A-Z Concepts List – My Music Online

N3	N4	N5	Hi	AH	Concept
N3					2, 3 or 4 beats in the bar
			H		3 against 2
		N5			A cappella
	N4				A tempo
		N5			AB
	N4				ABA
		N5			ABACA
	N4				Accelerando
N3					Accent/accented
			H		Acciaccatura
		N5			Accidental
N3					Accompanied
N3					Accordion
N3					Acoustic guitar
N3					Adagio
			H		Added 6th
	N4				African music
		N5			Alberti bass
N3					Allegro
	N4				Alto
	N4				Anacrusis
	N4				Andante
				AH	Answer
				AH	Anthem
				AH	Antiphonal
				AH	Appoggiatura
		N5			Arco
		N5			Aria
	N4				Arpeggio
N3					Ascending
		N5			Atonal
			H		Augmentation
				AH	Augmented triad
				AH	Ayre/Air
	N4				Backing vocals
N3					Bagpipes
				AH	Ballett
		N5			Baritone (voice)
	N4				Baroque
	N4				Bass (voice)
	N4				Bass drum
	N4				Bass guitar
			H		Basso continuo
		N5			Bassoon
N3					Beat
		N5			Binary
				AH	Bitonality
N3					Blowing
N3					Blues
		N5			Bodhran
		N5			Bongo drums
		N5			Bothy ballad
N3					Bowing
N3					Brass
	N4				Brass band
				AH	Bridge
	N4				Broken chord
	N4				Cadenza
	N4				Canon
		N5			Castanets
	N4				Cello
		N5			Celtic rock
			H		Chamber music
	N4				Change of key
N3					Choir
				AH	Chorale
N3					Chord
N3					Chord change
				AH	Chord II and 1st inversion (major key only)
	N4				Chord progression for National 4: I, IV, V in a major key
		N5			Chord progression for National 5: I, IV, V, VI in a major key
				AH	Chord progression for Advanced Higher: I, IV, V, VI in major and minor keys
		N5			Chorus
		N5			Chromatic
	N4				Clarinet
		N5			Clarsach
		N5			Classical
		N5			Cluster
		N5			Coda
			H		Coloratura
	N4				Compound time
		N5			Con sordino
			H		Concertino
	N4				Concerto
			H		Concerto grosso
				AH	Consort
				AH	Contemporary jazz
		N5			Contrapuntal
		N5			Contrary motion
		N5			Countermelody
				AH	Countersubject
				AH	Countertenor
N3					Crescendo
		N5			Cross rhythms
N3					Crotchet
	N4				Cymbals
			H		Da capo
			H		Da capo aria
				AH	Dal segno
		N5			Descant (voice)
N3					Descending
			H		Diminished 7th
			H		Diminished triad
N3					Diminuendo
			H		Diminution
N3					Discord
	N4				Distortion
			H		Dominant 7th
		N5			Dotted crotchet
N3					Dotted minim
		N5			Dotted quaver
	N4				Dotted rhythms
	N4				Double bass
	N4				Drone
N3					Drum fill
N3					Drum kit
N3					Electric guitar
				AH	Electronic dance music (EDM)
		N5			Episode
			H		Exposition
N3					Faster
N3					Fiddle
				AH	Fine
	N4				Flute
		N5			Flutter tonguing
N3					Folk group
N3					Forte
		N5			Fortissimo
		N5			French horn
				AH	Fugue
		N5			Gaelic psalm
				AH	Galliard
	N4				Glockenspiel
		N5			Glissando
		N5			Gospel
		N5			Grace note
		N5			Ground bass
	N4				Grouped semiquavers
	N4				Güiro
			H		Harmonic minor scale
			H		Harmonics
N3					Harmony
	N4				Harp
	N4				Harpsichord
				AH	Hemiola
		N5			Hi-hat cymbals
		N5			Homophonic
	N4				Imitation
		N5			Imperfect cadence
			H		Impressionist
N3					Improvisation
		N5			Indian
			H		Interrupted cadence
			H		Interval
				AH	Inversion
		N5			Inverted pedal
			H		Irregular time signatures
N3					Jazz
			H		Jazz funk
	N4				Jig
N3					Latin American
N3					Leap/leaping
N5					Legato
				AH	Leitmotif
			H		Lied
				AH	Madrigal
	N4				Major tonality
N3					March
			H		Mass
		N5			Melismatic
			H		Melodic minor scale
	N4				Mezzo forte
	N4				Mezzo piano
		N5			Mezzo-soprano
	N4				Middle 8
N3					Minim
		N5			Minimalist
	N4				Minor tonality
			H		Mode / modal
		N5			Moderato
		N5			Modulation
			H		Mordent
				AH	Motet
	N4				Mouth music
N3					Musical
			H		Musique concrète
	N4				Muted
				AH	Nationalist
				AH	Neoclassical
			H		Obbligato
		N5			Oboe
N3	N4				Octave
N4					Off the beat
N3					On the beat
	N4				Opera
			H		Oratorio
N3					Orchestra
N3					Organ
	N4				Ornament
N3					Ostinato
	N4				Pan pipes
			H		Passacaglia
N3					Pause
				AH	Pavan
	N4				Pedal
	N4				Pentatonic scale
N3					Percussion
		N5			Perfect cadence
		N5			Pianissimo
N3					Piano (dynamic)
N3					Piano (instrument)
				AH	Piano trio
		N5			Pibroch
		N5			Piccolo
		N5			Pitch bend
		N5			Pizzicato
			H		Plagal cadence
			H		Plainchant
N3					Plucking
		N5			Polyphonic
				AH	Polytonality
N3					Pop
N3					Pulse
	N4				Quaver
N3					Question and answer
	N4				Ragtime
	N4				Rallentando
	N4				Rapping
			H		Recitative
	N4				Recorder
N3					Reel
	N4				Reggae
			H		Relative major
			H		Relative minor
				AH	Renaissance
N3					Repetition
				AH	Retrograde
		N5			Reverb
			H		Ripieno
N3					Riff
		N5			Ritardando
			H		Ritornello
N3					Rock
N3					Rock ‘n’ roll
		N5			Rolls
	N4				Romantic
		N5			Rondo
N3					Round
		N5			Rubato
	N4				Saxophone
	N4				Scale
	N4				Scat singing
	N4				Scotch snap
	N4				Scots ballad
N3					Scottish
N3					Scottish dance band
N3					Semibreve
	N4				Semiquaver
		N5			Semitone
N3					Sequence
				AH	Serial
		N5			Sforzando
	N4				Simple time
		N5			Sitar
N3					Slower
	N4				Snare drum
N3					Solo
			H		Sonata
			H		Sonata form
				AH	Song cycle
	N4				Soprano
			H		Soul music
				AH	Sprechgesang
N3					Staccato
N3					Steel band
N3					Step/stepwise
	N4				Strathspey
				AH	Stretto
N3					Striking
			H		String quartet
N3					Strings
		N5			Strophic
N3					Strumming
			H	AH	Subject
				AH	Suspension
	N4				Swing
		N5			Syllabic
		N5			Symphony
	N4				Syncopation
		N5			Tabla
	N4				Tambourine
	N4				Tenor
	N4				Ternary
	N4				Theme and variation
			H		Through-composed
			H		Tierce de Picardie
			H		Time changes
	N4				Timpani
		N5			Tone
				AH	Tone row/note row
			H		Tremolando
	N4				Triangle
		N5			Trill
			H		Triplets
				AH	Tritone
	N4				Trombone
	N4				Trumpet
		N5			Tuba
N3					Tuned percussion
				AH	Turn
N3					Unaccompanied
N3					Unison
N3					Untuned percussion
	N4				Vamp
	N4				Verse and chorus
		N5			Viola
	N4				Violin
N3					Voice
		N5			Walking bass
N3					Waltz
		N5			Waulking song
		N5			Whole-tone scale
	N4				Wind band
N3					Woodwind
	N4				Xylophone