楽譜(がくふ)

Common collocations

• 楽譜(がくふ)を読(よ)む: to read music
• 楽譜(がくふ)が読(よ)めない: to be unable to read music — the usual way to say it, with the potential form
• 楽譜(がくふ)を書(か)く: to write out music
• 楽譜(がくふ)台(だい): a music stand
• 楽譜(がくふ)売(う)り場(ば): the sheet music department of a shop

Similar words

• 譜面(ふめん): the same thing, but used more by working musicians and in band contexts; 楽譜(がくふ) is the neutral everyday word
• 五線譜(ごせんふ): staff notation specifically — the five-line staff itself
• 総譜(そうふ): a full orchestral score, showing every part
• パート譜(ふ): a part, the single-instrument extract a player actually reads from

Related words

• 音符(おんぷ): a musical note
• 休符(きゅうふ): a rest