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What is the difference between a score and sheet music?

Question #125946. Asked by ferfer72.

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From wikipedia:
"When the separate instrumental and vocal parts of a musical work are printed together, the resulting sheet music is called a score."

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_music

May 14 2012, 5:20 PM
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Sometimes there is no difference. Sometimes the terms are used interchangeably, depending on the dialect. A score, however, is usually a printing of all the parts of a piece of music (or, in case of vocal music, it could be for the voices and piano), whereas sheet music can apply to the individual printed parts as well.

May 15 2012, 7:03 AM
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