The notated form of a musical work. Scores can be hand-written, printed or digital. Sometimes referred to as 'sheet music'. Common types of scores include:

• full score: a score containing every instrument/part in full (e.g. orchestral score, big band score). This type of score is uncommon for jazz and contemporary music works
• lead sheet: melody and its accompanying harmonic progression, usually notated as a single stave for the melody with chord symbols (e.g. C7) above. Most often used for jazz and contemporary music works
• piano score/reduction: a piano version of a musical work originally composed for an ensemble, or solo instrument other than piano. ‘Reduction’ implies that two or more parts have been combined into a single piano part, often requiring some modification to the original work
• piano, vocal, guitar (PVG): a score consisting of a piano part (sometimes a reduction), a vocal line (melody with lyrics) and guitar chord symbols and/or TAB. Most often used in contemporary music.