DictionaryscoreWritten music
noun / verb

score

Music written or arranged for performance.

The conductor studies the full score.

Etymology

A score is connected with marking or ruling lines. The musical use names the written arrangement that places the parts of a composition together for performance.

More examples

  • She scored the film for a small orchestra.
  • Several scores lay open on the piano.
  • He has scored the passage for strings.

Forms

score · scores · scored · scoring

Similar words

notation
The symbols used to write music.
arrangement
A version of music prepared for particular performers or instruments.