vocal score

British  

noun

1. a musical score that shows voice parts in full and orchestral parts in the form of a piano transcription

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Example Sentences

Bicket wrote out a vocal score, filling in the harmonies that Monteverdi left out, noting where chords could be restated or shift in other ways.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2023

And Kakoma, who goes professionally only by her first name, Somi, had the assignment of creating a vocal score.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2021

Part of the Meet the Artist Saturdays series at Lincoln Center, “Little Red Riding Hood” features a vocal score and libretto by Seymour Barab.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2014

Their collection soon stretched much further back, with a wealth of Gilbert and Sullivan material, as well as Noel Coward's own vocal score of Bitter Sweet, signed by him and the entire cast.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2010

"Staff" is better than "line" for a single staff, and "score" is used meaning the book containing an entire work, as "vocal score," "orchestral score," "full score."

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson