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1. Musical terms A-Z

Languages in this order.

• UK - British English (where it differs from American English)
• 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 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 weak beat
1.334 whole note
1.335 whole rest
1.336 whole tone
1.337 woodwind

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