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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 homophony
1.156 hook
1.157 hymn meter
1.158 interval
1.159 inversion
1.160 inverted interval
1.161 just intonation
1.162 key
1.163 key signature
1.164 laissez vibrer
1.165 largo
1.166 leading note
1.167 ledger line
1.168 legato
1.169 legato curve
1.170 leger line
1.171 ligature
1.172 lilypond
1.173 line
1.174 loco
1.175 long appoggiatura
1.176 longa
1.177 lyric tie
1.178 lyrics
1.179 major
1.180 major interval
1.181 maxima
1.182 meantone temperament
1.183 measure
1.184 measure repeat
1.185 mediant
1.186 melisma
1.187 melisma line
1.188 melodic cadence
1.189 mensural notation
1.190 mensuration sign
1.191 meter
1.192 metronome
1.193 metronome mark
1.194 metronomic indication
1.195 mezzo
1.196 mezzo-soprano
1.197 middle C
1.198 minor
1.199 minor interval
1.200 mixolydian mode
1.201 mode
1.202 modulation
1.203 mordent
1.204 motif
1.205 motive
1.206 movement
1.207 multi-measure rest
1.208 natural
1.209 neighbor tones
1.210 ninth
1.211 non-legato
1.212 note
1.213 note head
1.214 note names
1.215 note value
1.216 octavation
1.217 octave
1.218 octave mark
1.219 octave marking
1.220 octave sign
1.221 ornament
1.222 ossia
1.223 part
1.224 pause
1.225 pennant
1.226 percent repeat
1.227 percussion
1.228 perfect interval
1.229 phrase
1.230 phrasing
1.231 piano
1.232 pickup
1.233 pitch
1.234 pizzicato
1.235 polymeter
1.236 polymetric
1.237 polymetric time signature
1.238 polyphony
1.239 portato
1.240 power chord
1.241 presto
1.242 proportion
1.243 Pythagorean comma
1.244 quadruplet
1.245 quality
1.246 quarter note
1.247 quarter rest
1.248 quarter tone
1.249 quintuplet
1.250 rallentando
1.251 relative key
1.252 repeat
1.253 rest
1.254 rhythm
1.255 ritardando
1.256 ritenuto
1.257 scale
1.258 scale degree
1.259 scordatura
1.260 score
1.261 second
1.262 semibreve
1.263 semitone
1.264 seventh
1.265 sextolet
1.266 sextuplet
1.267 shake
1.268 sharp
1.269 simile
1.270 simple meter
1.271 sixteenth note
1.272 sixteenth rest
1.273 sixth
1.274 sixty-fourth note
1.275 sixty-fourth rest
1.276 slash repeat
1.277 slur
1.278 solmization
1.279 sonata
1.280 sonata form
1.281 song texts
1.282 soprano
1.283 staccato
1.284 staff
1.285 staves
1.286 stem
1.287 stringendo
1.288 strings
1.289 strong beat
1.290 subdominant
1.291 submediant
1.292 subtonic
1.293 sul G
1.294 superdominant
1.295 supertonic
1.296 symphony
1.297 syncopation
1.298 syntonic comma
1.299 system
1.300 temperament
1.301 tempo indication
1.302 tenor
1.303 tenth
1.304 tenuto
1.305 third
1.306 thirty-second note
1.307 thirty-second rest
1.308 thorough bass
1.309 tie
1.310 time
1.311 time signature
1.312 tone
1.313 tonic
1.314 transposing instrument
1.315 transposition
1.316 treble clef
1.317 tremolo
1.318 triad
1.319 trill
1.320 triple meter
1.321 triplet
1.322 tritone
1.323 tuning fork
1.324 tuplet
1.325 turn
1.326 unison
1.327 upbeat
1.328 voice
1.329 volta
1.330 weak beat
1.331 whole note
1.332 whole rest
1.333 whole tone
1.334 woodwind

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