What composers use to settle the score? (8)

I believe the answer is:

notation

(Other definitions for notation that I've seen before include "A comment added to a text" , "Set of representative symbols" , "System of signs or symbols" , "Written comment" , "Set of symbols representing quantity etc." .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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