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1 Musical terms A-Z ¶

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1.1 A
1.2 a due
1.3 accelerando
1.4 accent
1.5 accessory
1.6 acciaccatura
1.7 accidental
1.8 adagio
1.9 al fine
1.10 al niente
1.11 alla breve
1.12 allegro
1.13 alteration
1.14 alto
1.15 alto clef
1.16 ambitus
1.17 anacrusis
1.18 ancient minor scale
1.19 andante
1.20 appoggiatura
1.21 arpeggio
1.22 arrastre
1.23 articulation
1.24 ascending interval
1.25 augmentation
1.26 augmented interval
1.27 autograph
1.28 B
1.29 backfall
1.30 bar
1.31 bar line
1.32 baritone
1.33 baritone clef
1.34 bass
1.35 bass clef
1.36 beam
1.37 beat
1.38 beat repeat
1.39 bind
1.40 brace
1.41 bracket
1.42 brass
1.43 breath mark
1.44 breve
1.45 C
1.46 C clef
1.47 cadence
1.48 cadenza
1.49 caesura
1.50 canon
1.51 cent
1.52 central C
1.53 chord
1.54 chord grid
1.55 chromatic scale
1.56 chromaticism
1.57 church mode
1.58 clef
1.59 cluster
1.60 comma
1.61 common meter
1.62 Common Practice Period
1.63 common time
1.64 complement
1.65 compound interval
1.66 compound meter
1.67 compound time
1.68 concert pitch
1.69 conjunct movement
1.70 consonance
1.71 contralto
1.72 copying music
1.73 counterpoint
1.74 countertenor
1.75 crescendo
1.76 cue-notes
1.77 custos
1.78 cut time
1.79 D
1.80 da capo
1.81 dal niente
1.82 dal segno
1.83 decrescendo
1.84 descending interval
1.85 diatonic scale
1.86 didymic comma
1.87 diminished interval
1.88 diminuendo
1.89 diminution
1.90 direct
1.91 disjunct movement
1.92 dissonance
1.93 dissonant interval
1.94 divisio
1.95 doit
1.96 dominant
1.97 dominant ninth chord
1.98 dominant seventh chord
1.99 dorian mode
1.100 dot (augmentation dot)
1.101 dotted note
1.102 double appoggiatura
1.103 double bar line
1.104 double dotted note
1.105 double flat
1.106 double sharp
1.107 double time signature
1.108 double trill
1.109 duple meter
1.110 duplet
1.111 duration
1.112 dynamics
1.113 E
1.114 ecclesiastical mode
1.115 eighth note
1.116 eighth rest
1.117 elision
1.118 embellishment
1.119 engraving
1.120 enharmonic
1.121 equal temperament
1.122 expression mark
1.123 extender line
1.124 F
1.125 F clef
1.126 fall
1.127 feathered beam
1.128 fermata
1.129 fifth
1.130 figured bass
1.131 fine
1.132 fingering
1.133 flag
1.134 flageolet
1.135 flat
1.136 forefall
1.137 forte
1.138 fourth
1.139 Frenched score
1.140 Frenched staff
1.141 Frenched staves
1.142 fugue
1.143 functional harmony
1.144 G
1.145 G clef
1.146 glissando
1.147 grace notes
1.148 grand staff
1.149 grave
1.150 gruppetto
1.151 H
1.152 hairpin
1.153 half note
1.154 half rest
1.155 harmonic cadence
1.156 harmonics
1.157 harmony
1.158 hemiola
1.159 high bass clef
1.160 homophony
1.161 hook
1.162 hymn meter
1.163 incomplete dominant seventh chord
1.164 interval
1.165 inversion
1.166 inverted interval
1.167 just intonation
1.168 key
1.169 key signature
1.170 Kievan notation
1.171 laissez vibrer
1.172 largo
1.173 leading note
1.174 ledger line
1.175 legato
1.176 legato curve
1.177 leger line
1.178 ligature
1.179 lilypond
1.180 line
1.181 loco
1.182 long appoggiatura
1.183 longa
1.184 lyric tie
1.185 lyrics
1.186 major
1.187 major interval
1.188 maxima
1.189 meantone temperament
1.190 measure
1.191 measure repeat
1.192 mediant
1.193 melisma
1.194 melisma line
1.195 melodic cadence
1.196 mensural notation
1.197 mensuration sign
1.198 mensurstrich
1.199 meter
1.200 metronome
1.201 metronome mark
1.202 metronomic indication
1.203 mezzo
1.204 mezzo-soprano
1.205 middle C
1.206 minor
1.207 minor interval
1.208 mixolydian mode
1.209 mode
1.210 modulation
1.211 mordent
1.212 motif
1.213 motive
1.214 movement
1.215 multi-measure rest
1.216 natural
1.217 neighbor tones
1.218 ninth
1.219 non-legato
1.220 note
1.221 note head
1.222 note names
1.223 note value
1.224 octavation
1.225 octave
1.226 octave mark
1.227 octave marking
1.228 octave sign
1.229 ornament
1.230 ossia
1.231 part
1.232 pause
1.233 pennant
1.234 percent repeat
1.235 percussion
1.236 perfect interval
1.237 phrase
1.238 phrasing
1.239 piano
1.240 pickup
1.241 pitch
1.242 pizzicato
1.243 polymeter
1.244 polymetric
1.245 polymetric time signature
1.246 polyphony
1.247 portato
1.248 power chord
1.249 presto
1.250 proportion
1.251 Pythagorean comma
1.252 quadruplet
1.253 quality
1.254 quarter note
1.255 quarter rest
1.256 quarter tone
1.257 quintuplet
1.258 rallentando
1.259 relative key
1.260 repeat
1.261 rest
1.262 rhythm
1.263 ritardando
1.264 ritenuto
1.265 scale
1.266 scale degree
1.267 scordatura
1.268 score
1.269 second
1.270 semibreve
1.271 semitone
1.272 seventh
1.273 sextolet
1.274 sextuplet
1.275 shake
1.276 sharp
1.277 simile
1.278 simile mark
1.279 simple meter
1.280 sixteenth note
1.281 sixteenth rest
1.282 sixth
1.283 sixty-fourth note
1.284 sixty-fourth rest
1.285 slash repeat
1.286 slur
1.287 solmization
1.288 sonata
1.289 sonata form
1.290 song texts
1.291 soprano
1.292 staccato
1.293 staff
1.294 staves
1.295 stem
1.296 stringendo
1.297 strings
1.298 strong beat
1.299 subdominant
1.300 submediant
1.301 subtonic
1.302 sul G
1.303 superdominant
1.304 supertonic
1.305 symphony
1.306 syncopation
1.307 syntonic comma
1.308 system
1.309 temperament
1.310 tempo indication
1.311 tenor
1.312 tenth
1.313 tenuto
1.314 third
1.315 thirty-second note
1.316 thirty-second rest
1.317 thorough bass
1.318 tie
1.319 time
1.320 time signature
1.321 tone
1.322 tonic
1.323 transposing instrument
1.324 transposition
1.325 treble clef
1.326 tremolo
1.327 triad
1.328 trill
1.329 triple meter
1.330 triplet
1.331 tritone
1.332 tuning fork
1.333 tuplet
1.334 turn
1.335 unison
1.336 upbeat
1.337 voice
1.338 volta
1.339 vowel transition
1.340 weak beat
1.341 whole note
1.342 whole rest
1.343 whole tone
1.344 woodwind