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Most basic of the most basic
- Composer - Musician? - Orchestra - [Musical band]?
- Pitch? - Rhythm - Tempo - Note - Harmony? - Musical instrument - [Musical piece]? - Scale - Musical notation - [Musical style]?
Music theory
[absolute pitch]
? - accidental
? - alteration
? -
arpeggio -
arrangement - atonality
? -
augmentation - bitonality
? - break
? - [broken chord]
? - cadence
? - cadenza
? -
da capo -
a cappella -
chord - chromaticism
? - [church modes]
? - clef
? - coda
? -
counterpoint - diatonic
? - dissonance
? - dominant
? -
dynamics - exposition
? - harmony
? - improvisation
? -
interval -
inversion - key
? - legato
? -
major scale - melody
? - microtone
? -
minor scale - monody
? - monophony
? -
musicology -
musical notation - octave
? - orchestration
? - [musical ornament]
? - [pentatonic scale]
? - pitch
? -
polyphony -
rhythm -
scale - solfège
? - [sonata form]
? - syncope
? - temperament
? -
tempo -
tone - transposition
? - tremolo
? - trill
? - tuning
? - [twelve-tone technique]
? - vibrato
?
Music terms
a cappella - accelerando
? - adagio
? - [ad libitum]
? - allegretto
? - allegro
? - allentando
? - andante
? - andantino
? - appassionato
? - appoggiatura
? -
bar - beat
?- continuo
? - crescendo
? - diminuendo
? - dolce
?-
glissando - largo
? - larghetto
? - metronome
? - obbligato
? -
orchestra - ostinato
? - presto
? - riff
? - [string quartet]
? - rubato
? - sostenuto
? - staccato
? - strophic
? - through-composed
?
wind instrument - woodwind instrument - [brass instrument]? - [percussion instrument]? -
[string instrument]? - [electronic instrument]? -
[keyboard instrument]?
Voices
alto
? - baritone
? -
bass -
castrato - choir
? - coloratura
? - countertenor
? - falsetto
? - mezzo-soprano
? - soprano
? - tenor
?
Musical styles
See Musical genre.
[bel canto]? - [brass music]? - canon - [chamber music]? - [close harmony]? - fugue - hymn - madrigal? - motet? - opera - operetta? - oratorio? - passion? - pastorale? - raga? - rai? - recitative? - rhapsody? - serenade? - [serial music]? - shanty? - sonata? - song - suite? - symphony? - [tango music]?
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