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.