| Term | Definition |
|---|
| text | words of a song |
| genre | a category of music (or literature) |
| style | expression that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people |
| aesthetics | the study of what is considered beautiful |
| ethnomusicologist | a person who studies music and culture |
| form | structure of a piece of music, how it is put together |
| drone | unchanging tone |
| gamelan | Indonesian music ensemble |
| ornaments | decorated notes |
| timbre | characteristic quality of a sound |
| pitch | how high or low a sound is |
| solkattu | spoken syllables for Indian drum language |
| meter | another word for time signature |
| worksong | music played to help people work |
| phrase | musical sentence |
| rhythm | the pattern of musical movement through time |
| harmony | combination of notes performed with melody |
| melody | main singable tune |
| music culture | a group's total involvement with music |
| culture | the way of life of a people |
| soundscape | characteristic sounds of a particular place |
| molto | much or very |
| sempre | always |
| order of sharps | FCGDAEB |
| order of flats | BEADGCF |
| arpeggio | notes of a chord played one at a time |
| accidentals | a sharp, flat or natural, usually different than in key signature |
| articulation | type of beginning or attack used to play a note or group of notes |
| key signature | sharps or flats seen immediately after the clef |
| time signature | tells the number of counts in each measure and what gets the beat |
| maestoso | majestic |
| rubato | rhythmic flexibility |
| rallentando | gradually getting slower |
| pelog | Indonesian seven-note scale |
| slendro | Indonesian five-note scale |
| wayang | Indonesian puppet show |
| accelerando | gradually getting faster |
| allegro | quick and lively |
| andante | walking pace |
| diminuendo | gradually getting softer |
| loco | play notes at written pitch |
| marcato | marked or accented |
| con brio | with spirit |
| adagio | slow |
| Agbekor | West African singing and drumming |
| enculturation | the process where individuals learn their group's culture, through experience, observation, and instruction. |
| non troppo | not too much |
| con moto | with motion |
| largo | very slow |
| allargando | getting slower and more broad (more majestic) |
| andantino | faster than andante, but slower than moderato |
| legato | played smoothly |
| con spirito | with spirit |
| pinnacle | the highest point |
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