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Outline of music

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to music:

See also: Index of music articles

Music – human expression often in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or tones and silence. It may be expressed in terms of pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre.

the arts

Timeline of musical events

Prehistoric music

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Strophic form

(AB) –

Binary form

less often tertiary (ABA) –

Ternary form

(ABCBA)

Arch form

Bell chord

Arpeggio

Ostinato

Tremolo

Guitar performance techniques

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Absolute pitch

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Ear training

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Fingering

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Learning music by ear

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Modulation

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Numerical sight-singing

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Practice

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Relative pitch

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Sight reading

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"Swinging"

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Transposition

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Tuning

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Virtuosity

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Wind instruments

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Percussion instruments

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String instruments

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Voice

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Electronic instruments

Keyboard instruments

Musical keyboard

Musical instrument   (List of musical instruments)


See also the List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number

Electric music technology

Electronic and digital music technology

Mechanical music technology

Music technology –

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Album

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Compact disc (CD)

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Compact Cassette

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Concert

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Concert tour

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Grammy Awards

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Music recording sales certification

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Performance

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Record

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Record industry

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Recording studio

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Single

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Pitch

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Scale

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Mode

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Chord

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Dynamics (music)

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Articulation

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Texture

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Consonance and dissonance

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Expression

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Harmony

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Melody

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Musical form

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Notation

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Rhythm

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Timbre

Biomusicology

Evolutionary musicology

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Cognitive musicology

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Ethnomusicology

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Historical musicology

Systematic musicology

Sociomusicology

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Zoomusicology

Music and politics[edit]

Music and politics –

Musicians' Union (UK)

Sony Music Entertainment

International Music Council

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

Australian Recording Industry Association

Cognitive musicology

Cognitive neuroscience of music

Culture in music cognition

Music and emotion

Music-specific disorders

Music therapy

Psychoacoustics

Psychoanalysis and music

Psychology of music preference

Psychology of music

Index of music articles

Glossary of musical terminology

Outline of the Beatles

Outline of the Doors

Taxonomy of musical instruments

with definitions, pronunciations, examples, quizzes and simulations

The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

for musicians, composers and music lovers

The Music-Web Music Encyclopedia

complete, with references to a list of specialised music dictionaries (by continent, by instrument, by genre, etc.)

Dolmetsch free online music dictionary

a little music encyclopedia.

Musico-Dico

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.

"On Hermeneutical Ethics and Education: Bach als Erzieher"

For 13- to 19-year-olds interested in learning about, making, performing and talking about music.

BBC Blast Music

- Glossary of music terms from Naxos

Musical Terms

addressing a variety of musical topics for a wide audience

Monthly Online Features From Bloomingdale School of Music

Articles meant to stimulate people's awareness about the peace enhancing, transforming,

Arts and Music Uplifting Society towards Transformation and Tolerance

edited by Dustin Garlitz

PhilosophyOfMusic.org

Experimental Early Music