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  • 1

  • 1st/2nd ending
  • 1st Inversion
  • 2

  • 2/4 Time
  • 3

  • 3/4 Time
  • 7

  • 7th Chord
  • 9

  • 9th Symphony
  • 1

  • 12 Tone System
  • a

  • A cappella
  • Absolute Dynamic
  • Absolute Music
  • Absolute Pitch
  • Absolute Tempo
  • accelerando
  • Accelerando Marking
  • accent
  • Accent Mark
  • Accentuation
  • acciaccatura
  • Accidental
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Acoustic Resonance
  • Acoustics
  • Ad libitum
  • Adagietto
  • adagio
  • Additive Meter
  • Additive Rhythm
  • Aeolian Cadence
  • Aeolian Mode
  • Aerophone
  • Affect Theory
  • Affettuoso
  • Affirmative Rhythm
  • Aggiustamento
  • agitato
  • Agnus Dei
  • Agogic Accent
  • Air de Cour
  • Air Variation
  • Al Fine
  • Al Niente
  • Alberti
  • Alberti Bass
  • Alberti Bass Pattern
  • Aleatory
  • Alla Breve
  • Alla Breve Time
  • Alla Capella
  • Alla Marcia
  • Alla Polacca
  • Alla Tedesca
  • Alla Zingarese
  • Allargando
  • Allegretto
  • allegro
  • Allegro Tempo
  • Allemande
  • Alteration
  • Altered Chord
  • Altered Dominant
  • Altered Scale
  • Alto
  • Alto Clef
  • Alto Saxophone Timbre
  • Alto Saxophonist
  • Amabile
  • Ambient Music
  • Ambitonal Harmony
  • Ambitus
  • Ambitus Range
  • Amen Cadence
  • Amoroso
  • Amphibrach Meter
  • Anacrusis
  • Anapestic Rhythm
  • Ancient Modes
  • andante
  • Anhemitonic Scale
  • animato
  • Anthem
  • Anthem Style
  • Anticipation Note
  • Anticipation Tone
  • Antiphon
  • Antiphonal Polyphony
  • Antiphonal Singing
  • Antiphony
  • Apoggiatura
  • appassionato
  • appoggiatura
  • Arabesque
  • Aram Khachaturian
  • Arco
  • Arco Strings
  • Argentine Tango
  • aria
  • Aria Cantabile
  • Arietta
  • Arioso
  • Arpeggiated Chord
  • Arpeggiated Figure
  • Arpeggio
  • Arrangement
  • Arrangement Skills
  • Ars Nova
  • Arsis
  • Art Rock
  • Art Song
  • Art Song Cycle
  • Articulation
  • Articulation Mark
  • Articulation Techniques
  • Ascending Bass Line
  • Ascending Interval
  • Assai
  • Assonance
  • Asymmetry
  • Atonal
  • Atonal Harmony
  • Atonalism
  • Atonality
  • Attacca
  • Audio Compact Disc
  • Augmentation
  • Augmentation Dots
  • Augmented
  • Augmented Chord
  • Augmented Chord Progression
  • Augmented Interval
  • Augmented Scale
  • Authentic Cadence
  • Auxiliary Chord
  • Auxiliary Notes
  • Avant Garde Music
  • Axial Tonality
  • b

  • Bach
  • Bach Chorales
  • Backbeat
  • Backbeat Pulse
  • Bagatelle
  • Bagpipe
  • Bagpipe Drone
  • Balafon Rhythm
  • Balalaika
  • Balanced Phrase
  • Balancing Chords
  • Ballad
  • Ballad Maker
  • Ballade
  • Ballade Style
  • Ballata Style
  • Ballet
  • Ballet Suite
  • Balletto
  • Ballroom Music
  • Band
  • Bandoneon
  • Bar
  • Bar Line
  • Barcarolle
  • Baritone
  • Baritone Saxophone
  • baroque
  • Baroque Continuo
  • Baroque Counterpoint
  • Baroque Dance Forms
  • Baroque Fugue
  • Baroque Ornamentation
  • Baroque Style
  • Barrel Organ
  • Bass
  • Bass Clef
  • Bass Clef Notes
  • Bass Clef Octave
  • Bass Drum Patterns
  • Bass Harmonics
  • Bass Line
  • Bass Pedal
  • Bass Run
  • Basso Continuo
  • Bassoon Timbre
  • Battuto
  • beam
  • Beaming Notes
  • Beat
  • Beat Subdivision
  • Beatbox
  • Bebop
  • Bebop Licks
  • Bebop Scales
  • Beethoven
  • Beguine
  • Bel Canto
  • Bell Chime
  • Bell Tones
  • Binary
  • Binary Cadence
  • binary form
  • Binary Opposition
  • Binary Progression
  • Binary Rhythm
  • Binary Structure
  • Binaural Beats
  • Bitonal
  • Bitonal Cadence
  • Bitonal Chord Progression
  • Bitonal Chords
  • Bitonal Polyphony
  • Bitonality
  • blues
  • Blues Form
  • Blues Notes
  • Blues Progression
  • Bolero
  • Bolero Rhythm
  • Boogie Bass
  • Boogie Patterns
  • Boogie Woogie
  • Bossa Nova
  • Bossa Nova Pattern
  • Bourdon
  • Bourrée
  • Bow Pressure
  • Bowing Techniques
  • brass
  • Brass Ensemble
  • Breakdown
  • Breath Control
  • Breath Mark
  • Breve
  • Breve Notation
  • Breve Rest
  • Broken Chords
  • Busk
  • c

  • Cadence
  • Cadential
  • Cadential Extension
  • Cadential Phrase
  • Cadential Progression
  • Cadenza
  • Cadenza Ornamentation
  • Caesura
  • Cajón Rhythm
  • calando
  • Call and Echo
  • Call and Repeat
  • Call and Response
  • Calliope
  • Calliope Music
  • Cambiare
  • Cambiata
  • Campanella
  • Cancrizans Form
  • Canon
  • Canon at the Octave
  • Canon Form
  • Canon in Augmentation
  • Cantabile
  • Cantata
  • Cantata Movements
  • Canticle
  • Cantilena
  • Cantor Chant
  • Cantus Contra
  • Cantus Firmus
  • Cantus Line
  • Canzona
  • Capo
  • Capriccio
  • Caprice Form
  • Caribbean Rhythms
  • Carillon
  • Casual Tempo
  • Cavatina
  • Cavatina Form
  • Celesta
  • Celesta Register
  • Cembalo
  • Chaconne
  • Chaconne Structure
  • Chamber Duo
  • Chamber Ensemble
  • chamber music
  • Chamber Orchestration
  • Changing Meter
  • Chant
  • Chant Improvisation
  • Chiaroscuro
  • Choral Music
  • Chorale
  • Chorale Prelude
  • Chorale Setting
  • Chorale Writing
  • Chord
  • Chord Alterations
  • Chord Clusters
  • Chord Inversions
  • Chord Progression
  • Chord Voicing
  • Chordal Harmony
  • Chordal Texture
  • Choreograph
  • Chorus
  • Chorus Effect
  • Chromatic
  • Chromatic Approach
  • Chromatic Cadence
  • Chromatic Chord
  • Chromatic Interval
  • Chromatic Passing Tones
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Circle
  • Circle of Fifths
  • Circle Progression
  • Circular Breathing
  • Cither
  • Clair de Lune
  • Clarinet Glissando
  • Clarinet Tone
  • Classical
  • Classical Concerto
  • Classical Form
  • Classical Harmony
  • Classical Style
  • Clave Ostinato
  • Clave Rhythm
  • Clavier
  • clef
  • Clef Signature
  • Climactic Phrase
  • Close Harmony
  • Closed Position
  • Cluster
  • Cluster Chord
  • Coalescing Chords
  • coda
  • Coda Symbol
  • Codetta
  • col legno
  • Col Lengo
  • Color
  • Coloration
  • Coloratura
  • Colossus
  • Colossus Chord
  • Colossus Symphony
  • Common Practice Era
  • Common Time
  • Compose
  • Composer
  • Compound
  • Compound Duple Time
  • Compound Form
  • Compound Interval
  • Compound Meter
  • Compound Ternary
  • Compound Time
  • Compound Tones
  • Compound Triple Meter
  • Con Affetto
  • Con Amore
  • con anima
  • con arco
  • Con Brio
  • con fuoco
  • Con Gioia
  • con grazia
  • Con Leggerezza
  • con moto
  • Con Sordino
  • con spirito
  • Con Tenerezza
  • Concert Band
  • Concert Pitch
  • Concerted Style
  • Concertino
  • concerto
  • Concerto Grosso
  • Concitato
  • Conducting Techniques
  • Conductor
  • Consecutive Fifths
  • Consonance
  • Consonant Cadence
  • Consonant Chords
  • Consonant Interval
  • Consort
  • Contemporary Music
  • Continuo
  • Contrabass
  • Contrabassoon
  • Contralto
  • Contralto Clef
  • Contrapuntal
  • Contrapuntal Analysis
  • Contrapuntal Harmony
  • Contrapuntal Lines
  • Contrary Motion
  • Contrary Motion Counterpoint
  • Corelli’s Violin Style
  • Cori Spezzati
  • Cornet
  • Cornet Part
  • Cornetist
  • Counter Rhythm
  • Countermelodic Voice
  • Countermelody
  • Counterpoint
  • Couperin
  • Courante
  • Crescendo
  • Crescendo Accents
  • Crescendo E Diminuendo
  • Cross Beaming
  • Cross Rhythm
  • Cross Staff Beaming
  • Crotchet
  • Curtal Bassoon
  • Cut Time
  • Cycle
  • Cycle of Keys
  • Cyclic Form
  • Cyclic Modulation
  • Cyclic Patterns
  • Cymbal Crash Dynamics
  • Cymbal Dynamics
  • d

  • D.C. al Coda
  • D C al fine
  • D Major Scale
  • D Minor Scale
  • D S al coda
  • D.S. al Fine
  • Da Camera
  • Da Capo
  • Da Capo Al Segno
  • Da Capo Aria
  • Da Capo Continuation
  • Da Capo Variation
  • Dal Segno
  • Dance Form
  • Dance Forms
  • Dance Groove
  • Dance Rhythms
  • Dance Suite
  • Dance Suite Form
  • Danceroom Music
  • Dancing Bow Technique
  • Debussy’s Chromaticism
  • Deceptive Cadence
  • Decisive Cadence
  • Decisive Downbeat
  • decrescendo
  • Demi Semiquaver
  • detache
  • Diatonic
  • Diatonic Harmony
  • Diminished Arpeggio
  • Diminished Chord
  • Diminished Triads
  • Diminuendo
  • Diminuendo Al Niente
  • Diminuendo E Ritardando
  • Diminuendo Marking
  • Diminuendo Scale
  • Dirge
  • Dirge Cadence
  • Disc Jockey
  • Disco
  • Dissonance
  • Dissonant Interval
  • Dissonant Tension
  • Divertimento Movements
  • Divisi
  • DJ
  • Djembe Rhythms
  • Dodecaphonic
  • Dodecaphony
  • dolce
  • Dolce Tone
  • Doloroso Expression
  • Dominant 7th Chord
  • Dominant Chord
  • Dominant Function
  • Dominant Substitution
  • Dorian Mode
  • Dotted Rhythm
  • Double Bar
  • Double Bass Clef
  • Double Concerto
  • Double Counterpoint
  • Double Dotted Notes
  • Double Flat
  • Double Fugue
  • Double Harmonic Scale
  • Double Reed
  • Double Sharp
  • Doubled Melody
  • Double stop
  • Doubling the Third
  • Downbeat Accent
  • Drone
  • Drone Bass
  • Drone Harmony
  • Drum Fills
  • duet
  • Duple Meter
  • Duple Subdivision
  • Dvorak’s Style
  • Dynamic Accents
  • Dynamic Crescendo
  • Dynamic Gradation
  • Dynamic Layering
  • Dynamic Markings
  • Dynamic Shaping
  • Dynamics
  • Dynamics Marking
  • Dynamics Symbols
  • e

  • E Flat Major
  • Echappée
  • Echo Chords
  • Echo Dynamics
  • Echo Phrase
  • Eclectic Tonality
  • Ecossaise
  • Eighth Note
  • Eighth Rest
  • El pentagrama
  • Electric Organ
  • Electric Synths
  • electronic
  • Electronic Timbres
  • Elegiac Tone
  • Elegy
  • Elegy Structure
  • Elision
  • Embellished Dominant
  • Embellishing Notes
  • Embellishment
  • Embouchure Technique
  • Empfindsamkeit
  • Empirical Counterpoint
  • Encore
  • energico
  • Enharmonic
  • Enharmonic Equivalence
  • Enharmonic Equivalents
  • Enharmonic Leading Tone
  • Enharmonic Modulation
  • Enharmonic Notes
  • Enharmonic Pivot
  • Enharmonic Spelling
  • Enigmatic Scale
  • Ensemble
  • Ensemble Balance
  • Ensemble Chords
  • Ensemble Playing
  • Ensemble Texture
  • Entr’acte
  • Ephemeral Harmony
  • Episode
  • Episode in Fugue
  • Equal Temperament
  • Equidistant Intervals
  • Eroica
  • espressivo
  • Espressivo Gesture
  • Espressivo Playing
  • Ethereal
  • Ethnomusicological Research
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Etude
  • Etude Form
  • Eurythmics
  • Exordium
  • Exoticism
  • Exposition
  • Exposition Repeat
  • Expression Markings
  • Expressionism
  • Extended Arpeggios
  • Extended Chords
  • Extended Techniques
  • Extended Voicing
  • Extramusical Elements
  • Extreme Registers
  • f

  • False Relation
  • Fanfare Cadence
  • Fanfare Motive
  • Fantasia Form
  • Fast Flourishes
  • Fast Tremolo
  • Fermata
  • Fermata Hold
  • Fermata Phrasing
  • Fiddle Tune
  • Figural Counterpoint
  • Figural Dissonance
  • Figuration
  • Figuration Passages
  • Figurative Counterpoint
  • Figurative Ornaments
  • Figurative Progression
  • Figured
  • Figured Bass
  • Finale
  • fine
  • Fingering
  • First Inversion
  • Flamenco Rhythm
  • flat
  • Flat Interval
  • Flat Key Signature
  • Flat Seventh
  • Flat Sixth
  • Flat Third Interval
  • Flexible Tempo
  • Floating Tonality
  • Flourish
  • Flowing Arpeggios
  • Flowing Melisma
  • Flugelhorn Timbre
  • Flute Arpeggios
  • Flute Embellishments
  • Flutter Tonguing
  • Folded Dynamics
  • folk
  • Folk Song
  • Form and Structure
  • Formal Analysis
  • Formal Cadence
  • forte
  • Forte piano
  • fortissimo
  • Forzando
  • Forzato Attack
  • Four Part Harmony
  • Fourth Species Counterpoint
  • Fractal Harmony
  • Free Counterpoint
  • French Horn
  • French Overture Style
  • Fret
  • Fretboard
  • Fretless Bass
  • Fretted Instruments
  • Fretwork Patterns
  • Frottola Song
  • Fugato
  • Fugato Entry
  • fugue
  • Fugue Development
  • Fugue Episodes
  • Fugue Exposition
  • Fugue Subject
  • Full Cadence
  • Full Orchestration
  • Functional Analysis
  • Functional Harmony
  • Funky Bass Line
  • Fusion Jazz Patterns
  • Fusion Style
  • g

  • G Minor Scale
  • Gagliarda
  • Galant Cadence
  • Gallant
  • Gallant Harmony
  • Galliard
  • Gamut
  • Gamut Diagram
  • Gavotte
  • Gavotte Dance
  • Gavotte en Rondeau
  • Gavotte Rhythms
  • Gavotte Step
  • Gavotte Suite
  • General Pause
  • General Pause Mark
  • Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Gesanglich Dynamics
  • Ghost Chord
  • Ghost Note
  • Gigue
  • Gigue Cadence
  • Gigue in D
  • giocoso
  • Giocoso Style
  • Glide Tone
  • Gliding Portamento
  • Gliding Scale
  • Glissando
  • Glissando Effect
  • Glissando Playing
  • Glockenspiel
  • Glockenspiel Tone
  • Golden Ratio
  • Golden Section
  • Gong Music
  • Gong Sound Effect
  • Gong Striking
  • grace note
  • Gradual Crescendo
  • Gran Partita
  • Grand Staff
  • grandioso
  • Grandioso Style
  • Grave
  • Grave Style
  • Grazioso
  • Gregorian Chant
  • Gregorian Chant Cadence
  • Gregorian Modes
  • Gregorian Notation
  • Groove Feel
  • Groove Locking
  • Groove Patterns
  • Groove Syncopation
  • Ground Bass
  • Ground Motive
  • h

  • Half Cadence
  • Half Diminished Chord
  • Half Note
  • Half Step
  • Handel
  • Harmonic
  • Harmonic Analysis
  • Harmonic Cadence
  • Harmonic Counterpoint
  • Harmonic Enrichment
  • Harmonic Figuration
  • Harmonic Function
  • Harmonic Intervals
  • Harmonic Minor Scale
  • Harmonic Overtones
  • Harmonic Rhythm
  • Harmonic Series
  • harmonics
  • Harmonize
  • Harmonizer
  • Harmony
  • Harp Glissando
  • Harp Resonance
  • Harpsichord Ornamentation
  • Head Voice
  • Heavy Metal Music
  • Heimlich Leitmotiv
  • Hemidemisemiquaver
  • Hemiola
  • Hillbilly Music
  • hip hop
  • Hocket
  • Hocket Polyphony
  • Homophony
  • Hymnody
  • i

  • Idyll
  • Imbroglio
  • Imitation
  • impressionism
  • Impromptu
  • Improvisation
  • Improviso
  • Incidental Music
  • innocente
  • Instrument
  • Instrumental Music
  • Instrumentalist
  • Instrumentation
  • Instrumentation Chart
  • Interval
  • Interval Progression
  • Intervallic Inversion
  • Intonation
  • Intone
  • Inversion
  • Irregular Meter
  • Isorhythm
  • Italian Overture
  • j

  • Jazz
  • Jazz Standard
  • Jazz Swing
  • Jews Harp
  • Jug Band
  • k

  • Key
  • Key Area
  • Key Modulation
  • key signature
  • Keyboardist
  • Klang
  • Klangfarbenmelodie
  • l

  • Lament Bass
  • lamentoso
  • Larghetto
  • largo
  • Leading Note
  • Leading Tone
  • Leading Tone Seventh
  • ledger lines
  • Ledger Notes
  • Legato
  • legato e cantabile
  • Leitmotif
  • Leitmotif Variations
  • Lento
  • Lento Appassionato
  • Libretto
  • Lied
  • Lied Form
  • Ligato
  • Ligature
  • Ligature Neumes
  • Linear Motion
  • l’istesso tempo
  • Liturgy
  • Loudly
  • Louree
  • Lyric Opera
  • Lyricism
  • m

  • Madrigal
  • maestoso
  • Major Scale Steps
  • marcato
  • March Form
  • Martial music
  • Mazurka
  • Measure
  • Mediant
  • Mediant Harmony
  • Medieval Music
  • Melisma
  • Melodic Contour
  • Melodic Minor
  • Melodic Theme
  • Melody
  • Melody Instrument
  • Melody Ornamentation
  • Membranophone
  • meno mosso
  • Mensural Notation
  • Metalhead
  • Meter
  • Meter Changes
  • Meter Signature
  • Metronome Marking
  • Metronomic Pulse
  • Mezzo
  • mezzo forte
  • mezzo piano
  • Microtonal Pitch
  • Middle C
  • Minimal Texture
  • Minimalism
  • Minor
  • Minuet
  • misterioso
  • Mixed Mode
  • Mixolydian Key
  • Mixolydian Mode
  • Modal Cadence
  • Modal Interchange
  • Modal Intervals
  • Mode
  • moderato
  • modernism
  • Moderno
  • Modulation
  • molto
  • Monody
  • Monophony
  • Montuno Pattern
  • mordent
  • morendo
  • Motet
  • Motif
  • Motivic Development
  • Music Box
  • Musical Arrangement
  • Musical Genre
  • Musical Rhythm
  • Musical Theater
  • Musical Time
  • Musicogenic Epilepsy
  • Musicology Research
  • n

  • Narrative Music
  • natural
  • Natural Harmonics
  • Neo Romanticism
  • Neoclassicism
  • Neopolitan Sixth
  • Neume
  • Neutral Mode
  • nocturne
  • Non Functional Harmony
  • Non Harmonic Tone
  • Nonet
  • Notate
  • Notation Staves
  • note
  • o

  • Obbligato
  • Octave
  • Octave Doubling
  • Octave Register
  • Octet
  • Ombra Music
  • Ombra Scene
  • opera
  • Opera Buffa
  • Opera Seria
  • Oratorio
  • orchestra
  • Orchestral Tutti
  • Orchestration
  • Ornamentation
  • Orpheus
  • Oscillating Chords
  • Ostinato
  • Ostinato Bass
  • Ostinato Theme
  • Overtone Series
  • overture
  • p

  • Parallel Fifths
  • Parallel Keys
  • Paraphrase
  • Parlando
  • Parodist
  • Partimenti Rules
  • Partita Dance
  • Passacaglia
  • Passage
  • Passing Tones
  • pastorale
  • Pedal Bass
  • Pedal Tone
  • Pentachord
  • Pentatonic Motive
  • Pentatonic Scale
  • percussion
  • pesante
  • Phrase
  • Phrase Structure
  • Phrasing
  • Phrasing Dynamics
  • Phrygian Mode
  • Pianissimo
  • Pianissimo Assai
  • Piano
  • Piano Music
  • Picardy Third
  • Piccolo Timbre
  • Pietoso
  • Pitch Center
  • Pitch Class
  • più mosso
  • Pizzicato
  • Pizzicato Strokes
  • Plagal Cadence
  • Plagal Cadence Closure
  • Point of Imitation
  • Polka Style
  • Polonaise
  • Polychoral Writing
  • Polymeter
  • Polyphonic Improv
  • Polyphony
  • Polytonality
  • Pop
  • Portamento
  • portato
  • Post Minimalism
  • Pre Diatonic Modes
  • Precentor
  • prelude
  • prestissimo
  • presto
  • Processional
  • Progressive Cadence
  • Prolation
  • q

  • Quadrille
  • Quartal Harmony
  • Quarter Note
  • Quarter Tone
  • Quartet
  • quasi
  • Quasi Allegro
  • quintet
  • Quodlibet
  • r

  • Ragtime Syncopation
  • rallentando
  • Rastafari
  • Rave
  • Recapitulation
  • recitative
  • Reed
  • Refrain
  • Register
  • Reharmonization
  • Rehearsal
  • Relative Key
  • Relative Minor Key
  • Renaissance Madrigal
  • Rendition
  • repeat sign
  • Reprise
  • Resonance
  • Resonant Chords
  • Resonating Cadences
  • rest
  • Retrograde
  • Retrograde Canon
  • Retrograde Melody
  • Retrogressive Harmony
  • Rhyme Scheme
  • Rhythm
  • Rhythmic
  • Rhythmic Augmentation
  • Rhythmic Cell Patterns
  • Rhythmic Cells
  • Rhythmic Complexity
  • Rhythmic Independence
  • Rhythmicity
  • rinforzando
  • Ripieno
  • risoluto
  • Ritard
  • Ritardando
  • Ritornello
  • rock
  • Rock Opera
  • Rococo Ornamentation
  • Roman Numeral Analysis
  • romantic
  • Romantic Harmony
  • Romantic Lied
  • Romantic Timbres
  • Rondeau
  • rondo
  • Rondo Form
  • Root
  • Root Chord
  • Root Motion Analysis
  • Root Note
  • Root Position
  • Root Position Chords
  • rubato
  • Rubato Phrase Shaping
  • Rubato Playing
  • Rubato Tempo
  • Run Ornament
  • s

  • Sacred Chorale
  • Saltarello
  • Samba
  • Sarabande
  • Scalar
  • Scalar Motion
  • Scale
  • Scale Degree
  • Scale Fragments
  • Scat
  • Scat Singing
  • Scherzo
  • Scherzo and Trio
  • Schottische
  • Score
  • Second Inversion
  • Secondary Dominant
  • Secondary Dominants
  • Segno
  • Semitone
  • semplice
  • Semplice Ornament
  • Senza
  • Septet
  • Septuple Meter
  • Sequence
  • Sequence in Composition
  • Sequence Motif
  • Sequential Modulation
  • Serenade
  • Serialism
  • serioso
  • Sestet
  • Seventeenth Chord Analysis
  • Seventh
  • Seventh Chord
  • Sextet
  • sforzando
  • Sforzando Piano
  • Sharp
  • Shifting Meter
  • Sight Reading
  • Sightread
  • Simile
  • Simple
  • Simple Meter
  • Simple Rhythms
  • Simultaneous Cross Rhythm
  • Singspiel
  • Sixteenth Note
  • Sixth
  • Skank
  • Sliding Parallel Intervals
  • slur
  • Slur Marking
  • Slurred Bowing
  • soave
  • Soh
  • Solfege
  • Solo
  • Soloist
  • Sonata
  • Sonata Allegro Form
  • Sonata Form
  • Sonata Movement
  • Sonata Rondo
  • sonatina
  • Song
  • Sonority
  • Soprano
  • sostenuto
  • Soul
  • Soundscape Design
  • spiccato
  • Spirito
  • Staccato
  • Staff
  • Stretto
  • String Crossing
  • String Harmonics
  • String Instrument
  • string quartet
  • String Quartet Form
  • String Quartet Structure
  • stringendo
  • Strophic Form
  • Structural Phrasing
  • Sub Phrasing Units
  • Subdivision
  • Subdominant
  • Subdominant Chord
  • Subdominant Function
  • Subito
  • Subito Dynamics
  • subito forte
  • subito piano
  • Submediant
  • Submediant Cadence
  • suite
  • sul ponticello
  • sul tasto
  • Superimposed Modes
  • Supertonic
  • Suspended Cadence
  • Suspension
  • Suspension Resolution
  • Suspension Tone
  • Sustained Resonance
  • Symphonic Excerpt
  • Symphonic Poem
  • Symphony
  • Syncopated Chord
  • Syncopated Melody
  • Syncopated Patterns
  • Syncopated Phrasing
  • Syncopated Rhythm
  • Syncopation
  • System
  • t

  • Tablature
  • Tacet
  • Tarantella
  • Tempo
  • tempo primo
  • Tenor
  • Tenor Clef
  • tenuto
  • Ternary
  • Ternary Form
  • Tessitura Analysis
  • Textural Shifts
  • Textural Variation
  • Texture
  • Thematic Development
  • Thematic Material
  • Thematic Recurrence
  • Theme
  • theme and variations
  • Theme Closure
  • Third Interval
  • Third Interval Leap
  • Third Inversion
  • Third Species Counterpoint
  • Three Part Form
  • Through Composed
  • Through Composed Texture
  • tie
  • Timbre
  • Time Signature
  • Toccata
  • Tonal Chromaticism
  • Tonality
  • Tone
  • Tone Cluster
  • Tone Row Composition
  • Tonic
  • Tonic Chord
  • Tonic Dominant Relation
  • Tonic Function
  • Tootle
  • tranquillo
  • Tranquillo Tempo
  • Transcription
  • Transition
  • Transitional Cadence
  • Transposed Score
  • Transposition
  • Treble Clef
  • tremolo
  • Tremolo Articulation
  • Tremolo Bowing
  • Tremolo Effect
  • Triad
  • Triadic Harmony
  • Triadic Progression
  • Triadic Substitution
  • trill
  • Trill Ornament
  • Trio
  • Triplet
  • Triplet Feel
  • Tritone
  • Tritone Interval
  • Tritone Substitute
  • Tritone Substitution
  • Tutti
  • Twelve Bar Blues
  • Twelve-Tone
  • Twelve Tone Music
  • Twelve Tone Row
  • Twist
  • Tympan
  • u

  • Uneven Meter
  • Unison
  • Unison Doubling
  • Unison Melody
  • Unresolved Leading Tone
  • Upbeat
  • v

  • Variation
  • Vibrato
  • Vibrato Bowing
  • Vibrato Effect
  • Virtuosic Playing
  • Virtuoso
  • vivace
  • Vocal
  • Vocal Ornamentation
  • Vocal Range
  • Voice Leading
  • Voicing
  • w

  • Walking Bass
  • Walking Bass Groove
  • Walking Bass Line
  • Waltz
  • Whole
  • Whole Note
  • Whole Rest
  • Whole Step
  • Whole Step Motion
  • Whole Tone
  • Whole Tone Progression
  • Whole Tone Scale
  • Wind
  • Wind Ensemble
  • Wind Section Balancing
  • Woodwind Embouchure
  • Woodwind Section
  • Woodwind Timbre
  • woodwinds
  • Work
  • world music
  • Written Dynamics
  • Written Notation Style
  • x

  • Xylophone
  • Xylophone Timbre
  • y

  • Yodel
  • z

  • Zarzuela
  • Zither
  • Zydeco

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