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1 Musical terms A-Z
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D - German
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A
a due
accelerando
accent
accessory
acciaccatura
accidental
adagio
al niente
allegro
alteration
alto
alto clef
ambitus
anacrusis
ancient minor scale
andante
appoggiatura
arpeggio
articulation
ascending interval
augmentation
augmented interval
autograph
B
backfall
bar
bar line
baritone
baritone clef
bass
bass clef
beam
beat
beat repeat
bind
brace
bracket
brass
breath mark
breve
C
C clef
cadence
cadenza
caesura
canon
cent
central C
chord
chromatic scale
chromaticism
church mode
clef
cluster
comma
common meter
common time
complement
compound interval
compound meter
compound time
concert pitch
conjunct movement
consonance
contralto
copying music
counterpoint
countertenor
crescendo
cue-notes
custos
D
da capo
dal niente
dal segno
decrescendo
descending interval
diatonic scale
didymic comma
diminished interval
diminuendo
diminution
direct
disjunct movement
dissonance
dissonant interval
divisio
doit
dominant
dominant ninth chord
dominant seventh chord
dorian mode
dot (augmentation dot)
dotted note
double appoggiatura
double bar line
double dotted note
double flat
double sharp
double time signature
double trill
duple meter
duplet
duration
dynamics
E
ecclesiastical mode
eighth note
eighth rest
elision
embellishment
engraving
enharmonic
equal temperament
expression mark
extender line
F
F clef
fall
feathered beam
fermata
fifth
figured bass
fingering
flag
flageolet
flat
forefall
forte
fourth
Frenched score
Frenched staff
Frenched staves
fugue
functional harmony
G
G clef
glissando
grace notes
grand staff
grave
gruppetto
H
hairpin
half note
half rest
harmonic cadence
harmonics
harmony
hemiola
homophony
hymn meter
interval
inversion
inverted interval
just intonation
key
key signature
laissez vibrer
largo
leading note
ledger line
legato
legato curve
leger line
ligature
lilypond
line
loco
long appoggiatura
longa
lyric tie
lyrics
major
major interval
meantone temperament
measure
measure repeat
mediant
melisma
melisma line
melodic cadence
mensural notation
meter
metronome
metronome mark
metronomic indication
mezzo
mezzo-soprano
middle C
minor
minor interval
mixolydian mode
mode
modulation
mordent
motif
motive
movement
multi-measure rest
natural
neighbor tones
ninth
non-legato
note
note head
note names
note value
octavation
octave
octave mark
octave marking
octave sign
ornament
ossia
part
pause
pennant
percent repeat
percussion
perfect interval
phrase
phrasing
piano
pickup
pitch
pizzicato
polymeter
polymetric
polymetric time signature
polyphony
portato
presto
proportion
Pythagorean comma
quadruplet
quality
quarter note
quarter rest
quarter tone
quintuplet
rallentando
relative key
repeat
rest
rhythm
ritardando
ritenuto
scale
scale degree
scordatura
score
second
semitone
seventh
sextolet
sextuplet
shake
sharp
simile
simple meter
sixteenth note
sixteenth rest
sixth
sixty-fourth note
sixty-fourth rest
slash repeat
slur
solmization
sonata
sonata form
song texts
soprano
staccato
staff
staves
stem
stringendo
strings
strong beat
subdominant
submediant
subtonic
sul G
superdominant
supertonic
symphony
syncopation
syntonic comma
system
temperament
tempo indication
tenor
tenth
tenuto
third
thirty-second note
thirty-second rest
thorough bass
tie
time
time signature
tone
tonic
transposing instrument
transposition
treble clef
tremolo
triad
trill
triple meter
triplet
tritone
tuning fork
tuplet
turn
unison
upbeat
voice
volta
weak beat
whole note
whole rest
whole tone
woodwind