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2/4 measure, 2/4 time

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A double sharp

a
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beater, beater of a triangle

swelling and diminishing [the


voice] on a sustained sound

a little, somewhat

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
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abbreviations

above

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
octave

absolute

absolute

absolute

absolute ear

absolute

absolute music

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accelerating

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

acceleration

acceleration

accent

shift of accents

accent

accent

accented

accented part [of bar]

accentuate

to accentuate

accentuated

well emphasized, well


accentuated

accessory

accessory part

accessory

filling-up part, auxiliary voice,


accessory part

accidental

accidental

accompaniment accompaniment
accompaniment instrumental accompaniment
accompaniment supplementary accompaniment
accompanist

accompanist

accompany

to accompany

accordion

accordion

accordionist

accordionist

act

act

acute

acute, sharp

adagietto

adagietto

adagio

adagio

added

ledger line, added line

added

added sixth chord

additional

reinforcing, reinforced, with


additional stress

Aeolian

Aeolian harp

aeolian

natural minor scale, aeolian

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minor scale, aeolian key

aeolian

aeolian

affection

affectionate, with affection

affectionate

affectionate, with affection

affinity

relation, relationship, affinity

after

after-song

agitated

agitated

agreeable

pleasing, agreeable

air

aria, air

all

all

alla

tempo alla breve

allemande

allemande

almost

quasi, like, as if, almost

alone

tasto solo, bass alone

alone

single, alone, solo

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alter

to alter

alteration

alteration

alternating

auxiliary note, alternating note

alto

alto, contralto

alto

alto saxophone

alto

alto key

alto

alto finger

alto

female alto

always

always, continually

amateur

amateur, dilettante

an

to overblow an octave

anacrusis

anacrusis

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loud and immediately soft


swelling and diminishing [the

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meno andante

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andante, walking, very moderate

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andantino

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animated

animated, with spirit

antecedent

antecedent, first section, first


period, first part

anticipation

anticipation

appoggiatura

unaccented appoggiatura,
termination of trill

appoggiatura

appoggiatura

appoggiatura

double appoggiatura

appoggiatura

short appoggiatura

appoggiatura

appoggiatura

appropriate

in strict time, in appropriate time,


in appropriate movement

appropriate

exact, precise, just, appropriate

arabesque

arabesque

ardently

with passion, ardently

aria

aria, air

Arioso

Arioso

arms

assembly, call to arms

arpeggio

to play arpeggio

arpeggio

broken chord, arpeggio

arrange

to arrange, to score

arrangement

piano score, piano arrangement,


piano reduction

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arrangement

arrangement

articulation

articulation

as

very loud, as loud as possible

as

as possible

as

quasi, like, as if, almost

assembly

assembly, call to arms

at

at ease

at

at sight, at first sight

at

at pleasure

atonal

atonal music

atonality

atonality

attack

attack

attack

to attack

attendant

related, attendant

aubade

aubade, morning-music

augmentation

raising, augmentation,
sharpening

augmentation

augmentation

augmented

over-augmented, doublyaugmented

augmented

augmented interval

augmented

augmented

authentic

authentic

authentic

full close, full cadence, complete


close, complete cadence,
authentic close, authentic
cadence, perfect close, perfect
cadence

auxiliary

filling-up part, auxiliary voice,


accessory part

auxiliary

auxiliary note, alternating note

away

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

away

fading, dying away

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B natural

B double flat

B double sharp

flat [sign], b

B flat

B sharp

back

back

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backward

retrograde, backward, crabwise

bagatelle

bagatelle, trifle

bagpipe

bagpipe

balalaika

balalaika

balalaika

balalaika player

ballad

ballad

ballet

ballet

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ballet

ballet dancer, female ballet


dancer

ballet

ballet dancer, male ballet dancer

band

jazz-band

band

brass-band

band

wind-orchestra, military band

band

orchestra, band

band

band

bar

bar

bar

bar, measure

bar

bar

bar

double-bar

bar

bar, bar line, measure bar

bar

bass bar

barcarole

barcarole

baritone

baritone

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baritone

baritone key

barrel

street organ, barrel organ

baryton

saxophone baryton

bass

double bass

bass

bass drum

bass

bass clarinet

bass

bass saxophone

bass

bass key

bass

bass bar

bass

bass string

bass

bass tuba, bombardon

bass

tasto solo, bass alone

bass

figured bass, thorough bass

bass

basso ostinato, obstinate bass,


persistent bass, ground bass

bass

sostenuto pedal, bass sustaining


pedal

bass

bass trumpet

bass

bass singer

bass

fundamental bass

bass

bass

basse

basse-danse

basset

basset horn

basso

basso ostinato, obstinate bass,


persistent bass, ground bass

bassoon

bassoon

bassoon

double-bassoon, contra-bassoon

bassoonist

bassoonist

baton

baton, stick

be

to concord, to be consonant

be

silence, be silent

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beat

in the beat

beat

up-beat

beat

to beat time

beat

to beat up

beat

beat

beat

weak beat, unaccented part [of


bar]

beat

stroke, beat

beat

to beat down

beat

to beat, to strike, to touch, to


sound

beat

down-beat

beater

beater, beater of a triangle

beating

beating, time beating

begin

to intone, to begin to sing

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from the beginning to the word


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bell

small bell, chime

bell

tubular bells, chimes

bell

bell

bellow

bellow

belly

sounding board, top, belly

binary

binary

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binary

binary measure

[' 2/8 ,2/4]

binary

binary measure

blast

blast

blend

to blend

blow

to blow the trumpet

blow

to blow, to exhale

board

sounding board, sound board

board

pedal board

board

sounding board, top, belly

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body

body

bolero

bolero

bombardon

bass tuba, bombardon

book

music book

book

song-book, collection of songs

bourree

bourree

bout

waist, bout

bow

with the bow

bow

stick, bow-stick

bow

bow

bow

to bow

bow

point of the bow, head of the


bow, end of the bow

bow

nut, frog, heel, heel of bow

bow

stroke of the bow, bow stroke

bow

down-bow

bow

up-bow

bow

bow instrument, string


instrument, stringed instrument

bowing

bowing, stroke

box

peg box

box

sound-box

brace

brace

branle

branle

brass

brass instrument

brass

brass-band

brassy

brassy

breaking

mutation, breaking of voice

breath

breath

breath

to take breath, to inhale

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breathe

to breathe

breve

breve rest

breve

tempo alla breve

breve

double whole note, breve

bridge

bridge

brisk

lively, brisk, rapid

broad

large, broad, stately

broken

interrupted cadence, broken


cadence

broken

broken chord, arpeggio

bugle

bugle, key bugle

bugler

hornist, bugler

burlesca

burlesca

burst

unrestrained, with burst of


passion

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C double flat

C double sharp

C flat

C flat minor

C flat major

C sharp

C sharp minor

C sharp major

middle C, one-line C

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C major

C clef, C key

.C

mark of D. C. [da capo]

cacophony

cacophony

cadence

masculine close, masculine


cadence

cadence

cadence, close

cadence

full close, full cadence, complete


close, complete cadence,
authentic close, authentic
cadence, perfect close, perfect
cadence

cadence

deceptive close, deceptive


cadence, evaded cadence

cadence

interrupted cadence, broken


cadence

cadence

feminine close, feminine cadence

cadence

plagal cadence

caesura

caesura

call

assembly, call to arms

canarie

canarie

cancel

natural, restoration sign, cancel

canon

canon

canon

double canon

canon

perpetual canon

canon

reversed canon

canonic

canonic imitation

cantata

cantata

cantata

chamber cantata

cantilena

cantilena

cantor

cantor

canzona

canzona

capella

a capella

capriccio

caprice, capriccio

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caprice

caprice, capriccio

capriciously

capriciously, freely, fancifully

cassation

cassation

castagnets

castagnets

casting

distribution, casting

castrato

castrato

catgut

catgut, catgut string

cathedral

church music, cathedral music,


ecclesiastical music

celesta

celesta

chacone

chaconne, chacone

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chaconne, chacone

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chamber

chamber music

chamber

chamber sonata

chamber

chamber pitch

chamber

chamber cantata

change

to change the tuning, to retune

changing

changing note

chanson

chanson

chant

singing, chant

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chant

Gregorian chant

chant

figured chant

chant

chant

chapel

choir, chorus, chapel

charleston

charleston

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chest

chest voice

chime

small bell, chime

chimes

tubular bells, chimes

chin

chin-rest

choir

choir, chorus, chapel

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choirboy

choirboy

choirmaster

conductor, choirmaster

choral

choral, chorale, hymn

choral

chorus, choral song

chorale

choral, chorale, hymn

chord

placing, distribution of the notes,


distribution of the chord

chord

subdominant chord

chord

sixth-fourth chord

chord

fifth-sixth chord

chord

added sixth chord

chord

Neapolitan sixth, Neapolitan sixth


chord

chord

sixth chord

chord

seventh chord

chord

second chord

chord

ninth chord

chord

broken chord, arpeggio

chord

major chord

chord

derived chord, derivative chord

chord

secondary chord

chord

minor chord

chord

succession of chords

chord

chord

chord

dominant chord

chord

tonic chord

chord

third-fourth chord

chorister

chorister

chorus

male chorus

chorus

mixed chorus

chorus

chorus, choral song

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chorus

choir, chorus, chapel

chorus

female chorus

chromatic

chromatic

chromatic

chromatic scale

chromaticism

chromaticism

chromatize

to chromatize

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church

church modes, ecclesiastical


modes

church

church music, cathedral music,


ecclesiastical music

church

church sonata

cimbalom

czimbal, czimbalom, cymbal,


cymbalom, cimbalom, zimbalon

circle

circle of fifths

cither

zither, zithern, cither, cithern,


cittern

citherist

zither player, citherist

cithern

zither, zithern, cither, cithern,


cittern

cittern

zither, zithern, cither, cithern,


cittern

clarinet

clarinet

clarinet

bass clarinet

clarinet

clarinettist, clarinet player

clarinettist

clarinettist, clarinet player

clavichord

clavichord

clef

treble clef

clef

G clef, treble clef

clef

clef, key

clef

F clef, F key

clef

C clef, C key

climax

summit, culmination point, climax

close

half close

close

close harmony, close position

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close

close

close

deceptive close, deceptive


cadence, evaded cadence

close

full close, full cadence, complete


close, complete cadence,
authentic close, authentic
cadence, perfect close, perfect
cadence

close

cadence, close

close

feminine close, feminine cadence

close

masculine close, masculine


cadence

coda

coda

col

col legno [ital.]

collection

song-book, collection of songs

colophony

colophony

coloratura

coloratura

comes

companion, comes [of fugue]

comic

comic opera

companion

companion, comes [of fugue]

compass

compass, range

complete

full close, full cadence, complete


close, complete cadence,
authentic close, authentic
cadence, perfect close, perfect
cadence

compose

to compose

composed

through-composed, non-strophic

composer

composer

composition

composition

compound

compound interval

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concert

concert hall

concert

concert performer

concert

concert singer

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concert

concert player

concert

concert pianist

concert

concert, recital

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concert

concerto, concert piece

concerted

concerted symphony

concertino

concertino

concerto

concerto, concert piece

concerto

concerto grosso

concerto

double concerto

concluding

consequent, concluding section,


concluding period, concluding
part

conclusion

conclusion

concord

consonance, concord

concord

to concord, to be consonant

conduct

to conduct

conducting

conducting

conductor

violin-conductor

conductor

conductor, choirmaster

connoisseur

connoisseur of music

consecution

progression, consecution,
succession

consecutive

consecutive octaves

consequent

consequent, concluding section,


concluding period, concluding
part

conservatory

conservatory

consonance

consonance, concord

consonant

to concord, to be consonant

continually

always, continually

contra

contra octave

contra

double-bassoon, contra-bassoon

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contralto

alto, contralto

contrapuntal

counterpointed, contrapuntal

contrapuntist

counterpointist, contrapuntist

contrary

contrary motion

contredance

contredance, country dance

conzonetta

conzonetta

copyist

music copyist

corda

una corda

corner

corner

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cornet

cornet

counter

counter-exposition

counterpoint

counterpoint

counterpoint

inverted counterpoint, invertible


counterpoint

counterpoint

florid counterpoint

counterpoint

simple counterpoint

counterpoint

imitative counterpoint,
counterpoint by imitation

counterpoint

double counterpoint

counterpoint

strict counterpoint

counterpoint

free counterpoint

counterpointed

counterpointed, contrapuntal

counterpointist

counterpointist, contrapuntist

countersubject

countersubject

country

contredance, country dance

couplet

couplet

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courante

courante

cover

to cover

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covered

hidden octaves, covered octaves

covered

covered

covered

hidden fifths, covered fifths

crabwise

retrograde, backward, crabwise

cradle

cradle song, lullaby

critic

critic

criticism

criticism

criticize

to criticize

crook

crook, shank

cross

hook, cross, pennant

cross

cross-flute, transverse flute

cross

cross relation, false relation

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crossing

crossing voices

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crotchet

quarter-note [US], crotchet

cue

cue

culmination

summit, culmination point, climax

cultured

trained, cultured

cycle

cycle of songs

cycle

cycle

cyclic

cyclic

cymbal

czimbal, czimbalom, cymbal,


cymbalom, cimbalom, zimbalon

cymbal

cymbal

cymbalom

czimbal, czimbalom, cymbal,


cymbalom, cimbalom, zimbalon

cymbals

cymbals

czimbal

czimbal, czimbalom, cymbal,


cymbalom, cimbalom, zimbalon

czimbalom

czimbal, czimbalom, cymbal,


cymbalom, cimbalom, zimbalon

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D double sharp

D flat

D sharp

d'amore

oboe d'amore

d'amore

viola d'amore

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mark of D. C. [da capo]

da

viola da gamba

damper

forte pedal, total sustaining


pedal, damper pedal

dance

dance of death

dance

dance

dance

contredance, country dance

dancer

ballet dancer, male ballet dancer

dancer

ballet dancer, female ballet


dancer

danse

basse-danse

death

dance of death

deceptive

deceptive close, deceptive


cadence, evaded cadence

decided

decided, decisively

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decisively

decided, decisively

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declaim

to recite, to declaim

declamation

declamation, recitation

declamatory

recitative singing, declamatory


singing

decreasing

decreasing in loudness

decreasing

decreasing [in loudness and


speed]

degree

degree, step

demi

thirty-second-note [US], demisemi-quaver

demi

sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

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derivative

derived chord, derivative chord

derived

derived chord, derivative chord

descant

descant, treble

descriptive

program music, descriptive music

desk

music desk, music stand

detached

detached

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develop

to develop [voice]

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development

thematic work, thematic


development

development

development, working-out

diatonic

diatonic

diatonic

diatonic

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diatonic

diatonic scale

dignity

majestically, with dignity

dilettante

amateur, dilettante

dilettantism

dilettantism

diminished

diminished

diminished

under-diminished, doubly
diminished

diminishing

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

diminishing

swelling and diminishing [the


voice] on a sustained sound

diminution

diminution

direct

straight, direct

dirge

funeral song, mourning song,


dirge

discord

discord

discord

to discord

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dissonant

dissonant

distant

distant

distribution

placing, distribution of the notes,


distribution of the chord

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distribution

distribution, casting

divertimento

divertimento

divide

to divide

divided

divided

division

division

dodekaphonic

dodekaphonic

doleful

painful, sorrowful, doleful

dominant

dominant, upper dominant

dominant

secondary dominant

dominant

dominant chord

doric

doric

dot

point, dot

dotted

dotted

double

double bass

double

to double

double

A double flat

double

E double flat

double

double flat

double

double stop

double

D double sharp

double

D double flat

double

double concerto

double

double counterpoint

double

double canon

double

double-bar

double

fifteenth, double octave

double

double fugue

double

double whole note, breve

double

double stemmed note

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double

double-bassoon, contra-bassoon

double

F double sharp

double

F double flat

double

G double sharp

double

G double flat

double

B double sharp

double

B double flat

double

double appoggiatura

double

double sharp

double

E double sharp

double

A double sharp

double

double tonguing, tippling

double

double shake

double

C double flat

double

C double sharp

Double

Double

doublet

douplet, doublet

doubling

octave doubling

doubling

doubling

doubly

over-augmented, doublyaugmented

doubly

under-diminished, doubly
diminished

douplet

douplet, doublet

down

down-beat

down

to beat down

down

growing slower, slowing down

down

down-bow

draft

sketch, draft

dragging

dragging

drawn

drawn-out, protracted

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drinking

drinking song

drum

roll, roll of drum

drum

bass drum

drum

kettle-drum

drum

to strike the drum

drum

side drum, tenor drum

drum

side drum, military drum, snare


drum

drum

tambourine, hand drum

drummer

drummer

drummer

kettle-drummer

drumstick

wooden drumstick

drumstick

sponge-headed drumstick

drumstick

drumstick, stick

duet

duet

duration

duration, note value

dux

subject, dux

dying

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

dying

fading, dying away

dynamics

dynamics

E double flat

E double sharp

E flat

E sharp

E-string, soprano string

ear

sound hole, ear

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ear

relative ear

ear

hearing, ear

ear

absolute ear

E
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ease

at ease

ease

free, nimble, fluent, with ease

ecclesiastical

church modes, ecclesiastical


modes

ecclesiastical

church music, cathedral music,


ecclesiastical music

echo

to echo

echo

echo

eighth

eighth rest

eighth

eighth-note [US], quaver

elaboration

elaboration

elegy

elegy

eleventh

eleventh

embellish

to embellish

embellished

ornamented, embellished, florid,


figurate

embellishment

ornament, grace, embellishment

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emphasized

well emphasized, well


accentuated

end

point of the bow, head of the


bow, end of the bow

ending

time, ending

ending

second ending, second time

ending

first ending, first time

energico

energico

English

English horn

enharmonic

enharmonic

enharmony

enharmony

enlarge

to enlarge

enlargement

enlargement, extension

ensemble

ensemble

enter

to enter, to join

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entrance

entry, entrance

entry

entry, entrance

episode

episode

equal

equal temperament

equivalent

equivalent, substitution

erroneous

erroneous, false, wrong

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essential

essential note, principal note

euphonium

euphonium

euphony

euphony

evaded

deceptive close, deceptive


cadence, evaded cadence

exact

exact, precise, just, appropriate

exercise

exercise

exhale

to blow, to exhale

exposition

exposition [fugue]

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exposition

counter-exposition

exposition

exposition

exposition

exposition, first exposition

expression

expression

expression

expression sign, rendering sign

expressive

expressive

extended

extended harmony, extended


position

extended

extended

extension

enlargement, extension

extra

supernumerary, extra

extreme

extreme voice, outer voice, outer


part

extremely

much, very, extremely

F-holes

F clef, F key

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F double flat

F double sharp

F flat

F sharp

fade

to fade, to fade out

fading

fading, dying away

fainting

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

false

cross relation, false relation

false

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

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false

erroneous, false, wrong

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false

false

falsetto

falsetto

fan

music lover, music fan


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fancifully

capriciously, freely, fancifully

fandango

fandango

fanfare

trumpet, fanfare

fanfare

fanfare

farandole

farandole

fast

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

fast

faster

fault

fault

female

ballet dancer, female ballet


dancer

female

female alto


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female

female soprano

female

first female singer

female

female chorus

female

singer, female singer

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feminine

feminine close, feminine cadence

fermata

hold, pause, fermata

festival

music festival

festive

festive

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fierce

wild, fierce, violent

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fife

fife

fifteenth

fifteenth, double octave

fifth

circle of fifths

fifth

fifth-sixth chord

fifth

hidden fifths, covered fifths

fifth

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
octave

fifth

fifth

fifth

parallel fifths

figural

figural, figured

figurate

to figurate

figurate

ornamented, embellished, florid,


figurate

figuration

figuration

figure

to figure

figure

figure

figured

figured bass, thorough bass

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figured

figural, figured

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figured

figured chant

filling

filling-up part, auxiliary voice,


accessory part

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final

last subject, final subject, last


theme, final theme

finale

finale

fine

from the beginning to the word


'fine'

finger

alto finger

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fingerboard

keyboard, fingerboard

fingerboard

fingerboard

fingering

fingering

fire

with vivacity, with fire

fire

with fire, spirited

first

at sight, at first sight

first

antecedent, first section, first


period, first part

first

first ending, first time

first

first subject, first theme

first

first tempo, tempo primo

first

in time, in first time, in original


time

first

exposition, first exposition

first

root position, first position

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first

first female singer

fixed

fixed melody, given melody

flageolet

piccolo, piccolo flute, small flute,


flageolet

flageolet

flageolet-tones, harmonics

flat

C double flat

C flat minor

A double flat

E double flat

double flat

B double flat

G double flat

D flat

D double flat

F flat

flat
flat
flat
flat
flat
flat
flat
flat
flat

F double flat

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G flat

B flat

flat [sign], b

E flat

A flat

C flat major

C flat

flatten

to flatten

flatten

to lower, to flatten

flattened

flattened

flattening

flattening

flattening

lowering, flattening

flattening

lowering sign, flattening sign

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flatterzunge

flutter-tonguing, flatterzunge

florid

ornamented, embellished, florid,


figurate

florid

florid counterpoint

fluent

free, nimble, fluent, with ease

flute

piccolo, piccolo flute, small flute,


flageolet

flute

flute

flute

cross-flute, transverse flute

flutist

flutist

flutter

flutter-tonguing, flatterzunge

folk

folk song

folk

folk music

for

for two voices

for

for three voices, for three parts

force

to force

force

force, vigour, intensity

flat
flat
flat
flat
flat
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force

forced, with force


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forced

forced, with force


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fore

fore-song

fork

tuning fork

forlana

forlana

form

lied form, song form

form

sonata form

forte

forte pedal, total sustaining


pedal, damper pedal

forward

hastening, spurring on, pressing


forward

four

four-line octave

fourth

sixty-fourth rest

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fourth

third-fourth chord

fourth

sixth-fourth chord

fourth

fourth

fourth

sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

free

robbed time, irregular time,


robbed measurement, free
measurement, irregular measure

free

free, nimble, fluent, with ease

free

free counterpoint

free

free

freely

capriciously, freely, fancifully

French

French horn, hand horn

fret

fret

frivolous

frivolous

frog

nut, frog, heel, heel of bow

frolicking

playfully, jestingly, frolicking

from

from the sign to the sign

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from

from the beginning to the word


'fine'

frottola

frottola

fugal

fugal style

fugue

fugue

fugue

real fugue

fugue

tonal fugue

fugue

double fugue

fugue

triple fugue

full

full close, full cadence, complete


close, complete cadence,
authentic close, authentic
cadence, perfect close, perfect
cadence

function

function

function

to function

functional

functional

fundamental

fundamental bass

fundamental

fundamental tone, fundamental


note

fundamental

root, fundamental tone, key note

fundamental

fundamental part, fundamental


voice

funeral

funeral, funereal

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funeral

funeral song, mourning song,


dirge

funeral

funeral march

funereal

funeral, funereal

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G clef, treble clef

G double flat

G double sharp

G flat

G sharp

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galliard

galliard

gamba

viola da gamba

gavotte

gavotte

gay

jocose, gay, merry, playful

general

general pause, general rest,


general silence

getting

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

giga

giga

given

fixed melody, given melody

glissando

glissando

glockenspiel

glockenspiel

gloom

sad, lugubrious, with gloom

gong

tam-tam, gong

goose

quack, squawk, goose

grace

ornament, grace, embellishment

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grace

grace note

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graceful

graceful

gramophone

gramophone, phonograph

grand

grand piano

grave

grave, heavy

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great

great octave

Greek

Greek scales, octave species

Gregorian

Gregorian chant

grosso

concerto grosso

ground

basso ostinato, obstinate bass,


persistent bass, ground bass

growing

growing slower, slowing down

guard

guard plate

guitar

guitar

guitarist

guitarist

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habanera

habanera

hair

hair

half

half rest

half

half the power of the voice, half


the volume of the voice

half

half-note [US], minim

half

half-loud, moderately loud

half

half soft, moderately soft

half

half close

half

half position

hall

concert hall

hammered

hammered

hand

tambourine, hand drum

hand

French horn, hand horn

harmonic

harmonious, harmonic

harmonic

minor harmonic scale, minor


harmonic key

harmonica

mouth harmonica

harmonics

flageolet-tones, harmonics

harmonics

harmonics, overtones, partial


tones, upper tones

harmonious

harmonious, harmonic

harmonization

harmonization

harmonize

to harmonize

harmony

harmony

harmony

close harmony, close position

harmony

extended harmony, extended


position

harmony

harmony, treatise on harmony

harp

harp

harp

Aeolian harp

harpist

harpist

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harpsichord

harpsichord player

harpsichord

harpsichord

harsh

harsh [voice]

hastening

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

hastening

hastening, spurring on, pressing


forward

hautboist

hautboist, oboist

hautboy

oboe, hautboy

have

to play, to have music

head

point of the bow, head of the


bow, end of the bow

head

head

headed

sponge-headed drumstick

headvoice

headvoice

hearing

hearing, ear

heavy

heavy, ponderous

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heavy

grave, heavy

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heel

nut, frog, heel, heel of bow

held

held

hemi

sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

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heptachord

heptachord

hero

hero; heroine

heroine

hero; heroine

hexachord

hexachord

hidden

hidden octaves, covered octaves

hidden

hidden fifths, covered fifths

high

high

hold

to hold, to sustain

hold

hold, pause, fermata

hole

F-holes

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hole

sound hole, ear

homonymous

like-named keys, homonymous


keys

homophonic

homophonic music

homophony

homophony

hook

hook, cross, pennant

hopped

hopped, springing

horn

horn

horn

English horn

horn

basset horn

horn

natural horn

horn

hunting-horn

horn

French horn, hand horn

horn

valve horn

hornist

hornist, bugler

house

opera-house, opera

hum

to hum

humming

murmuring, humming

hunting

hunting-horn

hurrying

hurrying

hymn

hymn, spiritual song

hymn

choral, chorale, hymn

hymn

hymn of praise

idyll

idyll

idyllic

idyllic

if

quasi, like, as if, almost

imitation

imitation

imitation

canonic imitation

imitation

imitative counterpoint,
counterpoint by imitation

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imitative

imitative counterpoint,
counterpoint by imitation

immediately

loud and immediately soft

impetuous

impetuous, violent

improvisation

improvisation

improvise

to improvise

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to improvise

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improviser

improviser

in

in unison

in

rigorously in time

in

in strict time, in appropriate time,


in appropriate movement

in

in time, in first time, in original


time

in

in the beat

in

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

in

decreasing in loudness

in

in one voice

in

increasing in loudness

in

in march style

incidental

incidental music

increasing

increasing in loudness

inflection

inflection, inflexion

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inflexion

inflection, inflexion

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inhale

to take breath, to inhale

inhibition

inhibition

instrument

stringed instrument

instrument

transposing instrument

instrument

percussion instrument

instrument

wind instrument

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brass instrument

instrument

woodwind instrument

instrument

plucked instrument

instrument

bow instrument, string


instrument, stringed instrument

instrument

instrument

instrument

to instrument

instrumental

instrumental

instrumental

instrumental accompaniment

instrumental

instrumental music

instrumentalist

performer, player, instrumentalist

instrumentation instrumentation

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instrumentator

instrumentator

intensity

force, vigour, intensity

intepreter

intepreter

interlude

interlude

intermediate

intermediate section, second


period, second part

intermediate

intermediate part, intermediate


voice

interpret

to perform, to render, to
interpret

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interpret

to render, to perform, to
interpret

interpret

to interpret

interpretation

performance, rendering,
interpretation

interpretation

interpretation

interpreter

interpreter

interrupted

interrupted cadence, broken


cadence

interval

interval

interval

augmented interval

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interval

compound interval

intonation

intonation

intone

to intone, to begin to sing

introduce

to introduce

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introduction

introduction

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introduction

introduction

invention

invention

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inversion

inversion

inverted

inverted

inverted

inverted turn

inverted

mordent, inverted mordent,


upper mordent

inverted

inverted counterpoint, invertible


counterpoint

invertible

inverted counterpoint, invertible


counterpoint

irregular

robbed time, irregular time,


robbed measurement, free
measurement, irregular measure

irregular

robbed measure, irregular


measure

irregular

irregular

jazz

jazz

jazz

jazz player

jazz

jazz-band

jestingly

playfully, jestingly, frolicking

jocose

jocose, gay, merry, playful

join

to enter, to join

just

exact, precise, just, appropriate

kettle

kettle-drum

kettle

kettle-drummer

key

peg, tuning key

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key

alto key

key

bass key

key

baritone key

key

C clef, C key

key

tenor key

key

mezzosoprano key

key

soprano key

key

F clef, F key

key

clef, key

key

key signature

key

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

key

secondary key

key

scale, key, mode

key

minor key

key

minor harmonic scale, minor


harmonic key

key

natural minor scale, aeolian


minor scale, aeolian key

key

minor melodic scale, minor


melodic key

key

major key

key

principal key

key

relative key

key

like-named keys, homonymous


keys

key

root, fundamental tone, key note

key

key

key

bugle, key bugle

keyboard

keyboard, fingerboard

kit

kit

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Kithara, Kitharis [gr.]

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Kitharis

Kithara, Kitharis [gr.]

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laendler

laendler

large

large, broad, stately

last

last subject, final subject, last


theme, final theme

lead

to lead

leader

leader

leading

voice leading

leading

leading note

leading

leading voice

ledger

ledger line, added line

legno

col legno [ital.]

leitmotiv

leitmotiv

lengthen

to lengthen, to prolong

lengthening

lengthening, prolongation

less

less soft, not so soft

less

less

libretto

textbook, libretto

lie

tessitura, lie

lied

lied

lied

lied form, song form

ligature

tie, slur, ligature

light

light, lightly

lightly

light, lightly

like

quasi, like, as if, almost

like

like-named keys, homonymous


keys

line

four-line octave

line

one-line octave

line

three-line octave

line

two-line octave

line

middle C, one-line C

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line

staff, stave, staff-line

line

ledger line, added line

line

bar, bar line, measure bar

little

a little, somewhat

liturgical

liturgical

liturgy

liturgy

lively

lively, with vivacity, sprightly

lively

moderately lively

lively

lively, brisk, rapid

long

long-playing

loud

loud and immediately soft

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loud

half-loud, moderately loud

loud

very loud, as loud as possible

loud

very loud

loud

not so loud

loud

loud, strong

loud

loud

louder

louder

loudness

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

loudness

decreasing in loudness

loudness

increasing in loudness

loure

loure

lovable

lovable, with tenderness, sweetly

lover

music lover, music fan

low

low, soft

low

very low, very soft

low

low

low

low, lower [interval, third etc.]

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lower

to lower, to flatten

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lower

to lower the string

lower

mordent, lower mordent

lower

lowest part, lower part

lower

low, lower [interval, third etc.]

lowering

lowering, flattening

lowering

lowering sign, flattening sign

lowest

lowest part, lower part

lugubrious

sad, lugubrious, with gloom

lullaby

cradle song, lullaby

lute

lute

lyre

lyre

ma

ma non tanto

madrigal

madrigal

majestically

majestically, with dignity

major

major [interval]

major

C flat major

major

C sharp major

major

C major

major

major third

major

major key

major

major

major

major chord

Makam

Maqam, Makam

malaguena

malaguena

male

ballet dancer, male ballet dancer

male

male chorus

manager

manager

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mandola

mandola

mandolin

mandolin

mandolinist

mandolinist

mandolonbasso

mandolonbasso

mandoloncello

mandoloncello

manner

play, manner of playing

manner

style, manner

manual

manual

many

polyphonic, many-voiced

Maqam

Maqam, Makam

march

funeral march

march

triumphal march

march

march

march

in march style

mark

mark of D. C. [da capo]

marked

very strongly marked, very


strongly stressed

marked

marked, stressed

martial

martial, warlike

masculine

masculine close, masculine


cadence

mass

mass

master

singing-master

master

master

mastersinger

mastersinger

Mazur

Mazurka, Mazurek, Mazur

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Mazurka, Mazurek, Mazur

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Mazurka, Mazurek, Mazur

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measure

robbed time, irregular time,


robbed measurement, free
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measure

measure

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measure

measure

measure

binary measure

measure

2/4 measure, 2/4 time

measure

binary measure

measure

ternary measure

measure

bar, bar line, measure bar

measure

bar, measure

measurement

robbed time, irregular time,


robbed measurement, free
measurement, irregular measure

mechanic

mechanic music

mediant

mediant

medley

medley

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melodic

melodic

melodic

minor melodic scale, minor


melodic key

melodrama

melodrama

melody

principal melody

melody

melody

melody

fixed melody, given melody

meloman

meloman, melomaniac

melomaniac

meloman, melomaniac

melos

melos

meno

meno andante

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mensural music, mensurable


music

mensural

mensural music, mensurable


music

merry

jocose, gay, merry, playful

meter

meter

metronom

metronom

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mezzo

mezzo-soprano

mezzosoprano

mezzosoprano key

middle

middle C, one-line C

military

side drum, military drum, snare


drum

military

wind-orchestra, military band

minim

half-note [US], minim

minnesinger

minnesinger

minor

C minor

minor

C flat minor

minor

C sharp minor

minor

minor

minor

minor third

minor

minor key

minor

minor harmonic scale, minor


harmonic key

minor

natural minor scale, aeolian


minor scale, aeolian key

minor

minor melodic scale, minor


melodic key

minor

minor [interval]

minor

minor chord

minstrel

minstrel

mixed

mixed chorus

mobile

perpetuum mobile

modality

modality

mode

church modes, ecclesiastical


modes

mode

plagal mode

mode

mode

mode

scale, key, mode

moderate

andante, walking, very moderate

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moderate

to moderate

moderate

very moderate, very moderately

moderate

moderate

moderately

half soft, moderately soft

moderately

half-loud, moderately loud

moderately

very moderate, very moderately

moderately

moderately lively

modulate

to modulate

modulation

modulation

monochord

monochord

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monodic

monodic music

monody

monody

mordent

mordent, inverted mordent,


upper mordent

mordent

mordent, lower mordent

morning

aubade, morning-music

most

most softly

motet

motet

motif

motive, motif

motion

movable, with motion

motion

similar motion, similar movement

motion

oblique motion

motion

parallel motion, similar motion

motion

contrary motion

motive

motive, motif

mourning

funeral song, mourning song,


dirge

mouth

mouth harmonica

mouthpiece

mouthpiece

movable

movable, with motion

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movement

movement [sonata], part [suite]

movement

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moving but sustained

much

not too much

much

much, very, extremely

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murmuring

murmuring, humming

musette

musette

music

to set to music

music

music lover, music fan

music

music copyist

music

to play, to have music

music

connoisseur of music

music

music book

music

incidental music

music

music

music

atonal music

music

homophonic music

music

secular music

music

tonal music

music

church music, cathedral music,


ecclesiastical music

music

instrumental music

music

mensural music, mensurable


music

music

mechanic music

music

absolute music

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music

monodic music

music

symphonic music

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music

folk music

music

polytonal music

music

polyphonic music

music

chamber music

music

vocal music

music

program music, descriptive music

music

music paper

music

musical sign, music-sign

music

music desk, music stand

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music

aubade, morning-music

music

music festival

music

music

music

theory of music

musical

musical notation

musical

musical

musical

musical sign, music-sign

musician

musician

musicology

musicology

mutation

mutation, breaking of voice

mute

to stop, to mute

mute

mute

muted

stopped, muted

muted

stopped tones, muted tones,


stopped notes, muted notes

named

like-named keys, homonymous


keys

natural

B natural

natural

natural, restoration sign, cancel

natural

natural minor scale, aeolian


minor scale, aeolian key

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natural

natural scale

natural

natural horn

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Neapolitan sixth, Neapolitan sixth


chord

neck

neck

neck

stem, neck

neighbouring

neighbouring

neighbouring

neighbouring note [by skip]

neum

neum, neume

neume

neum, neume

night

nocturne, night piece

nimble

free, nimble, fluent, with ease

ninth

ninth

ninth

ninth chord

nocturne

nocturne, night piece

noise

noise

non

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non

through-composed, non-strophic

nonet

nonet

nonuplet

nonuplet

not

not too slow


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less soft, not so soft

not

not so loud

not

not too much

notation

square notation

notation

musical notation

note

half-note [US], minim


thirty-second-note [US], demi-

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sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

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note

sixteenth-note [US], semi-quaver

note

placing, distribution of the notes,


distribution of the chord

note

duration, note value

note

open note

note

fundamental tone, fundamental


note

note

leading note

note

root, fundamental tone, key note

note

stopped tones, muted tones,


stopped notes, muted notes

note

quarter-note [US], crotchet

note

eighth-note [US], quaver

note

changing note

note

auxiliary note, alternating note

note

passing note

note

grace note

note

note

note

double stemmed note

note

neighbouring note [by skip]

note

double whole note, breve

note

essential note, principal note

note

whole note [US], semibreve [UK]

novelette

novelette

nuance

to nuance

nuance

nuance

nut

nut

nut

nut, frog, heel, heel of bow

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obligatory

obligatory

oblique

oblique motion

oboe

oboe, hautboy

oboe

oboe d'amore

oboist

hautboist, oboist

obstinate

basso ostinato, obstinate bass,


persistent bass, ground bass

ocarina

ocarina

octave

Greek scales, octave species

octave

octave

octave

great octave

octave

contra octave

octave

small octave

octave

four-line octave

octave

one-line octave

octave

three-line octave

octave

two-line octave

octave

subcontra octave

octave

parallel octaves

octave

hidden octaves, covered octaves

octave

consecutive octaves

octave

octave doubling

octave

to overblow an octave

octave

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
octave

octave

fifteenth, double octave

octet

octet

of

unrestrained, with burst of


passion

of

beater, beater of a triangle

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unaccented appoggiatura,
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of

roll, roll of drum

of

play, manner of playing

of

mutation, breaking of voice

of

shift of accents

of

half the power of the voice, half


the volume of the voice

of

cycle of songs

of

dance of death

of

placing, distribution of the notes,


distribution of the chord

of

stroke of the bow, bow stroke

of

connoisseur of music

of

snare of sidedrum

of

mark of D. C. [da capo]

of

circle of fifths

of

out of tune

of

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

of

to put out of tune

of

nut, frog, heel, heel of bow

of

point of the bow, head of the


bow, end of the bow

of

succession of chords

of

hymn of praise

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song-book, collection of songs

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theory of music

off

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

offertory

offertory

on

hastening, spurring on, pressing


forward

on

swelling and diminishing [the


voice] on a sustained sound

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on

harmony, treatise on harmony

one

one-line octave

one

middle C, one-line C

one

in one voice

open

open string

open

open

open

open note

opera

opera

opera

comic opera

opera

opera seria, serious opera

opera

opera-house, opera

opera

opera singer

operetta

operetta

ophicleide

ophicleide, serpent

Opus

Opus

oratorio

oratorio

orchestra

orchestra pit

orchestra

orchestra parts

orchestra

orchestra, band

orchestra

wind-orchestra, military band

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orchestra

string orchestra

orchestra

symphonic orchestra

orchestrate

to orchestrate, to score

orchestration

orchestration

orchestrator

orchestrator

organ

register, organ stop

organ

organ

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organ

organ pipe

organ, voice

street organ, barrel organ

organ point, pedal point

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organist

organist

organum

organum

original

in time, in first time, in original


time

ornament

ornament, grace, embellishment

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ornamented

ornamented, embellished, florid,


figurate

ostinato

basso ostinato, obstinate bass,


persistent bass, ground bass

ostinato

ostinato

out

to fade, to fade out

out

drawn-out, protracted

out

out of tune

out

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

out

to put out of tune

out

development, working-out

outer

extreme voice, outer voice, outer


part

over

over-augmented, doublyaugmented

overblow

to overblow an octave

overblow

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
octave

overtone

harmonics, overtones, partial


tones, upper tones

overture

overture

pace

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

pace

tempo, time, speed, pace

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painful

painful, sorrowful, doleful

paper

music paper

parallel

parallel octaves

parallel

parallel fifths

parallel

parallel motion, similar motion

part

part-song

part

part

part

intermediate section, second


period, second part

part

consequent, concluding section,


concluding period, concluding
part

part

antecedent, first section, first


period, first part

part

period, part, phrase

part

solo, solo part

part

movement [sonata], part [suite]

part

accented part [of bar]

part

weak beat, unaccented part [of


bar]

part

part, voice

part

vocal part

part

fundamental part, fundamental


voice

part

accessory part

part

filling-up part, auxiliary voice,


accessory part

part

upper part, upper voice

part

extreme voice, outer voice, outer


part

part

principal part, principal voice

part

intermediate part, intermediate


voice

part

lowest part, lower part

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part

orchestra parts

part

for three voices, for three parts

part

to sing the second part, to play


the second part

part

principal part

part

part, role

partial

harmonics, overtones, partial


tones, upper tones

partita

partita

paspy

paspy

passacaglia

passacaglia

passamezzo

passamezzo

passing

passing note

passion

unrestrained, with burst of


passion

passion

with passion, ardently

passion

passion

pastoral

pastoral song, shepherd's song

pastoral
pastoral

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pastorale

pathetic

pathetic, pathetically

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pathetic, pathetically

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pause

to pause

pause

general pause, general rest,


general silence

pause

hold, pause, fermata

pavan

pavan, paven, pavin

paven

pavan, paven, pavin

pavin

pavan, paven, pavin

pedal

forte pedal, total sustaining


pedal, damper pedal

pedal

soft pedal

pedal

sostenuto pedal, bass sustaining


pedal

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pedal

pedal

pedal

pedal board

pedal

organ point, pedal point

peg

peg box

peg

peg, tuning key

pennant

hook, cross, pennant

pentascale

pentatonic scale, pentascale

pentatonic

pentatonic scale, pentascale

pentatonic

pentatonic

pentatonic

pentatonic

percussion

percussion instrument

perfect

perfect

perfect

full close, full cadence, complete


close, complete cadence,
authentic close, authentic
cadence, perfect close, perfect
cadence

perform

to perform, to render, to
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perform

to render, to perform, to
interpret

performance

performance, rendering,
interpretation

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performer

performer, player, instrumentalist

performer

concert performer

period

intermediate section, second


period, second part

period

consequent, concluding section,


concluding period, concluding
part

period

antecedent, first section, first


period, first part

period

period, part, phrase

perpetual

perpetual canon

perpetuum

perpetuum mobile

persistent

basso ostinato, obstinate bass,


persistent bass, ground bass

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phantasy

phantasy

phonograph

gramophone, phonograph

phrase

period, part, phrase

phrase

to phrase

phrase

phrase

phrasing

phrasing

pianist

concert pianist

pianist

pianist

piano

piano score, piano arrangement,


piano reduction

piano

grand piano

piano

piano, pianoforte, upright


pianoforte

piano

piano quartet

pianoforte

piano, pianoforte, upright


pianoforte

piccolo

piccolo, piccolo flute, small flute,


flageolet

pick

plectrum, pick

piece

nocturne, night piece

piece

concerto, concert piece

pinch

to pluck, to pinch

pinched

plucked, pinched


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organ pipe

pipe

reed, pipe

piston

valve trumpet, piston trumpet,


piston

piston

valve trombone, piston trombone

piston

piston, valve

pit

orchestra pit

pitch

pitch

pitch

chamber pitch

piu

piu andante

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piu

piva

piva

placing

placing, distribution of the notes,


distribution of the chord

plagal

plagal mode

plagal

plagal

plagal

plagal cadence

plainsong

plainsong

plate

guard plate

play

play, manner of playing

play

to play, to have music

play

to play

play

to play arpeggio

play

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
octave

play

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

play

to sing the second part, to play


the second part

player

balalaika player

player

jazz player

player

concert player

player

performer, player, instrumentalist

player

serpent player

player

wind, wind player

player

zither player, citherist

player

harpsichord player

player

clarinettist, clarinet player

player

xylophone player, xylophonist

player

string, string player

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playful

jocose, gay, merry, playful

playfully

playfully, jestingly, frolicking

playing

long-playing

playing

play, manner of playing

pleasing

pleasing, agreeable

pleasure

at pleasure

plectrum

plectrum, pick

pluck

to pluck, to pinch

plucked

plucked instrument

plucked

plucked, pinched


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poem

symphonic poem

poem

poem; song

point

point, dot

point

point of the bow, head of the


bow, end of the bow

point

summit, culmination point, climax

point

organ point, pedal point

polka

polka

polonaise

polonaise

polyphonic

polyphonic music

polyphonic

polyphonic, many-voiced

polyphony

polyphony

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polyphony

polyphony

polyrhythm

polyrhythm

polytonal

polytonal music

polytonality

polytonality

pompous

pompous, pompously

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pompous, pompously

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ponderous

heavy, ponderous

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portamento

portamento

portato

portato

position

half position

position

root position, first position

position

position

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position

position

position

close harmony, close position

position

extended harmony, extended


position

possible

very loud, as loud as possible

possible

as possible

post

sound post

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postlude

postlude

power

half the power of the voice, half


the volume of the voice

praise

hymn of praise

precise

exact, precise, just, appropriate

prelude

to prelude

prelude

prelude

pressing

hastening, spurring on, pressing


forward

prime

prime

primo

first tempo, tempo primo

principal

principal tempo

principal

principal melody

principal

principal key

principal

principal part, principal voice

principal

principal part

principal

essential note, principal note

produce

to sound [instrument], to
produce [sound]

produce

to produce [sound]
program music, descriptive music

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program
progression

progression, consecution,
succession

prolong

to lengthen, to prolong

prolongation

lengthening, prolongation

prompter

prompter

protracted

drawn-out, protracted

psalm

psalm

psalmodize

to psalmodize

psalmody

psalmody

push

push

push

to push

put

to put out of tune

quack

quack, squawk, goose

quadrille

quadrille

quadruplet

quadruplet

quarter

quarter rest

quarter

quarter-note [US], crotchet

quartet

quartet

quartet

piano quartet

quartet

string quartet

quasi

quasi, like, as if, almost

quaver

thirty-second-note [US], demisemi-quaver

quaver

sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

quaver

sixteenth-note [US], semi-quaver

quaver

eighth-note [US], quaver

quick

very quick

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quick

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quick

swift, rapid, quick

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quickening

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

quintet

quintet

quintuplet

quintuplet

Quodlibet

Quodlibet

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ragtime

ragtime

raise

to raise, to sharpen

raised

raised, sharpened

raising

raising, augmentation,
sharpening

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raising

raising sign, sharpening sign

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range

compass, range

rapid

swift, rapid, quick

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rapid

lively, brisk, rapid

rather

rather slow

real

real fugue

recapitulation

reexposition, reentry,
recapitulation

recapitulation

reprise, recapitulation,
reexposition

recital

recital

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recital

concert, recital

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recitation

declamation, recitation

recitative

recitative singing, declamatory


singing

recitative

recitative

recite

to recite, to declaim

record

record

recorder

recorder

recoupe

recoupe

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reduce

to reduce

reduction

piano score, piano arrangement,


piano reduction

reduction

reduction

reed

reed, tongue

reed

reed, pipe

reentry

reexposition, reentry,
recapitulation

reexposition

reexposition, reentry,
recapitulation

reexposition

reprise, recapitulation,
reexposition

refrain

refrain

register

register, organ stop

regular

regular

rehearsal

rehearsal

reinforced

reinforcing, reinforced, with


additional stress

reinforcing

reinforcing, reinforced, with


additional stress

related

related, attendant

relation

cross relation, false relation

relation

relation, relationship, affinity

relationship

relation, relationship, affinity

relative

relative key

relative

relative ear

religiously

religiously

render

to perform, to render, to
interpret

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render

to render, to perform, to
interpret

rendering

performance, rendering,
interpretation

; ,

rendering

expression sign, rendering sign

repeat

repetition, reprise, repeat

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repeat

repeat, repeat sign

repercussa

repercussa [lat.]

repercussion

repercussion

repetition

repetition, reprise, repeat

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reprise

repetition, reprise, repeat

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reprise

reprise, recapitulation,
reexposition

resolution

resolution

resolve

to resolve

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resonance

resonance

resonant

well-sustained, resonant,
sonorous

resound

to resound, to sound

rest

chin-rest

rest

general pause, general rest,


general silence

rest

breve rest

rest

whole rest

rest

rest

rest

half rest

rest

thirty-second rest

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rest

sixty-fourth rest

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"

rest

sixteenth rest

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rest

quarter rest

rest

eighth rest

restoration

natural, restoration sign, cancel

retardation

retardation

retardation

suspension, retardation

retrograde

retrograde, backward, crabwise

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retune

to change the tuning, to retune

reverberate

to reverberate

reversed

reversed canon

rhapsody

rhapsody

rhythm

rhythm

rhythmical

rhythmical

rhythmicize

to rhythmicize, to rhythmize

rhythmize

to rhythmicize, to rhythmize

rib

rib, side wall

ricercare

ricercare

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rigadoon

rigadoon

rigorously

rigorously in time

ritornelle

ritornelle

robbed

robbed time, irregular time,


robbed measurement, free
measurement, irregular measure

robbed

robbed measure, irregular


measure

role

part, role

roll

roll, roll of drum

rondo

rondo

root

root position, first position

root

root, fundamental tone, key note

run

run

sad

sad, lugubrious, with gloom

saltarello

saltarello

saraband

saraband

sarrusophone

sarrusophone

saxhorn

saxhorn

saxophone

saxophone

saxophone

alto saxophone

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saxophone

bass saxophone

saxophone

saxophone baryton

saxophone

saxophone tenor

saxophone

saxophone soprano

saxophone

saxophone sopranino

saxophonist

saxophonist

scale

Greek scales, octave species

scale

scale, key, mode

scale

diatonic scale

scale

minor harmonic scale, minor


harmonic key

scale

natural minor scale, aeolian


minor scale, aeolian key

scale

minor melodic scale, minor


melodic key

scale

pentatonic scale, pentascale

scale

natural scale

scale

chromatic scale

scene

scene

scherzo

scherzo

score

piano score, piano arrangement,


piano reduction

score

to arrange, to score

score

to orchestrate, to score

score

score

screw

screw

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scroll

scroll

second

thirty-second rest

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second

second

thirty-second-note [US], demisemi-quaver


intermediate section, second
period, second part

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second

second subject, second theme,


subsidiary theme

second

second

second

second ending, second time

second

to sing the second part, to play


the second part

second

second chord

secondary

secondary dominant

secondary

secondary key

secondary

secondary chord

section

intermediate section, second


period, second part

section

consequent, concluding section,


concluding period, concluding
part

section

antecedent, first section, first


period, first part

section

section

secular

secular music

semi

thirty-second-note [US], demisemi-quaver

semi

sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

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semi

sixteenth-note [US], semi-quaver

semibreve

whole note [US], semibreve [UK]

semitone

semitone

sensible

sensible

septet

septet

septulet

septulet

sequence

sequence

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serenade

serenade

seria

opera seria, serious opera

serious

opera seria, serious opera

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serpent

ophicleide, serpent

serpent

serpent player

set

set-up

set

to set to music

seventh

seventh

seventh

seventh chord

severe

strict, severe

sextet

sextet

sextuplet

sextuplet

shake

trill, shake

shake

double shake

shank

crook, shank

sharp

C double sharp

sharp

C sharp

sharp

C sharp minor

sharp

C sharp major

sharp

acute, sharp

sharp

A double sharp

sharp

A sharp

sharp

E double sharp

sharp

E sharp

sharp

double sharp

sharp

sharp

sharp

B double sharp

sharp

A sharp

sharp

B sharp

sharp

G double sharp

sharp

G sharp

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sharp

F double sharp

sharp

F sharp

sharp

D double sharp

sharp

D sharp

sharpen

to raise, to sharpen

sharpen

to sharpen

sharpened

raised, sharpened

sharpened

sharpened

sharpening

raising, augmentation,
sharpening

sharpening

sharpening

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sharpening

raising sign, sharpening sign

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shawm

shawm

shepherd

pastoral song, shepherd's song

shift

shift of accents

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shofar

shofar, shophar

shophar

shofar, shophar

short

short appoggiatura

shrill

shrill, strident

siciliana

siciliana, siciliano

siciliano

siciliana, siciliano

side

side drum, tenor drum

side

rib, side wall

side

side drum, military drum, snare


drum

sidedrum

snare of sidedrum

sight

at sight, at first sight

sign

from the sign to the sign

sign

repeat, repeat sign

sign

musical sign, music-sign

sign

sign

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sign

raising sign, sharpening sign

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sign

lowering sign, flattening sign

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sign

natural, restoration sign, cancel

sign

expression sign, rendering sign

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signature

key signature

silence

general pause, general rest,


general silence

silence

silence, be silent

silent

silence, be silent

similar

similar motion, similar movement

similar

parallel motion, similar motion

simple

simple counterpoint

simplification

simplification

sinfonia

sinfonia

sing

to sing

sing

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

sing

to intone, to begin to sing

sing

to sing the second part, to play


the second part

singable

singable

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singable

singable

singer

singer, female singer

singer

first female singer

singer

opera singer

singer

bass singer

singer

solo singer

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,

singer

soprano singer

singer

singer

singer

concert singer

singing

singing, chant

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recitative singing, declamatory


singing

singing

singing-master

single

single, alone, solo

sixteenth

sixteenth rest

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sixteenth

sixteenth-note [US], semi-quaver

sixth

sixth

sixth

sixth chord

sixth

Neapolitan sixth, Neapolitan sixth


chord

sixth

added sixth chord

sixth

fifth-sixth chord

sixth

sixth-fourth chord

sixty

sixty-fourth rest

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sixty

sixty-fourth-note [US], hemidemi-semi-quaver

sketch

sketch, draft

slackening

slowing up, slackening

slide

slide, slur

slide

slide trumpet

slide

slide trombone

slide

slide

slow

not too slow

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slow

slow

slow

to slow up

slow

rather slow

slower

growing slower, slowing down

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slowing

growing slower, slowing down

slowing

slowing up, slackening

slowing

slowing

slur

slide, slur

slur

to tie, to slur

slur

tie, slur

slur

tie, slur, ligature

slurred

slurred, tied

small

small octave

small

piccolo, piccolo flute, small flute,


flageolet

small

small bell, chime

snare

side drum, military drum, snare


drum

snare

snare of sidedrum

so

less soft, not so soft

so

not so loud

soft

sweet, soft, suave

soft

soft pedal

soft

loud and immediately soft

soft

low, soft

soft

very low, very soft

soft

half soft, moderately soft

soft

less soft, not so soft

softer

softer

softly

most softly

sol fa

to sol=fa

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sol fa

to sol=fa

solmization

solmization

solo

solo singer

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solo

tasto solo, bass alone

solo

single, alone, solo

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solo

solo, solo part

soloist

soloist

somewhat

a little, somewhat

sonata

trio sonata

sonata

sonata

sonata

church sonata

sonata

chamber sonata

sonata

sonata form

sonatina

sonatina

song

hymn, spiritual song

song

part-song

song

folk song

song

song

song

cycle of songs

song

after-song

song

fore-song

song

lied form, song form

song

poem; song

song

funeral song, mourning song,


dirge

song

song without words

song

drinking song

song

chorus, choral song

song

cradle song, lullaby

song

pastoral song, shepherd's song

song

song-book, collection of songs

songster

songster; songstress

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songstress

songster; songstress

sonority

sonority

sonorous

well-sustained, resonant,
sonorous

sopran

sopran, treble voice

sopranino

saxophone sopranino

soprano

female soprano

soprano

soprano singer

soprano

E-string, soprano string

soprano

mezzo-soprano

soprano

soprano key

soprano

saxophone soprano

sorrowful

painful, sorrowful, doleful

sostenuto

sostenuto pedal, bass sustaining


pedal

sound

to beat, to strike, to touch, to


sound

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sound

to sound [instrument], to
produce [sound]

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sound

sound

sound

sounding board, sound board

sound

sound, tone

sound

sound post

sound

sound hole, ear

sound

swelling and diminishing [the


voice] on a sustained sound

sound

to resound, to sound

sound

sound-box

sounding

sounding board, sound board

sounding

sounding board, top, belly

soundless

soundless

space

space

[ ]

space

space

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speaking

speaking, spoken

species

Greek scales, octave species

speed

tempo, time, speed, pace

spirit

animated, with spirit

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spirited

with fire, spirited

spiritual

hymn, spiritual song

spoken

speaking, spoken

sponge

sponge-headed drumstick

sprightly

lively, with vivacity, sprightly

springing

hopped, springing

spurring

hastening, spurring on, pressing


forward

square

square notation

squawk

quack, squawk, goose

staff

staff, stave, staff-line

stand

music desk, music stand

stately

large, broad, stately

stave

staff, stave, staff-line

steel

steel string

stem

stem, neck

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stemmed

double stemmed note

step

degree, step

stick

drumstick, stick

stick

stick, bow-stick

stick

baton, stick

Stollen

Stollen

stop

register, organ stop

stop

to stop, to mute

stop

double stop

stopped

stopped, muted

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stopped

stopped tones, muted tones,


stopped notes, muted notes

straight

straight, direct

street

street organ, barrel organ

stress

reinforcing, reinforced, with


additional stress

stressed

very strongly marked, very


strongly stressed

stressed

marked, stressed

stretta

stretto, stretta

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stretto

stretto, stretta

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strict

in strict time, in appropriate time,


in appropriate movement

strict

strict, severe

strict

strict counterpoint

strident

shrill, strident

strike

to beat, to strike, to touch, to


sound

strike

to strike the drum

string

to lower the string

string

bow instrument, string


instrument, stringed instrument

string

bass string

string

catgut, catgut string

string

E-string, soprano string

string

steel string

string

string

string

open string

string

string, string player

string

string quartet

string

string orchestra

stringed

stringed instrument

stringed

bow instrument, string


instrument, stringed instrument

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stringholder

tailpiece, stringholder

stroke

tonguing, tongue stroke

stroke

stroke of the bow, bow stroke

stroke

stroke, beat

stroke

bowing, stroke

strong

loud, strong

strongly

very strongly marked, very


strongly stressed

strophe

strophe

strophic

through-composed, non-strophic

study

study

study

to study

study

to study

style

style, manner

style

style

style

fugal style

style

in march style

suave

sweet, soft, suave

subcontra

subcontra octave

subdominant

subdominant chord

subdominant

subdominant

subject

subject, dux

subject

second subject, second theme,


subsidiary theme

subject

last subject, final subject, last


theme, final theme

subject

first subject, first theme

subject

subject, theme

submediant

submediant

subsidiary

second subject, second theme,


subsidiary theme

substitution

equivalent, substitution

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subtonic

subtonic

succession

progression, consecution,
succession

succession

succession of chords

suite

suite

summit

summit, culmination point, climax

superimpose

to superimpose, to superpose

supernumerary

supernumerary, extra

superpose

to superimpose, to superpose

supertonic

supertonic

supplementary

supplementary accompaniment

suspension

suspension, retardation

sustain

to hold, to sustain

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sustained

moving but sustained

sustained

sustained

sustained

swelling and diminishing [the


voice] on a sustained sound

sustained

well-sustained, resonant,
sonorous

sustaining

forte pedal, total sustaining


pedal, damper pedal

sustaining

sostenuto pedal, bass sustaining


pedal

sweet

sweet, soft, suave

sweetly

lovable, with tenderness, sweetly

swelling

swelling and diminishing [the


voice] on a sustained sound

swift

swift, rapid, quick

symphonic

symphonic music

symphonic

symphonic poem

symphonic

symphonic orchestra

symphony

symphony

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symphony

concerted symphony

synchronize

to synchronize

syncopate

to syncopate

syncopation

syncopation, syncope

syncope

syncopation, syncope

tablature

tablature

tailpiece

tailpiece, stringholder

take

to take breath, to inhale

tam

tam-tam, gong

tambourin

tambourin

tambourine

tambourine, hand drum

tamburo

tamburo

tango

tango

tanto

ma non tanto

tarantella

tarantella

tasto

tasto solo, bass alone

temper

to temper

temperament

equal temperament

tempered

well tempered

tempo

tempo alla breve

tempo

first tempo, tempo primo

tempo

principal tempo

tempo

tempo, time, speed, pace

tenderness

lovable, with tenderness, sweetly

tenor

side drum, tenor drum

tenor

tenor

tenor

tenor key

tenor

saxophone tenor

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tenth

tenth

termination

unaccented appoggiatura,
termination of trill

ternary

ternary measure

tessitura

tessitura, lie

tetrachord

tetrachord

text

text

textbook

textbook, libretto

the

in the beat

the

with the bow

the

to lower the string

the

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

the

half the power of the voice, half


the volume of the voice

the

to blow the trumpet

the

placing, distribution of the notes,


distribution of the chord

the

stroke of the bow, bow stroke

the

from the sign to the sign

the

from the beginning to the word


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to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
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point of the bow, head of the


bow, end of the bow

the

to change the tuning, to retune

the

to sing the second part, to play


the second part

the

to strike the drum

thematic

thematic work, thematic


development

thematic

thematic

theme

second subject, second theme,


subsidiary theme

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theme

last subject, final subject, last


theme, final theme

theme

first subject, first theme

theme

subject, theme

theorbo

theorbo, theorboe

theorboe

theorbo, theorboe

theory

theory of music

third

third

third

major third

third

minor third

third

third-fourth chord

thirty

thirty-second rest

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thirty-second-note [US], demisemi-quaver

thorough

figured bass, thorough bass

three

three-line octave

three

for three voices, for three parts

through

through-composed, non-strophic

tie

to tie, to slur

tie

tie, slur

tie

tie, slur, ligature

tied

slurred, tied

timbre

timbre

time

rigorously in time

time

robbed time, irregular time,


robbed measurement, free
measurement, irregular measure

time

in strict time, in appropriate time,


in appropriate movement

time

in time, in first time, in original


time

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time

beating, time beating

time

to beat time

time

getting faster, hastening,


accelerating the pace, quickening
the time

time

tempo, time, speed, pace

time

2/4 measure, 2/4 time

time

time, ending

time

first ending, first time

time

second ending, second time

tippling

double tonguing, tippling

to

to temper

to

to chromatize

to

to improvise

to

to prelude

to

to perform, to render, to
interpret

to

to criticize

to

to nuance

to

to render, to perform, to
interpret

to

to recite, to declaim

to

to push

to

to fade, to fade out

to

to raise, to sharpen

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to force

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to echo

to

to accentuate

to

to introduce

to

to set to music

to

to flatten

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to lower, to flatten

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to

to lower the string

to

to sharpen

to

to pause

to

to enter, to join

to

to beat, to strike, to touch, to


sound

to

to enlarge

to

to harmonize

to

to transpose

to

to sound [instrument], to
produce [sound]

to

to figurate

to

to alter

to

to slow up

to

to produce [sound]

to

to reverberate

to

to lengthen, to prolong

to

assembly, call to arms

to

to hold, to sustain

to

to beat time

to

to beat down

to

to beat up

to

to lead

to

to sing

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to compose

to

to divide

to

to blow the trumpet

to

to trill

to

to yodel

to

to tune

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to

to cover

to

to double

to

to accompany

to

to blend

to

from the sign to the sign

to

to play, to have music

to

to rhythmicize, to rhythmize

to

to moderate

to

from the beginning to the word


'fine'

to

to play

to

to play arpeggio

to

to concord, to be consonant

to

to conduct

to

to overblow an octave

to

to play a fifth above the octave,


to overblow a fifth above the
octave

to

to breathe

to

to blow, to exhale

to

to interpret

to

to sol=fa

to

to modulate

to

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

to

to put out of tune

to

to synchronize

to

to syncopate

to

to figure

to

to stop, to mute

to

to arrange, to score

to

to embellish

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to

to improvise

to

to hum

to

to phrase

to

to develop [voice]

to

to intone, to begin to sing

to

to attack

to

to pluck, to pinch

to

to resolve

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to

to reduce

to

to discord

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to resound, to sound

to

to tie, to slur

to

to bow

to

to vibrate

to

to superimpose, to superpose

to

to tremble

to

to study

to

to change the tuning, to retune

to

to take breath, to inhale

to

to sol=fa

to

to whistle

to

to psalmodize

to

to orchestrate, to score

to

to instrument

to

to sing the second part, to play


the second part

to

to study

to

to touch

to

to strike the drum

toccata

toccata

tonal

tonal music

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tonal

tonal fugue

tonality

tonality

tone

fainting in tone, dying away,


diminishing in loudness

tone

tone

tone

sound, tone

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tone

flageolet-tones, harmonics

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tone

tone

tone

fundamental tone, fundamental


note

tone

root, fundamental tone, key note

tone

stopped tones, muted tones,


stopped notes, muted notes

tone

harmonics, overtones, partial


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reed, tongue

tongue

tonguing, tongue stroke

tonguing

tonguing, tongue stroke

tonguing

double tonguing, tippling

tonguing

flutter-tonguing, flatterzunge

tonic

tonic

tonic

tonic chord

too

not too slow


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not too much

top

sounding board, top, belly

tordion

tordion

total

forte pedal, total sustaining


pedal, damper pedal

touch

to beat, to strike, to touch, to


sound

touch

touch

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touch

to touch

trained

trained, cultured

transcription

transcription

transition

transition

transition

transition

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transpose

to transpose

transposing

transposing instrument

transposition

transposition

transverse

cross-flute, transverse flute

treatise

harmony, treatise on harmony

treble

descant, treble

treble

treble clef

treble

G clef, treble clef

treble

sopran, treble voice

tremble

to tremble

tremolo

tremolo

triad

triad

triangle

beater, beater of a triangle

triangle

triangle

trifle

bagatelle, trifle

trill

unaccented appoggiatura,
termination of trill

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trill

trill, shake

trill

to trill

trio

trio

trio

trio sonata

trio

trio

triole

triole

triple

triple fugue

tritone

tritone

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triumphal

triumphal, triumphant

triumphal

triumphal march

triumphant

triumphal, triumphant

trombone

trombone

trombone

valve trombone, piston trombone

trombone

slide trombone

trombonist

trombonist

tropus

tropus

troubadour

troubadour

trumpet

bass trumpet

trumpet

valve trumpet, piston trumpet,


piston

trumpet

trumpet, fanfare

trumpet

slide trumpet

trumpet

to blow the trumpet

trumpeter

trumpeter

tuba

bass tuba, bombardon

tuba

tuba

tubular

tubular bells, chimes

tune

to tune

tune

tune

tune

out of tune

tune

to sing false, to play false, to sing


out of tune, to play out of tune,
to sing off key, to play off key

tune

to put out of tune

tuner

tuner

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tuning

peg, tuning key

tuning

tuning

tuning

tuning fork

tuning

to change the tuning, to retune

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turn

turn

turn

inverted turn

twelfth

twelfth

two

two-line octave

two

for two voices

una

una corda

unaccented

unaccented appoggiatura,
termination of trill

unaccented

weak beat, unaccented part [of


bar]

uncovered

uncovered

under

under-diminished, doubly
diminished

unison

unison

unison

in unison

unity

unity

unrestrained

unrestrained, with burst of


passion

up

set-up

up

to slow up

up

up-beat

up

to beat up

up

slowing up, slackening

up

up-bow

up

filling-up part, auxiliary voice,


accessory part

upper

dominant, upper dominant

upper

mordent, inverted mordent,


upper mordent

upper

harmonics, overtones, partial


tones, upper tones

upper

upper part, upper voice

upright

piano, pianoforte, upright


pianoforte

value

duration, note value

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valve

valve trumpet, piston trumpet,


piston

valve

valve trombone, piston trombone

valve

valve horn

valve

piston, valve

variation

variation

varied

varied

verse

verse

version

version

very

very quick

very

very strongly marked, very


strongly stressed

very

andante, walking, very moderate

very

very

very

very low, very soft

very

very loud, as loud as possible

very

very loud

very

much, very, extremely

very

very moderate, very moderately

vibrate

to vibrate

vibrated

vibrated

vibration

vibration

vigorous

vigorous, vigorously

vigorously

vigorous, vigorously

vigour

force, vigour, intensity

viola

viola d'amore

viola

viola da gamba

viola

viola

violent

impetuous, violent

violent

wild, fierce, violent

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violin

violin

violin-conductor

violinist

violinist

violist

violist

violoncello

violoncello

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vivacity

with vivacity, with fire

vivacity

lively, with vivacity, sprightly

vocal

vocal music

vocal

vocal part

vocalise

vocalise

vocalization

vocalization

voice

mutation, breaking of voice

voice

voice leading

voice

half the power of the voice, half


the volume of the voice

voice

in one voice

voice

sopran, treble voice

voice

part, voice

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voice

chest voice

voice

fundamental part, fundamental


voice

voice

leading voice

voice

filling-up part, auxiliary voice,


accessory part

voice

upper part, upper voice

voice

extreme voice, outer voice, outer


part

voice

principal part, principal voice

voice

intermediate part, intermediate


voice

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voice

organ, voice

voiced

polyphonic, many-voiced

voices

for two voices

voices

crossing voices

voices

for three voices, for three parts

volta

volta

volume

half the power of the voice, half


the volume of the voice

volume

volume

waist

waist, bout

walking

andante, walking, very moderate

wall

rib, side wall

waltz

waltz

warlike

martial, warlike

weak

weak beat, unaccented part [of


bar]

well

well tempered

well

well emphasized, well


accentuated

well

well-sustained, resonant,
sonorous

whistle

whistle

whistle

to whistle

whole

whole rest

whole

double whole note, breve

whole

whole note [US], semibreve [UK]

wild

wild, fierce, violent

wind

wind instrument

wind

wind, wind player

wind

wind-orchestra, military band

with

with vivacity, with fire

with

animated, with spirit

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with

unrestrained, with burst of


passion

with

affectionate, with affection

with

movable, with motion

with

with the bow

with

lively, with vivacity, sprightly

with

with fire, spirited

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with passion, ardently


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reinforcing, reinforced, with


additional stress

with

forced, with force

with

lovable, with tenderness, sweetly

with

sad, lugubrious, with gloom

with

free, nimble, fluent, with ease

with

majestically, with dignity

without

song without words

wooden

wooden drumstick

woodwind

woodwind instrument

word

from the beginning to the word


'fine'

word

song without words

work

work

work

thematic work, thematic


development

working

development, working-out

wrong

erroneous, false, wrong

xylophone

xylophone

xylophone

xylophone player, xylophonist

xylophonist

xylophone player, xylophonist

yodel

to yodel

yodel

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zimbalon

cymbalom, cimbalom, zimbalon

zither

zither, zithern, cither, cithern,


cittern

zither

zither player, citherist

zithern

zither, zithern, cither, cithern,


cittern

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