Music theory

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

eighth note

eighth rest

espressivo

F

fermata

fifth

fine

flag

flat

forte

fortissimo

forzando

fourth

fugue

furioso

G

grandioso

grave

H

half note

half step

harmonic major

harmonic minor

harmonics

harmony

hemidemisemiquaver

I

interval

intonation

invention

Ionian mode

J

jazz

K

key

key signature

L

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

natural

natural minor

notation

notes

O

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

quarter note

quarter rest

quaver

quaver rest

R

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

vibrato

vivace

W

whole note

whole rest

whole step

whole tone scale