Musical terms

Musical terms: A glossary of useful terminology - Classic FM

From adagio to waltz, here is a comprehensive guide to Italian musical terms and other terminology.

Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

B · brillante: Brilliantly, with sparkle. Play in a showy and spirited style. · brio or brioso: Vigour; usually in con brio: with spirit or vigour · broken ...

Glossary of Musical Terms - San Francisco Classical Voice

Our glossary of musical terms lets you look up any musical term unfamiliar to you, and comes to us courtesy of our good friends at Naxos.

The Ultimate List of Musical Terms (200+) - Composer Code

The Ultimate List of Musical Terms (200+) · 20th Century Music: music composed during the 20th century, characterized by a wide range of styles ...

100+ Music Terms - Glossary of Music Terminology - Yousician

+100 music terms: musician's glossary · 12 bar blues. 12 bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in popular music and the most common one in the ...

Music Glossary - KET Education - Kentucky Educational Television

a form or structure in music that has two distinct and contrasting sections (AB), each of which may or may not be repeated.

The Ultimate List of Musical Terms (300+ Terms) - Composer Focus

Are you struggling to understand the complex world of music terminology? Look no further! This comprehensive glossary is here to help you unravel the mysteries ...

Musical Terms - Glacier Symphony

Accelerando - (Italian: "getting faster") – indicates the music should speed up. Adagio - (Italian: "slow"). Meaning the music should be played slowly.

Musical Terms and Concepts | SUNY Potsdam

1600-1750 textures: homophonic, polyphonic, and contrapuntal textures rhythms: metrical rhythms, strong and weak beat pulses motives: short ideas become the ...

A glossary of music terminologies you can learn at Naxos

Musical terms and concepts to guide and help you understand classical music more.

10 Essential Musical Terms | Metropolitan Opera

A type of song, often associated with folk music, that tells a story. Ballads typically feature a “strophic” structure (ie, the same melody is sung over and ...

Italian musical terms | Musicca

Italian words are commonly used in music notation to instruct performers on how to play a piece of music. First used by 17th-century Italian composers.

Musical Terms - Troy Community Chorus

A musical term referring to a musical scale that consists of only whole-tone notes. This scale only has six basic notes.

Glossary of musical terms (article) - Khan Academy

A specific number of musical sounds that are organized within a measure, and that are contained within two solid lines called bar lines.

Glossary of Musical Terms | San Francisco Classical Voice

Glossary of Musical Terms · Lament · Lamentations · Ländler · Larghetto · Largo · Legato · Leggero (Leggiero) · Legno. Legno, wood, appears in ...

List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

Many musical terms are in Italian because, in Europe, the vast majority of the most important early composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque period ...

Classical music and orchestra vocabulary - Chicago Sinfonietta

Learn some basic words used in the classical music world and you'll be sounding like a concert going professional in no time!

1 Musical terms A-Z (LilyPond Music Glossary)

Italian Musical Terms - Music Theory

The majority of musical terms are in Italian, so this page has quite a long list. The other common languages for musical terms are German and French.

Glossary of Useful Musical Terms! - Your Personal Singing Guide

Glossary of. Useful Musical Terms! ; Medley, Musical term referring to sections of various songs that are performed one after another forming one complete song ...