Music Glossary

A

• Instruments & Performance Accompaniment Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Ad-lib / Improvisation Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Alternate Picking Read the entry →

B

• Instruments & Performance Backing Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Band Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Barre Chord Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Bass Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Bend Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Bowing Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Brass Instruments Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Brushes Read the entry →

C

• Instruments & Performance Cadenza Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Call and Response Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Capo Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Chord Chart Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Chorus / Backing Vocals Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Comping Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Crescendo Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Cutting Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Cymbal Read the entry →

D

• Instruments & Performance Damper Pedal / Sustain Pedal Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Decrescendo Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Double-time Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Double Stop Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Double Tonguing Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Down Picking Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Drums Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Dynamics Markings Read the entry →

E

• Instruments & Performance Ensemble Read the entry →

F

• Instruments & Performance Fermata Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Fingering Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Fingerpicking Read the entry →

G

• Instruments & Performance General Rehearsal Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Ghost Note Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Glissando Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Guitar Read the entry →

H

• Instruments & Performance Half-time Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Hammer-on / Pull-off Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Harmonics Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Hi-hat Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Hybrid Picking Read the entry →

K

• Instruments & Performance Keyboard Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Kick Drum Read the entry →

L

• Instruments & Performance Lead Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Lead Sheet Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Legato Read the entry →

M

• Instruments & Performance Marcato Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Melody Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Mordent Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Music Score Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Mute Read the entry →

O

• Instruments & Performance Obbligato Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Octave Playing Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Open Tuning Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Orchestra Read the entry →

P

• Instruments & Performance Palm Mute Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Percussion Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Piano Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Picking Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Pitch Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Pizzicato Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Portamento Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Power Chord Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Pre-production Read the entry →

R

• Instruments & Performance Range / Register Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Rasgueado Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Rehearsal Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Rimshot Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Ritardando Read the entry →

S

• Instruments & Performance Session Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Slap Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Slide Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Snare Drum Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Solo Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Staccato Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance String Instruments Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Strumming Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Sustain Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Sweep Picking Read the entry →

T

• Instruments & Performance Tablature Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Tapping Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Tonguing Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Tremolo Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Trill Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Tuning Read the entry →

V

• Instruments & Performance Vibrato Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Vocal Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Vocal Ad-lib Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Vocal Harmony Read the entry →

W

• Instruments & Performance Wind Instruments Read the entry →
• Instruments & Performance Woodwind Instruments Read the entry →