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C

Carnatic music Chopin Copland cadence cadential cadential six-four cadenza cajon cajon technique cajón calando call and response canon cantabile cantata cante jondo capo capriccio carnatic cassation castanets celesta celesta history cellist cello chaconne chaconne explained chamber music chamber pop changes character piece chart chart topper chillwave choir choral chorale chorale prelude chord chord chart chord progression chorus chorus effect chromatic chromatic scale chromatic scale explained cimbalom circle of fifths circular breathing city pop clarinet clarinetist classical clave clave pattern claves clavichord clavinet clavé clef click track cluster chord coda coda sign col col arco col legno col legno battuto col legno tratto coloratura coloratura soprano coloratura technique common time common tone compas comping composition compound time compression con con brio con fuoco con moto con sordino con sordino effect con sordino explained concerto concerto grosso conductor conga consonance consonant continuo contrabass clarinet contrabassoon contralto contralto explained contrapuntal cool jazz cor anglais corrido countermelody counterpoint counterpoint explained countertenor countertenor voice country music cowbell crescendo cross-picking cross-rhythm cross-rhythm explained crossfade cumbia cut time cutting contest cymbals

I

Ionian mode Italian sixth impressionism impromptu improvisation instrumentation intermezzo interval intro invention inversion isorhythm

J

Janáček jam session jazz jhala jor just intonation jùjú music

K

Klangfarbenmelodie Kodály kalimba key key change key signature key signature explained klezmer konnakol kora krautrock

N

Nachschlag Nashville number system Nashville sound Nashville tuning Neapolitan chord Neapolitan sixth natural natural harmonic natural harmonics natural minor scale neighbour note neoclassicism new wave ney nobilmente nocturne noise rock notation note

O

obbligato oboe octatonic scale octave ondes Martenot open tuning opera opus oratorio orchestra orchestration organ organum ornament ornamentation ostinato ostinato explained oud outro overdrive overtone series overture

P

Paganini Partch instruments Phrygian cadence Phrygian mode Piazzolla Picardy third Prokofiev Puccini Puccini operas palm mute palmas pandeiro parallel fifths partita passacaglia passacaglia explained passaggio passing tone patetico pedal pedal point pedal steel guitar pedal tone pedalling pelog pentatonic pentatonic major pentatonic minor pentatonic scale explained perdendosi pesante phaser phasing phrase pianissimo pianississimo piano piccolo pickup pipe organ pitch pitch class pitch pipe pitch shift pivot chord pizzicato pizzicato Bartók pizzicato explained più plagal cadence plagal cadence explained plectrum poco polka polyrhythm polytempo polytonality pop music portamento portamento explained portato post-rock power chord power trio ppp pre-chorus prelude prepared guitar prepared piano prepared piano explained prepared piano history prestissimo presto producer programme music progressive rock pull-off punk

Q

qanun qawwali qawwali music quantise quartal harmony quarter note quarter-tone music

S

Saint-Saëns Schenkerian analysis Schubert Schumann Scriabin Shostakovich Sibelius Smetana Sprechstimme Stravinsky Sturm und Drang Sufi music samba sample sample rate sampling santir sarangi sarod saxophone scale scale degree scherzando scherzo scordatura scordatura explained score score reading scratching second Viennese school secondary dominant segno semitone semplice sempre senza sequence sequencer serenade serenata serialism set theory sforzando sforzato sharp shoegaze shruti sidechain compression sight-reading sight-transposition simile sinfonia sitar sixteenth note slap bass slendro slide slide guitar slur smorzando snare drum solea solfège solo sonata sonata-rondo form song form sonority soprano soprano explained sostenuto sostenuto pedal sotto voce soul soul jazz sound design sousaphone spectralism spiccato spiccato explained spinto spiritoso sprechgesang sruti box staccatissimo staccato staccato explained staff standard stave steel drum strathspey stretto fugue stride piano string bending string quartet strophic strophic form explained subdominant subito suite sul ponticello sul ponticello effect sul ponticello explained sul tasto sus chord suspended chord suspension sweep picking swing swing feel symphony syncopation synth-pop synthesizer

T

Tchaikovsky Tin Pan Alley tabla tablature tag tala talking drum tam-tam tam-tam technique tambourine tango tanpura tapping taqasim tarantella techno temperament tempo tempo di marcia tempo di valse tempo marking tempo primo tempo rubato teneramente tenor tenor explained tenuto ternary form terraced dynamics tessitura tessitura explained texture theme theme and variations theremin throat singing throat singing techniques throat singing variants through-composed through-composed explained tie timbre time time signature timpani toccata tone tone cluster tone color melody tone poem tone row tone wood tonicisation trading fours tranquillo transcription transpose transposition trap music tre corde treble tremolo tremolo explained tremolo picking triangle trill trill explained trio trip-hop tritone tritone substitution trombone trumpet tuba tuba variants tuning tuning fork turn explained turnaround turntablism tutti twelve-bar blues twelve-tone

U

uilleann pipes ukulele una corda unison unplugged upbeat

W

Wagner Wolf tone Wurlitzer wah pedal walking bass waltz whammy bar whole note whole step whole tone scale whole tone scale explained wind instrument woodblock woodwind world music

X

Xenakis xylophone

Z