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1 Musical terms A-Z

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• ES - Spanish
• I - Italian
• F - French
• D - German
• NL - Dutch
• DK - Danish
• S - Swedish
• FI - Finnish

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