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Manuscript

Noun:

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed. An author's text that has not yet been published: "we are preparing the final manuscript".

Manuscript Paper

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Manuscript paper (sometimes staff paper in U.S. English, or just music paper) is paper preprinted with staves ready for musical notation. Manuscript paper is also available for drum notation and guitar tabs. The treble clef is used for many band instruments including the saxophone,sitar, trumpet, clarinet and flute. The bass clef is used for band instruments such as the bass trombone, bass guitar and the double bass. For the piano both clefs are used. 

Before the 15th century, western music was written by hand and preserved in manuscripts, usually bound in large volumes. The best-known examples of these are medieval manuscripts of monophonic chant. 

Even after the advent of music printing, much music continued to exist solely in manuscripts well into the 18th century.

The first machine-printed music appeared around 1473, approximately 20 years after Gutenberg introduced the printing press.

Sheet Music

Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs — books, pamphlets, etc. — the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier times, parchment), although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens. Use of the term "sheet" is intended to differentiate music on paper from an audio presentation, as in a sound recording, broadcast or live performance, which may involve video as well. In everyday use, "sheet music" (or simply "music") can refer to the print publication of commercial music in conjunction with the release of a new film, show, record album, or other special or popular event which involves music.

Score is a common alternative (and more generic) term for sheet music.

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