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