes? Easy.

Highlight the song and choose “Get Info” from the File menu.  
Click the “Options” tab.  
Check the “Stop Time” box and enter the exact time you want the song to cut off.  
Click OK, and that’s it!

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**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cut-a-piece-of-music/296724/4 "2005-03-29T04:31:00Z")

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> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#):
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> You want to do it in iTunes? Easy.
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> Highlight the song and choose “Get Info” from the File menu.  
> Click the “Options” tab.  
> Check the “Stop Time” box and enter the exact time you want the song to cut off.  
> Click OK, and that’s it!

Huzzah! That’s exactly what I need.