diff --git a/src/elements/score.ts b/src/elements/score.ts
index f2dbe6b48..199a3402f 100644
--- a/src/elements/score.ts
+++ b/src/elements/score.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class Score {
     private systems: System[]
   ) {}
 
+  /** Creates a Score from the given rendering context and score render tree. */
   static create(
     config: Config,
     log: Logger,
@@ -64,6 +65,13 @@ export class Score {
     return this.root.getScrollContainer();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates and registers a playback cursor scoped to a single part.
+   *
+   * @param opts.partIndex The part the cursor advances through. Defaults to the first part.
+   * @param opts.span The vertical range of parts the cursor visually spans. Defaults to spanning all parts.
+   * @returns The newly created cursor. The cursor is owned by the Score and will be cleaned up on `destroy()`.
+   */
   addCursor(opts?: { partIndex?: number; span?: playback.CursorVerticalSpan }): playback.Cursor {
     const partCount = this.getPartCount();
 
@@ -80,8 +88,7 @@ export class Score {
 
     const elementDescriber = playback.ElementDescriber.create(this, { partIndex });
     const frames = playback.DefaultCursorFrame.create(this.log, this, timeline, span, elementDescriber);
-    const path = new playback.CursorPath(partIndex, frames);
-    const cursor = playback.Cursor.create(path, this.getScrollContainer(), elementDescriber);
+    const cursor = playback.Cursor.create(frames, this.getScrollContainer(), elementDescriber);
 
     this.cursors.push(cursor);
 
@@ -375,7 +382,7 @@ export class Score {
 
   @util.memoize()
   private getTimestampLocator(): playback.TimestampLocator {
-    const paths = new Array<playback.CursorPath>();
+    const partFrames = new Array<playback.CursorFrame[]>();
     const timelines = this.getTimelines();
 
     for (let partIndex = 0; partIndex < this.getPartCount(); partIndex++) {
@@ -384,10 +391,9 @@ export class Score {
       const span = { fromPartIndex: partIndex, toPartIndex: partIndex };
       const elementDescriber = playback.ElementDescriber.create(this, { partIndex });
       const frames = playback.DefaultCursorFrame.create(this.log, this, timeline, span, elementDescriber);
-      const path = new playback.CursorPath(partIndex, frames);
-      paths.push(path);
+      partFrames.push(frames);
     }
 
-    return playback.TimestampLocator.create(this, paths);
+    return playback.TimestampLocator.create(this, partFrames);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/playback/bsearchcursorframelocator.ts b/src/playback/bsearchcursorframelocator.ts
index a1ae58629..d253e0457 100644
--- a/src/playback/bsearchcursorframelocator.ts
+++ b/src/playback/bsearchcursorframelocator.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import * as util from '@/util';
-import { CursorFrameLocator } from './types';
+import { CursorFrame, CursorFrameLocator } from './types';
 import { Duration } from './duration';
-import { CursorPath } from './cursorpath';
 
 /**
  * A CursorFrameLocator that uses binary search to locate the frame at a given time.
  */
 export class BSearchCursorFrameLocator implements CursorFrameLocator {
-  constructor(private path: CursorPath) {}
+  constructor(private frames: CursorFrame[]) {}
 
   locate(time: Duration): number | null {
-    const frames = this.path.getFrames();
+    const frames = this.frames;
 
     let left = 0;
     let right = frames.length - 1;
diff --git a/src/playback/cursor.ts b/src/playback/cursor.ts
index f29ed14f3..30a5d6d87 100644
--- a/src/playback/cursor.ts
+++ b/src/playback/cursor.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { CursorFrame, CursorFrameLocator, CursorStateHintProvider } from './type
 import { FastCursorFrameLocator } from './fastcursorframelocator';
 import { BSearchCursorFrameLocator } from './bsearchcursorframelocator';
 import { Duration } from './duration';
-import { CursorPath } from './cursorpath';
 import { LazyCursorStateHintProvider } from './lazycursorstatehintprovider';
 import { EmptyCursorFrame } from './emptycursorframe';
 import { ElementDescriber } from './elementdescriber';
@@ -38,28 +37,34 @@ export class Cursor {
   private previousFrame: CursorFrame = new EmptyCursorFrame();
 
   private constructor(
-    private path: CursorPath,
+    private frames: CursorFrame[],
     private locator: CursorFrameLocator,
     private scroller: Scroller,
     private elementDescriber: ElementDescriber
   ) {}
 
-  static create(path: CursorPath, scrollContainer: HTMLElement, elementDescriber: ElementDescriber): Cursor {
-    const bSearchLocator = new BSearchCursorFrameLocator(path);
-    const fastLocator = new FastCursorFrameLocator(path, bSearchLocator);
+  /** Creates a Cursor over the given frames, scrolling within the provided container. */
+  static create(frames: CursorFrame[], scrollContainer: HTMLElement, elementDescriber: ElementDescriber): Cursor {
+    const bSearchLocator = new BSearchCursorFrameLocator(frames);
+    const fastLocator = new FastCursorFrameLocator(frames, bSearchLocator);
     const scroller = new Scroller(scrollContainer);
-    return new Cursor(path, fastLocator, scroller, elementDescriber);
+    return new Cursor(frames, fastLocator, scroller, elementDescriber);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns an iterable that walks every frame from the current position to the end. Iteration uses
+   * an internal clone, so this cursor's position is not modified.
+   */
   iterable(): Iterable<CursorState> {
     // Clone the cursor to avoid modifying the index of this instance.
-    const cursor = new Cursor(this.path, this.locator, this.scroller, this.elementDescriber);
+    const cursor = new Cursor(this.frames, this.locator, this.scroller, this.elementDescriber);
     return new CursorIterator(cursor);
   }
 
+  /** Returns the cursor's current state. */
   getCurrentState(): CursorState {
     const index = this.index;
-    const hasNext = index < this.path.getFrames().length - 1;
+    const hasNext = index < this.frames.length - 1;
     const hasPrevious = index > 0;
     const frame = this.getCurrentFrame();
     const rect = this.getCursorRect(frame, this.alpha);
@@ -76,18 +81,26 @@ export class Cursor {
     };
   }
 
+  /** Returns the underlying frame array backing this cursor. */
+  getCursorFrames(): CursorFrame[] {
+    return this.frames;
+  }
+
+  /** Advances to the next frame, or completes the final frame (alpha = 1) if already at the end. */
   next(): void {
-    if (this.index === this.path.getFrames().length - 1) {
+    if (this.index === this.frames.length - 1) {
       this.update(this.index, { alpha: 1 });
     } else {
       this.update(this.index + 1, { alpha: 0 });
     }
   }
 
+  /** Moves to the previous frame. Clamped at the first frame. */
   previous(): void {
     this.update(this.index - 1, { alpha: 0 });
   }
 
+  /** Jumps to the frame at the given frame index. Out-of-range indices are clamped. */
   goTo(index: number): void {
     this.update(index, { alpha: 0 });
   }
@@ -105,7 +118,7 @@ export class Cursor {
     const time = this.normalize(timestampMs);
     const index = this.locator.locate(time);
     util.assertNotNull(index, 'Cursor frame locator failed to find a frame.');
-    const entry = this.path.getFrames().at(index);
+    const entry = this.frames.at(index);
     util.assertDefined(entry);
 
     const left = entry.tRange.start;
@@ -115,16 +128,24 @@ export class Cursor {
     this.update(index, { alpha });
   }
 
+  /** Returns whether the cursor's current rect is fully within the scroll container's viewport. */
   isFullyVisible(): boolean {
     const cursorRect = this.getCurrentState().rect;
     return this.scroller.isFullyVisible(cursorRect);
   }
 
+  /** Scrolls the container so the cursor is centered horizontally and aligned to the top. */
   scrollIntoView(behavior: ScrollBehavior = 'auto'): void {
     const scrollPoint = this.getScrollPoint();
     this.scroller.scrollTo(scrollPoint, behavior);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Subscribes a listener to a cursor event.
+   *
+   * @param opts.emitBootstrapEvent When true, immediately invokes the listener with the current state.
+   * @returns A subscription id that can be passed to `removeEventListener` to detach.
+   */
   addEventListener<N extends keyof CursorEventMap>(
     name: N,
     listener: events.EventListener<CursorEventMap[N]>,
@@ -137,18 +158,20 @@ export class Cursor {
     return id;
   }
 
+  /** Detaches one or more listeners by their subscription ids. */
   removeEventListener(...ids: number[]): void {
     for (const id of ids) {
       this.topic.unsubscribe(id);
     }
   }
 
+  /** Detaches every listener registered on this cursor. */
   removeAllEventListeners(): void {
     this.topic.unsubscribeAll();
   }
 
   private getCurrentFrame(): CursorFrame {
-    return this.path.getFrames().at(this.index) ?? new EmptyCursorFrame();
+    return this.frames.at(this.index) ?? new EmptyCursorFrame();
   }
 
   private getScrollPoint(): Point {
@@ -164,7 +187,7 @@ export class Cursor {
   }
 
   private getDuration(): Duration {
-    return this.path.getFrames().at(-1)?.tRange.end ?? Duration.zero();
+    return this.frames.at(-1)?.tRange.end ?? Duration.zero();
   }
 
   private getCursorRect(frame: CursorFrame, alpha: number): Rect {
@@ -176,7 +199,7 @@ export class Cursor {
   }
 
   private update(index: number, { alpha }: { alpha: number }): void {
-    index = util.clamp(0, this.path.getFrames().length - 1, index);
+    index = util.clamp(0, this.frames.length - 1, index);
     alpha = util.clamp(0, 1, alpha);
     // Round to 3 decimal places to avoid overloading the event system with redundant updates.
     alpha = Math.round(alpha * 1000) / 1000;
diff --git a/src/playback/cursorpath.ts b/src/playback/cursorpath.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 998fa6467..000000000
--- a/src/playback/cursorpath.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { CursorFrame } from './types';
-
-/** A collection of cursor frames for a given part index.. */
-export class CursorPath {
-  constructor(private partIndex: number, private frames: CursorFrame[]) {}
-
-  getPartIndex(): number {
-    return this.partIndex;
-  }
-
-  getFrames(): CursorFrame[] {
-    return this.frames;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/playback/fastcursorframelocator.ts b/src/playback/fastcursorframelocator.ts
index bd1e347e6..92e07ddab 100644
--- a/src/playback/fastcursorframelocator.ts
+++ b/src/playback/fastcursorframelocator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { CursorPath } from './cursorpath';
 import { Duration } from './duration';
-import { CursorFrameLocator } from './types';
+import { CursorFrame, CursorFrameLocator } from './types';
 
 /**
  * A CursorFrameLocator that uses O(1) time complexity to locate the frame at a given time before falling back to a more
@@ -9,10 +8,10 @@ import { CursorFrameLocator } from './types';
 export class FastCursorFrameLocator implements CursorFrameLocator {
   private index = 0;
 
-  constructor(private path: CursorPath, private fallback: CursorFrameLocator) {}
+  constructor(private frames: CursorFrame[], private fallback: CursorFrameLocator) {}
 
   locate(time: Duration): number | null {
-    const frames = this.path.getFrames();
+    const frames = this.frames;
 
     if (time.isLessThan(Duration.zero())) {
       return this.update(0);
@@ -53,6 +52,6 @@ export class FastCursorFrameLocator implements CursorFrameLocator {
   }
 
   private getDuration(): Duration {
-    return this.path.getFrames().at(-1)?.tRange.end ?? Duration.zero();
+    return this.frames.at(-1)?.tRange.end ?? Duration.zero();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/playback/index.ts b/src/playback/index.ts
index 71a62240a..36ed2d159 100644
--- a/src/playback/index.ts
+++ b/src/playback/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export * from './cursor';
-export * from './cursorpath';
 export * from './duration';
 export * from './durationrange';
 export * from './timestamplocator';
diff --git a/src/playback/timestamplocator.ts b/src/playback/timestamplocator.ts
index ee707e9e9..cc3713622 100644
--- a/src/playback/timestamplocator.ts
+++ b/src/playback/timestamplocator.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as spatial from '@/spatial';
 import * as elements from '@/elements';
 import * as util from '@/util';
 import { Duration } from './duration';
-import { CursorPath } from './cursorpath';
 import { CursorFrame } from './types';
 
 type System = {
@@ -13,18 +12,16 @@ type System = {
 export class TimestampLocator {
   private constructor(private systems: System[]) {}
 
-  static create(score: elements.Score, paths: CursorPath[]): TimestampLocator {
+  static create(score: elements.Score, partFrames: CursorFrame[][]): TimestampLocator {
     const systems = score.getSystems().map((system) => {
       const yRange = new util.NumberRange(system.rect().top(), system.rect().bottom());
 
       const frames = new Array<CursorFrame>();
-      for (const path of paths) {
+      for (const framesForPart of partFrames) {
         frames.push(
-          ...path
-            .getFrames()
-            .filter((frame) =>
-              frame.getActiveElements().some((element) => element.getSystemIndex() === system.getIndex())
-            )
+          ...framesForPart.filter((frame) =>
+            frame.getActiveElements().some((element) => element.getSystemIndex() === system.getIndex())
+          )
         );
       }