Music Theory! Full list of Music Theory words with pictures
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Music Theory words list
A
| Accelerando | Allegretto | Animato |
| Accent | Allegro | Arioso |
| Adagio | Andante | Arpeggio |
| Aeolian mode | Andantino |
B
| Bar | Beat | Breath mark |
| Bass | Blues |
C
| Cadence | Chromatic scale | Con brio |
| Canon | Circle of fifths | Counterpoint |
| Cantabile | Clef | Crescendo |
| Chord | Coda | Crotchet |
D
| Da capo | Diminuendo | Dominant |
| Decrescendo | Dissonance | Dorian mode |
| Demisemiquaver | Dolce | Dynamics |
| Diatonic |
E
| Eighth note | Eighth rest | Espressivo |
F
| Fermata | Flat | Fourth |
| Fifth | Forte | Fugue |
| Fine | Fortissimo | Furioso |
| Flag | Forzando |
G
| Grandioso | Grave |
H
| Half note | Harmonic minor | Harmony |
| Half step | Harmonics | Hemidemisemiquaver |
| Harmonic major |
I
| Interval | Invention | Ionian mode |
| Intonation |
J
| Jazz |
K
| Key | Key signature |
L
| Largo | Lento | Locrian mode |
| Ledger line | Libretto | Lydian mode |
| Legato |
M
| Major | Melody | Minor |
| Major third | Meter | Minor third |
| Marcato | Mezzo forte | Mixolydian mode |
| Measure | Mezzo piano | Moderato |
| Melodic minor | Minim | Modulation |
N
| Natural | Notation | Notes |
| Natural minor |
O
| Octatonic | Opera | Overtone |
| Octave | Ornament |
P
| Pentatonic | Pianissimo | Poco a poco |
| Pentatonic scale | Piano | Polyphony |
| Pesante | Pitch | Prestissimo |
| Phrase | Pizzicato | Presto |
| Phrygian mode | Play |
Q
| Quarter note | Quarter rest | Quaver |
R
| Rallentando | Rest | Rock and roll |
| Religioso | Rhythm | Rubato |
| Repeat | Ritard |
S
| Scale | Sharp | Staff |
| Scherzando | Simile | Stave |
| Scherzo | Sixteenth note | Stem |
| Segno | Sixty-fourth note | Subdominant |
| Semiquaver | Slur | Subito |
| Semplice | Sonata | Supertonic |
| Sempre | Sostenuto | Symphony |
| Sequence | Sotto voce | Syncopation |
| Sforzando | Staccato |
T
| Tablature | Tie | |
| Tempo | Timbre | Treble |
| Tenuto | Time signature | Triad |
| Theme | Tonic | Trill |
| Theory | Tranquillo | Triplets |
| Thirty-second note | Transposition | Tritone |
V
| Vibrato | Vivace |
W
| Whole note | Whole step | Whole tone scale |
| Whole rest |
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