Outline of music

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[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 – History of music

[edit] Music industry topics

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

[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 – Hip hop – Jazz – Latin American – Metal – Progressive rock – Reggae – Punk rock – Rhythm and blues – Rock – Ska

[edit] Music by region

Main article: List of cultural and regional genres of music

[edit] Musical compositions

[edit] Types of musical pieces and compositions

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

[edit] Sections of a piece or composition

Main article: Section (music)

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.

Staff
- Clefs
- Key signature
  - Key
- Time signature
  - Beats
- Bars (Measures)
- Ledger lines

Lyrics (included on vocal music)
Score (for ensembles)

[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

Main articles: Musical instrument and List of musical instruments

Wind instruments – Percussion instruments – String instruments – Voice – Electronic instruments – Keyboard instruments

[edit] Music-related lists

Main article: List of music topics

[edit] 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.