FMus:  Format of Music

Full score. Staff notation representing the sounds of all the parts of an ensemble (instrumental and/or vocal), arranged so that they can be read simultaneously. Note: Code l may be used for works recorded with graphic, symbolic (e.g., staff), or word-based notation representing the sounds of all the parts of an ensemble, arranged so that they can be read simultaneously, or a work for solo performer or electronic media.

Miniature or study score. Score issued in a musical image of small size, usually reduced from a larger original, and not primarily intended for use in performance.

Accompaniment reduced for keyboard. Score with instrumental accompaniment reduced for keyboard(s). For chorus scores and vocal scores prefer codes h and k.

Voice score with accompaniment omitted. Score for solo and/or choral voice(s) with the accompaniment omitted. Vocal works originally unaccompanied are assigned other codes as appropriate. For chorus scores and vocal scores, prefer codes h and k.

Condensed score or piano-conductor score. Orchestral or band music that has been reduced to a few staves. It may be part of an ensemble work for a particular instrument, with cues for other instruments. Such a score is used by an individual playing the instrument for which the score was written or for the conductor. Prefer code i or code j if the two types of scores can be distinguished.

Close score. Score (e.g., a hymnal) that has separate parts transcribed in condensed form. For current cataloging, prefer code e.

Chorus score. A score of a work for solo voices and chorus showing only the parts for chorus, with the instrumental accompaniment either arranged for keyboard(s) or other chordal instrument(s) or omitted. Note: See code k for scores that include solo voices as well as chorus parts.

Condensed score. Score in which the number of staves is reduced to two or a few, generally organized by instrumental sections or vocal parts, and often with cues for individual parts. Sometimes called: Reduced score, Short score.

Performer-conductor part. Score reduced to a single instrument for which the score was written or for the conductor.

Vocal score. Score showing all vocal parts, solo and/or choral, with the instrumental accompaniment either arranged for keyboard(s) or other chordal instrument(s) or omitted. Note: See code h for scores of works for solo voices and chorus that include only chorus parts. See code p for reductions of vocal works that do not include the vocal line(s).

Score (code is the letter "el"). Graphical, symbolic (e.g., staff), or word-based musical notation representing the sounds of all the parts of an ensemble, or a work for solo performer or electronic media. Do not confuse with Part.

Multiple score formats. Several types of scores issued together (e.g., band music with a full score and a condensed score).

Not applicable. REC. Not a music manuscript or printed music.

Piano score. A reduction of an instrumental work or a vocal work with instruments to a version for piano. May include the words of a vocal work. Note: See code k for a score showing all vocal parts with the accompaniment reduced for piano.

Unknown

Other. None of the other defined codes is appropriate. Choir books, table books, and sets of parts are examples for which code z is appropriate.

No attempt to code