Full Score
The complete score containing every part and instrument, as opposed to a reduction
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A full score contains every part: woodwind, brass, percussion and strings, each in its own group and in the customary order. It is the most complete written form of a work.
It is defined against reductions. A short score compresses the texture onto two or three staves and a vocal score keeps only voices and piano, while a full score preserves each part's independent line, so scoring and inner voices can be checked.
A full score may be transposed or in concert pitch. Read the instrumentation list and the clefs first, and do not mistake a transposing instrument's written note for its sounding pitch.
Sources
- 大总谱与缩编谱的区分，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Score"；本文为原创表述
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