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 topical guide to music:
[edit] General topics
Music theory – Musical acoustics – Band (music) – Composition – Ensemble – Genre – Instrument – Musical keyboard – Mode – Musician – Music and politics – Music history – Music lessons – Music technology – Musical notation – Musical terminology – Tuning – Musicology
[edit] History of music
[edit] By region or ethnicity
[edit] Music industry topics
Main article:
Music industryAlbum – Compact disk (CD) – Compact Cassette – Concert – Concert tour – Grammy Awards – Music recording sales certification – Performance – Record – Record industry – Recording studio
[edit] People
- A&R – ASCAP – Arranger – Band manager – Booking agent – BMI – Composer – Copyright collective – MCPS – Musical ensemble – Musician – Rhythm section – Lead guitarist – Bassist – Musicians' Union – publisher – PRS – Record label – Record producer – Record distributor – Road crew ("roadies") – Singer – Songwriter – Performance rights organisation – Tour promoter
[edit] Ensembles
- Main articles: Musical ensemble and list of musical ensembles
Band – Organ trio – Power trio –Choir – Concert band – Duet – Marching Band – Orchestra – Quartet – Quintet – Big band
[edit] Genres of music
- Main articles: Musical genre and List of musical genres
Examples of genres: Blues – Classical – Country – Electronic – Electronic dance – Electronica – Funk – Gospel – Grunge – Hip hop – Jazz – Latin American – Metal – Progressive rock – Reggae – Punk rock – Rhythm and blues – Rock – Ska
[edit] Music by region
[edit] Musical compositions
[edit] Types of musical pieces and compositions
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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
[edit] Sections of a piece or composition
- Introduction – Exposition – Recapitulation – Verse – Refrain (chorus) – Bridge – Interlude – Guitar solo – Conclusion – Coda – Fadeout
[edit] Musical notation
- Main article: Musical notation See also: Modern musical symbols and Sheet music.
[edit] Variations of musical notation
[edit] Musical skills and procedures
Absolute pitch – Ear training – Fingering – Learning music by ear – Modulation – Numerical sight-singing – Practice – Relative pitch – Sight reading – "Swinging" – Transposition – Tuning – Virtuosity
[edit] Vocal ranges
Main article:
Vocal range[edit] Female ranges
- Soprano – Mezzo-soprano – Contralto
[edit] Male ranges
- Boy soprano
- Sopranist – Alto – Tenor – Baritone – Bass-baritone – Bass
[edit] Instruments
Wind instruments – Percussion instruments – String instruments – Voice – Electronic instruments – Keyboard instruments
See also the List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number
[edit] Music-related lists
[edit] External links
- 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.
