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full score

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noun

  1. the entire score of a musical composition, showing each part separately

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If the tie has been settled after the singles, the doubles will still be played to get the full score that may be needed to determine the final group standings.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2022

It became so unwieldy — Adams says the full score could cover a queen-size bed — that he had to prepare a condensed version for practical use.

From Seattle Times Mar. 14, 2018

But then the full score disappeared; for 80 years there was only a piano version until the remaining orchestra parts were discovered, by chance, at Yale University.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2018

It's sad Morricone didn't compose a full score; too much of the soundtrack is taken up with deliberately anachronistic musical selections and music Morricone wrote for earlier projects.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2015

Orchestral leaders and performers are not content unless they have a very full score to "interpret."

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various

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