Musical Elements:
tone color
melody
harmony
rhythm
structure
(context)
Scale Tones:
tonic
supertonic
mediant
subdominant
dominant
submediant
subtonic
leading tone
Intervals:
perfect unison
minor second (semitone/half-step)
major second (whole tone/whole step)
minor third
major third
perfect fourth
tritone
perfect fifth
minor sixth
major sixth
minor (dominant) seventh
major seventh
perfect octave
Tonality:
diatonic
major
minor (natural, harmonic, melodic)
anhemitonic pentatonic
hemitonic pentatonic
octatonic
whole tone
modal (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian)
Meter:
simple
compound
duple
triple
compound/complex
mixed
Tempo:
grave
largo
adagio
andante
moderato
allegro
vivo
vivace
presto
Tempo Changes:
accelerando
allargando
cadenza
decelerando
l'istesso
rallentando
ritardando
rubato
Dynamics:
niente
piano
forte
crescendo
decrescendo
diminuendo
Opera:
overture
entr'act
intermezzo
aria
recitative
chorus
libretto
Techniques and Ornamentation:
arco
col legno
con sordino
glissando
(gran) martelé
spiccato
tremolo
trill
pizzicato
Genres:
chant
polyphony
madrigal
mass
requiem
motet
opera
operetta
minuet
scherzo
allemande
sarabande
gigue
galliard
chaconne
saltarello
bourrée
cantata
oratorio
hymn
chorale
ballet
symphony
concerto
sonata
Lied
tone poem
nocturne
mazurka
waltz
polka
impressionism
expressionism
serialism
minimalism
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World Music Genres:
jig
hornpipe
slip-jig
reel
strathspey
samba
bossa nova
salsa
mariachi
ranchera
reggae
calypso
tala
raga
gagaku
hogaku
enka
gamelan
wangga
Popular Music:
spiritual
ragtime
blues
swing
big band
rock & roll
fusion
Latin
Forms:
strophic
ritornello
rondo
binary
ternary
sonata-allegro
theme and variations
double variation
12-bar blues
song form
Expression:
cantabile
giocoso
legato
staccato
leggiero
sostenuto
stretto
maestoso
a capella
a piacere
ad libitum
affrettando
agitato
appassionato
con mosso
deciso
dolce
doloroso
con fuoco
grandioso
grazioso
lacrimoso
marziale
pesante
risoluto
religioso
scherzando
simile
Road Map:
da capo
da segno
al finé
al coda
attaca
volti subito (V.S.)
World Instruments:
zither
fiddle
dulcimer
tin whistle
bagpipes
pan flute
shaker
berimbau
steel drums
djembe
mbira
kalimba
enanga
oud
duduk
doumbek
zildjian
sitar
tambura
tablas
bansuri
dizi
erhu
guzheng
hichiriki
koto
shamisen
sho
ryuteki
didgeridoo
rebab
Vocal Types
bass
baritone
tenor
countertenor
contralto
alto
mezzo-soprano
soprano
Music Vocabulary:
dominant
secondary dominant
basso continuo
concertino
-etto
-issimo
meno
mosso
ripieno
tutti
virtuoso
ostinatto
piú
poco a poco
tessitura
dissonance (suspension, tone cluster, non-chord tone, polychord)
tritone substitution
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