Musical Terms

Metre

Tonality

Texture

Timbre

Dynamics

Modulation

Drone

Pedal

Tonic

Subdominant

Dominant

Diatonic

Dissonance/Discords

Perfect Cadence

Imperfect Cadence

Plagal Cadence

Interrupted Cadence

Pizzicato

Double Stopping

Distortion

String Bending

Power Chords

Vocoder

Delay

Multitracking

Strophic Form

Call and Response

Binary Form

Ternary Form

Arch

Ground Bass

Rondo

Antiphonal/Contrapuntal

Pitch Bend

Canonic

Acciaccatura

Appoggiatura

Pentatonic

Mordent

Trill

Octaves

Scalic

Unison

Single Melody Line

Melody with Accompaniment

Polyphonic

Sequence

Interval

Homophonic

Disjunct

Conjunct

Diatonic

Syncopation

Drum fills

Swing

Dotted Rhythms

BPM

Accelerando

Adagio/Lento/Largo

Andante

Presto

Moderato

Rallentando

Allegro

Rubato

Vivace

Triplets

Dimunution

Augmentation

Polyrhythms

Cross-Rhythms

Time Signature

Hemiola

Chromatic

Consonance

Alberti Bass

Triadic/Broken Chords/Arpeggio

Imitation

Inversion

Slide/Glissando/Portamento

Ostinato/Riff/Loop

Con arco

Tremolo

Falsetto

Vibrato

Crescendo

Diminuendo