List of musical topics

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Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

A cappellaAbsolute pitchAccidentalAccompanimentAd libitumAdagioAdded tone chordAdditive rhythmAlbumAleatoric musicAllegroAltoAmbiguityAmerican Music AwardsAntiphonArrangementArticulationAspects of musicAtonalityAudio mixingAuditory illusionAuthentic performanceAugmentationAugmented chord

B

BACH motifBack beatBalletBar (music)BaroqueBassBass runBasslineBassoBasso continuoBeat & Beat (music)BeatmatchingBel cantoBinary formBlue noteBluesBlues balladBohlen-Pierce scaleBoogie woogieBraille musicBreakBridgeBritish opera

C

Cadence (music)CadenzaCall and response (music)Canon (music)CantillationCastratoCent (music)ChaconneChamber musicChild singerChoirChoraleChord (music)Chord progressionChorusChromaticChromatic scaleCimbassoCircle of fifthsClappingClefClose harmonyCodaCombination toneCompound metreComposerConcert bandConclusionConsonanceCounterpointCover versionCrescendoCubase

D

Da capoDa capo ariaDanceDance and music of Latin AmericaDefinite pitchDefinition of musicDeutsch's scale illusionDiapasonDiapenteDiatessaronDiatonic functionalityDiatonic scaleDiesisDiminished chordDiminished scaleDiminuendoDiminutionDissonanceDominantDroneDSCHDubreq StylophoneDuetDupleDynamics

E

Ear trainingElectronic musicEqual temperamentEnharmonicEthnomusicologyExposition

F

FalsettoFeedbackFlatted fifthFifthFinale notation programFigured bassForteFortissimoFourthFrequencyFruityloopsFugue

G

GamelanGebrauchsmusikGenreGlissandoGNU LilyPond

H

HarmonicHarmonic accompanimentHarmonic series (music)HarmonyHammond OrganHearing (sense)HemiolaHexachordHornbostel-SachsHymn

I

ImprovisationIndefinite pitchInharmonicInstrumentationInteractive musicInterval (music)Interval classIntonationInversion (music)Irrational rhythmIsorhythm

J

Just intonation

K

Key (music)Key signature

L

LargoLarghettoLeading-toneLearning music by earLegato LeitmotifLigatureLimit (music)LinearList of major chord shapes for guitarList of popular music termsLubbock Sound

M

MadrigalMajor chordMajor secondMajor scaleMajor seventhMajor sixthMajor thirdMaqamMathematics of the Western music scaleMeantone temperamentMeasureMelodyMetreMetronomeMezzo-sopranoMicropolyphonyMicrotonal musicMicrotoneMinor chordMinor secondMinor scaleMinor seventhMinor sixthMinor thirdMissing fundamentalMixMixingModulation (music)MonophonyMotetMotif (music)MouthpieceMusicMusic and politicsMusic historyMusic technologyMusic theoryMusical acousticsMusical bandMusical compositionMusical ensembleMusical genreMusical instrumentMusical keyboardMusical modeMusical notationMusical ornamentMusical pieceMusical terminologyMusical tuningMusicianMusicologyMute (music)

N

Nonchord toneNoteNovelty songNumerical sight-singing

O

OctaveOctave illusionOperaOperettaOratorioOrchestraOrchestrationOrganOrganologyOrnamentOstinatoOvertone

P

Parallel minor/majorPassacagliaPassionPatriotic songPensatoPentatonic scalePerfect fourthPerfect fifthPeriodPeriodicPhonographPhrase (music)Physics of musicPicardy thirdPiston valvePitch (music)Pitch spacePizzicatoPlainsongPolyphonyPolyrhythmPolytonalityPower chordPrecompositionalPrestoProtest songPseudo-octavePsychoacousticsPulsePythagorean commaPythagorean tuning

Q

QuartalQuintalQuodlibet

R

Radio LuxembourgRagaRaggamuffinRangeReason (program)RecitativeRecord labelRecording industryRegister (music)Relative minor/majorRelative pitchRelaxationRemixResolution (music)ResonanceRhapsodyRhythmRhythmic gestureRhythmic unitRiddimRiffRosegardenRotary valveRound (music)

S

Sampling (music)SargamScale (music)ScratchingSecondSecondary dominantSecundalSerial musicSequenceSeventhShape noteSheet musicShepard toneSibelius notation programSinging schoolSingleSight readingSimple meterSimultaneitySimultaneity successionSixthSkipSoloSolfegeSonata formSonataSongSopranoSoundSound qualitySound recordingSound sculptureSound systemStaccatoStaffStepStochasticSträhle's constructionSubdominantSubstitute dominantSuccessionSuiteSuzuki methodSuspension (music)Swung noteSymmetrySympathetic stringsSymphonySyncopationSyntonic comma

T

TablatureTemperamentTempoTenorTensionTernary formTertianTertium majorTertium minorThirdTie (music)TimbreTimeline of trends in music (1900-1950)Timeline of trends in music (1951-present)Time signatureTime unit box systemTone clusterTone rowTonic (music)TonicizationTonic Sol-faTransposing instrumentTransposition (music)TremoloTriad (music)TrillTripletTritoneTuningTupletTwelve-tone technique

U

Unison

V

VerseVerticalVibratoVideo game musicVocal musicVoice registers

W

Wah-wahWolf interval

X

Xenharmonic

Y

Yamaha

Z

fr:Liste de termes musicaux nl:Lijst van muziektermen pl:Podstawowe zagadnienia z zakresu muzyki

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