Anacrusis

Beat

Simple time

Compound time

Harmonic rhythm

Offbeat

Polyrhythm

Rest

Swing rhythm

Syncopation

Triplet

Accent

Arco

Legato

Pizzicato (or pizz)

Staccato

Vibrato

Binary form

Ternary form

Rondo Form

Canon

Coda

Fuge

Chamber music

Concerto

Ensemble

Opera

Oratorio

Sonata

Symphony

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

Modern

Largo

Adagio

Andante

Moderato

Allegretto

Allegro

Vivace

Presto

Accelerando

Allargando

Rallentando/Ritenuto

Rubato

Strophic

Through-composed

Outro/Coda

Melisma

Virtuoso

Cadenza

Conductor

Movement

Break

Improvisation

ff

f

mf

mp

p

pp

cresc.

dim./decresc.

Arpeggio

Blues scale

Glissando

Interval

Intonation

Key

Melody

Modal

Range

Octave

Ornaments

Pentatonic

Pitch

Scale

Semitone

Tonality

Tone

Trill

Bass line

Call-and-response

Imitation

Instrumentation

Inversion

Leitmotif

Ostinato

Sequence

Timbre

Walking bass

Atonal

Cadence

Chord

Chromatic notes

Diatonic notes

Dissonance

Dominant

Drone

Major and Minor

Modulation

Relative major/minor

Subdominant

12 bar blues

Texture

Accompaniment

Heterophony

Homophonic

Monophonic

Parallel motion

Polyphonic/Contrapuntal/Counterpoint