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Basic

Staff

Elements

 Part Names

When writing music for a combination of instruments and/or voices, the composer assigns a different stave to each instrumental or vocal part. The name of each instrumental part (e.g., Oboe)...

or vocal part (e.g., Soprano)...

appears to the left of the corresponding stave.

The Score

All of a compositions' parts, when put together, form a full score: