musical score
Composer's written work
A musical score is the written form of a composition, showing all parts for all instruments or voices arranged on the page.
The conductor reads from the full score while individual musicians play from parts extracted from it.
Score also refers to the music composed for a film, play, or other production: The film's score won an Academy Award.
To score is to write or arrange music: She scored the piece for full orchestra.
- clefStaff pitch indicator
- measureUnit of quantity
- bar linesNotation's rhythmic dividers
- key signatureNotation showing tonal center
- noteShort written record
composition · staff · piano part · arrangement · lead sheet · transcription · sight-reading · sight read · rest · coda · tablature · pit orchestra · time signature · tempo marking · soundtrack · opus · rehearsal · overture
- film musicsoundtrack, movie soundtrack, main theme, opening theme, closing theme
- sheet musictreble clef, notes, bass clef, rests, folios
- songbookssongbooks, song book, hymnal, hymnals, hymn book
- medieval manuscriptsbook of hours, codices, illuminated pages, psalter, folios
- creationsnovel, artwork, poem, song, film
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
musical scorerecording
Captured audio or video
audio recording · sound recording · live performance · phonograph record · performance
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