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List of basic music topics
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Music is a human expression in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or tones and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to music:
General topics
Music theory – Musical acoustics – Band (music) – Composition – Ensemble – Genre – Instrument – Keyboard – Mode – Musician – Music and politics – Music history – Music lessons – Music technology – Musical notation – Musical terminology – Tuning – History of music
Music industry topics
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Main article: Music industry
Album – Compact disk (CD) – Compact Cassette – Concert – Concert tour – Grammy Awards – Music recording sales certification – Performance – Record – Record industry – Recording studio
People
- A&R – ASCAP – Arranger – Band manager – Booker – BMI – Composer – Copyright collective – MCPS – Musical ensemble – Musician – Musicians' Union – publisher – PRS – Record label – Record producer – Record distributor – Road crew ("roadies") – Singer – Songwriter – Performance rights organisation – Tour promoter
Ensembles
- Main articles: Musical ensemble and list of musical ensembles
Band – Choir – Concert band – Duet – Marching Band – Orchestra – Quartet – Quintet
Genres of music
- Main articles: Musical genre and List of musical genres
Examples of genres: Blues – Classical – Country – Dub – Electronic – Electronic dance – Electronica – Funk – Gospel – Hip hop – Jazz – Latin American – Melodic – Pop – Progressive Rock – Rapcore – Reggae – Rap – Rhythm and blues – Rock – Ska
Music by region
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Musical compositions
Types of musical pieces and compositions
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Main article: Musical form
- Single-movement forms: Strophic form (AA...) – Binary form (AB) – Ternary form less often tertiary (ABA) – Arch form (ABCBA)
- Multi-movement forms: Ballet – Cantata – Chorale – Concerto – Dance – Etude – Fantasia – Fugue – Mass – Opera – Oratorio – Prelude – Requiem – Rhapsody – Sonata – Suite – Symphonic poem – Symphony
Sections of a piece or composition
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- Introduction – Exposition – Recapitulation – Verse – Refrain (chorus) – Conclusion – Coda – Fadeout – Bridge – Interlude
Musical notation
- Main article: Musical notation See also: Modern musical symbols and Sheet music.
Variations of musical notation
Musical skills and procedures
Absolute pitch – Ear training – Fingering – Learning music by ear – Modulation – Numerical sight-singing – Practice – Relative pitch – Sight reading – Transposition – Tuning – Virtuosity
Vocal ranges
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Main article: Vocal range
Female ranges
- Soprano – Mezzo-soprano – Contralto
Male ranges
- Boy soprano
- Sopranist – Alto – Tenor – Baritone – Bass-baritone – Bass
Instruments
- Main articles: Musical instrument and List of musical instruments
Wind instruments – LamellOphones – Percussion instruments – String instruments – Voice – Electronic instruments – Keyboard instruments
See also the List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number
Music-related lists
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External links
- VMuzica.com - Video Music
- The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples, quizzes and simulations
- The Music-Web Music Encyclopedia, for musicians, composers and music lovers
- Dolmetsch free online music dictionary, complete, with references to a list of specialised music dictionaries (by continent, by instrument, by genre, etc.)
- Musico-Dico, a little music encyclopedia.
- "On Hermeneutical Ethics and Education: Bach als Erzieher", a paper by Prof. Miguel Ángel Quintana Paz in which he explains the history of the different views hold about music in Western societies, since the Ancient Greece to our days.
