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A
accelerando
accent
adagio
Aeolian mode
allegretto
allegro
andante
andantino
animato
arioso
arpeggio
B
bar
bass
beat
blues
breath mark
C
cadence
canon
cantabile
chord
chromatic scale
circle of fifths
clef
coda
con brio
counterpoint
crescendo
crotchet
D
da capo
decrescendo
demisemiquaver
diatonic
diminuendo
dissonance
dolce
dominant
Dorian mode
dynamics
E-F
eighth note
eighth rest
espressivo
fermata
fifth
fine
flag
flat
forte
fortissimo
forzando
fourth
fugue
furioso
G-H
grandioso
grave
half note
half step
harmonic major
harmonic minor
harmonics
harmony
hemidemisemiquaver
I-J
interval
intonation
invention
Ionian mode
jazz
K-L
key
key signature
largo
ledger line
legato
lento
libretto
Locrian mode
Lydian mode
M
major
major third
marcato
measure
melodic minor
melody
meter
mezzo forte
mezzo piano
minim
minor
minor third
Mixolydian mode
moderato
modulation
molto
music
N-O
natural
natural minor
notation
notes
octatonic
octave
opera
ornament
overtone
P
pentatonic
pentatonic scale
pesante
phrase
Phrygian mode
pianissimo
piano
pitch
pizzicato
play
poco a poco
polyphony
prestissimo
presto
Q-R
quarter note
quarter rest
quaver
quaver rest
rallentando
religioso
repeat
rest
rhythm
ritard
rock and roll
rubato
S
scale
scherzando
scherzo
segno
semiquaver
semplice
sempre
sequence
sforzando
sharp
simile
sixteenth note
sixty-fourth note
slur
sonata
sostenuto
sotto voce
staccato
staff
stave
stem
subdominant
subito
supertonic
symphony
syncopation
T
tablature
tempo
tenuto
theme
theory
thirty-second note
tie
timbre
time signature
tonic
tranquillo
transposition
treble
triad
trill
triplets
tritone
V-W
vibrato
vivace
whole note
whole rest
whole step
whole tone scale