Glossary of music terms meaning

 

 

Glossary of music terms meaning

 

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Glossary of music terms meaning

 

Meaning of :

 

  • accelerando
  • accent
  • allegro
  • articulation
  • beat
  • binary form
  • chord
  • consonant
  • contour
  • crescendo
  • diminuendo
  • dissonant
  • duple meter
  • dynamics
  • elements of music
  • ensemble
  • form
  • forte
  • harmony
  • improvisation
  • instrument families
  • interval
  • largo
  • legato
  • melody
  • meter
  • mezzo
  • music
  • notation
  • note
  • perform
  • phrase
  • piano
  • pitch
  • range
  • rhythm
  • ritardando
  • round
  • scale
  • staccato
  • tempo
  • ternary form
  • texture
  • timbre
  • tonality
  • tone
  • triple meter

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  • A cappella
  • A tempo
  • Absolute music
  • Accelerando
  • Accent
  • Accidentals
  • Accompaniment
  • Acoustic
  • Acoustics
  • Adagio
  • Air
  • Al fine
  • Alla breve
  • Allargando
  • Allegretto
  • Allegro
  • Allemande
  • Alto
  • Amplifier, amp
  • Analysis
  • Andante
  • Andantino
  • Animato, animoso
  • Answer
  • Apoyando
  • Arco
  • Aria
  • Arpeggio
  • Arrangement
  • Art song
  • Articulation
  • Atonal
  • Attacca
  • Attack
  • Audition
  • Axe
  • Baby grand
  • Back beat
  • Backup group
  • Balance
  • Ballad
  • Ballet
  • Band
  • Bar
  • Bar line
  • Baritone
  • Bass
  • Bass clef
  • Baton
  • Beats
  • Bebop
  • Berceuse
  • Big band
  • Binary form
  • Blue notes
  • Blues
  • Boogaloo
  • Bop
  • Bout
  • Bow
  • Brass family
  • Bravo
  • Breath mark
  • Bridge
  • Cacophony
  • Cadence
  • Cadenza
  • Call and response
  • Cancan
  • Canon
  • Cantata
  • Castrato
  • CD
  • Chamber music
  • Changes
  • Chant
  • Chantey, chanty
  • Chart(s)
  • Chest voice
  • Chops
  • Chord
  • Chorus
  • Chromatic
  • Chromatic modulation
  • Chromatic scale
  • Classical
  • Classroom instruments
  • Clef
  • Coda
  • Common time
  • Composer
  • Compound meter
  • Concert b-flat
  • Concertmaster
  • Concerto
  • Conductor
  • Consonance
  • Contralto
  • Contrapuntal
  • Corrente
  • Counterpoint
  • Crescendo
  • Cue
  • Cut time
  • D. C. al fine (Da Capo al fine)
  • D.C. (Da Capo)
  • D.S. (Dal Segno)
  • Decrescendo
  • Development
  • Diatonic
  • Diminuendo
  • Dirge
  • Dissonance
  • DJ
  • Dolce
  • Doo wop
  • Double bar
  • Downbeat
  • Duet
  • Duo
  • Duple meter
  • Duration
  • Dynamic markings
  • Dynamics
  • Elements of music
  • Embouchure
  • Encore
  • Enharmonic
  • Ensemble
  • Entrance
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Etude
  • Exercise
  • Exposition
  • Expression marks
  • Falsetto
  • Fanfare
  • Fantasia
  • Fermata
  • Finale
  • Fine
  • Flamenco
  • Flat
  • Folk music
  • Form
  • Forte (f)
  • Fortissimo (ff)
  • Fret
  • Fret board
  • Fugal
  • Fugue
  • Full score
  • Funk
  • G clef
  • Gaillard
  • Gamelan
  • Genre
  • Gig
  • Glee club
  • Glissando
  • Gospel
  • Grand opera
  • Grand staff
  • Grandioso
  • Grave
  • Groove
  • Gruppetto
  • Half note/rest
  • Half step
  • Harmonic progression
  • Harmonics
  • Harmony
  • Head voice
  • Hip hop
  • Homophony
  • Homorhythmic
  • Honky-tonk
  • Impresario
  • Impressionism
  • Improvisation
  • Incidental music
  • Instrumentation
  • Interpretation
  • Interval
  • Introduction
  • Jam
  • Jazz
  • Jingle
  • Key
  • Key signature
  • Keyboard
  • Larghetto
  • Largo
  • Lead sheet
  • Ledger lines
  • Legato
  • Lento
  • Libretto
  • Licks
  • Lute
  • Maestoso
  • Maestro
  • Major scale
  • March
  • Marching band
  • Mariachi
  • Measure
  • Medley
  • Melisma
  • Melody
  • Meno
  • Meter
  • Mezzo (m)
  • Mezzo forte (mf)
  • Mezzo piano (mp)
  • MIDI
  • Minor scale
  • Mix
  • Mode
  • Moderato
  • Modulate, modulation
  • Molto
  • Monophonic, monophony
  • Monotone
  • Mordent
  • Mosso
  • Motif, motive
  • Motown sound
  • Mouthpiece
  • Movement
  • Music
  • Music theory
  • Music therapy
  • Musical drama
  • Musicology
  • Mute
  • Natural
  • New jack swing
  • Nonet
  • Notation
  • Notes
  • Obbligato
  • Octave
  • Octavo
  • Octet
  • Odd meters
  • Ode
  • Opera
  • Opera bouffe, opera buffa, opera comique
  • Operetta
  • Opus
  • Oratorio
  • Orchestra
  • Orchestration
  • Ornamentation
  • Ornaments
  • Ostinato
  • Overdub, overdubbing
  • Overture
  • Pantomime
  • Passacaglia
  • Passage
  • Passion
  • Pause
  • Pavane
  • Peghead or pegbox
  • Pentatonic scale
  • Percussion family
  • Period
  • Phrase
  • Phrasing
  • Pianissimo (pp)
  • Piano (p)
  • Piano (pianoforte)
  • Piano score
  • Pitch
  • Pizzicato
  • Poco a poco
  • Polyphonic
  • Polyphony
  • Portamento
  • Prelude
  • Presto
  • Prima donna
  • Processional
  • Program
  • Program music
  • Progression
  • Progressive jazz
  • Prologue
  • Pulse
  • Quadruple meter
  • Quarter note/rest
  • Quartet
  • Quintet
  • Quintuple meter
  • Ragtime
  • Rallentando
  • Range
  • Rap
  • Recapitulation
  • Recessional
  • Recital
  • Recitative
  • Refrain
  • Reggae
  • Renaissance
  • Repeat
  • Repeat sign
  • Reprise
  • Resolution
  • Response
  • Rest
  • Retrograde
  • Rhythm
  • Rhythm and blues
  • Rhythm section
  • Riff
  • Ritardando
  • Rock, rock n roll
  • Rococo
  • Romantic
  • Rondo
  • Root
  • Round
  • Rubato
  • Run
  • SA
  • SAB
  • Sacred music
  • Salsa
  • SATB
  • Scale
  • Scat singing
  • Scherzo
  • Score
  • Scoring
  • Secular music
  • Segue
  • Semitone
  • Sforzando (sfz)
  • Sharp
  • Sheet music
  • Sideman
  • Signature
  • Simple meter
  • Sixteenth note/rest
  • Slur
  • Solo
  • Sonata
  • Sonata allegro form
  • Song
  • Soprano
  • Sotto voce
  • Soul
  • Space
  • Spiritual
  • SSA
  • SSAA
  • Staccato
  • Staff, staves
  • Stage band
  • Standard
  • Stanza
  • Stem
  • Step
  • String instrument family
  • String quartet
  • Strophic
  • Studio musician
  • Style
  • Subject
  • Suite
  • Swing
  • Swing time
  • Symphonic band
  • Symphonic poem
  • Symphony
  • Syncopation
  • Synthesizer
  • System
  • Tacet
  • Tempo
  • Tempo markings
  • Tenor
  • Ternary form
  • Tessitura
  • Texture
  • Theme
  • Theme and variations
  • Theory
  • Three-part-form
  • Tie
  • Timbre
  • Time
  • Time signature
  • Tirando
  • Tone
  • Tone color
  • Tone poem
  • Treble
  • Treble clef
  • Tremolo
  • Triad
  • Trill
  • Trio
  • Triple meter
  • Triplet
  • TTB
  • TTBB
  • Tune
  • Tuning
  • Tutti
  • Twelve-bar blues
  • Two-part form
  • Unipartite
  • Unison
  • Vamp
  • Variation
  • Verse
  • Vihuela
  • Villanesca
  • Virtuoso
  • Vocal selections
  • Vocalization
  • Vocalize
  • Voice
  • Volume
  • Walking bass
  • Whole note/rest
  • Whole step or whole tone
  • Whole-tone scale
  • Wind instrument family
  • Woodwind family
  • Work song
  • World music
  • Zydeco

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