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<h4 class="subsection">3.1.1 Structure of a score</h4>
<p><a name="index-g_t_005cscore-2331"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cscore-2332"></a>
<p>A <code>\score</code> block must contain a single music expression
delimited by curly brackets:
<pre class="example">\score {
...
}
</pre>
<p><table class="cartouche" summary="cartouche" border="1"><tr><td>
<b>Note:</b> There must be <strong>only one</strong> outer music expression in
a <code>score</code> block, and it <strong>must</strong> be surrounded by
curly brackets.
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<p>This single music expression may be of any size, and may contain
other music expressions to any complexity. All of these examples
are music expressions:
<pre class="example">{ c'4 c' c' c' }
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<pre class="verbatim">
{
{ c'4 c' c' c'}
{ d'4 d' d' d'}
}
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<a href="../91/lily-02801fb6.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="../91/lily-02801fb6.png" alt="[image of music]">
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<pre class="verbatim">
<<
\new Staff { c'4 c' c' c' }
\new Staff { d'4 d' d' d' }
>>
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<a href="../49/lily-0fc931ef.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="../49/lily-0fc931ef.png" alt="[image of music]">
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<pre class="example">{
\new GrandStaff <<
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff { \flute }
\new Staff { \oboe }
>>
\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff { \violinI }
\new Staff { \violinII }
>>
>>
}
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<p>Comments are one exception to this general rule. (For others see
<a href="File-structure.html#File-structure">File structure</a>.) Both single-line comments and comments
delimited by <code>%{ .. %}</code> may be placed anywhere within an
input file. They may be placed inside or outside a <code>\score</code>
block, and inside or outside the single music expression within a
<code>\score</code> block.
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<h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5>
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<p>Learning Manual:
<p><a name="index-Working-on-input-files-2333"></a><a href="../lilypond-learning/Working-on-input-files.html#Working-on-input-files">Working on input files</a>,
<a name="index-Music-expressions-explained-2334"></a><a href="../lilypond-learning/Music-expressions-explained.html#Music-expressions-explained">Music expressions explained</a>,
<a name="index-Score-is-a-_0028single_0029-compound-musical-expression-2335"></a><a href="../lilypond-learning/Score-is-a-_0028single_0029-compound-musical-expression.html#Score-is-a-_0028single_0029-compound-musical-expression">Score is a (single) compound musical expression</a>.
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