Outline of Music
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Here is the outline of music.
Music is human expression in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or tones and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre.
What type of thing is music?
- One of the arts –
- One of the performing arts –
- One of the humanities –
- An academic discipline –
Types of music
- African-American Music
- Ambient Music
- Chant
- Folk Music
- Hymn
- Indigenous Music of North America
- Indigenous Music Of Australia
- Meditation Music
- Music of Africa
- Music of Latin America
- New-age Music
- Religious music
- Sacred Sounds / Healing Sounds
History of music
See also: List of musical genres by era
- Timeline of musical events –
- Dates of classical music eras
- Musical periods
By region or ethnicity
- Timeline of trends in Australian music –
- Byzantine music –
- Timeline of Chinese music –
- Timeline of trends in Italian music –
- Timeline of music in the United States –
Musical ensembles
- Band –
- Camerata –
- Chapel –
- Choir –
- Decet –
- Duet –
- Duodecet –
- Gamelan –
- Nonet –
- Octet –
- Orchestra –
- Percussion ensemble –
- Quartet –
- Quintet –
- Septet –
- Sextet –
- Sinfonietta –
- Trio –
- Clarinet trio –
- Jazz trio –
- Piano trio –
- String trio –
Genres of music
- Blues –
- Classical –
- Country –
- Electronic –
- Electronica –
- Funk –
- Gospel –
- Grunge –
- Hip hop –
- Jazz –
- Latin –
- Martial music
- Reggae –
- Rhythm and blues –
- Rock –
- Ska –
- Theatre music –
Musical compositions
Types of musical pieces and compositions
Single-movement forms
- Strophic form (AA…) –
- Binary form (AB) –
- Ternary form less often tertiary (ABA) –
- Arch form (ABCBA)
Multi-movement forms
- Ballet –
- Cantata –
- Chorale –
- Concerto –
- Dance –
- Etude –
- Fantasia –
- Fugue –
- Mass –
- Opera –
- Oratorio –
- Prelude –
- Requiem –
- Rhapsody –
- Sonata –
- Suite –
- Symphonic poem –
- Symphony –
Sections of a piece or composition
- Introduction –
- Exposition –
- Recapitulation –
- Verse –
- Refrain (chorus) –
- Bridge –
- Interlude –
- Guitar solo –
- Conclusion –
- Coda –
- Fadeout
Musical notation
- Staff –
- Clefs –
- Key signature –
- Key –
- Time signature –
- Beats –
- Bars (Measures) –
- Ledger lines –
- Grand staff –
- Notes –
- Note values –
- Dotted notes –
- Ties –
- Accidentals –
- Lyrics (included on vocal music) –
- Modern musical symbols
- Score (for ensembles) –
- Sheet music
Variations of musical notation
- Percussion notation –
- Figured bass –
- Lead sheets –
- Chord charts –
- Shape note system –
Musical techniques
- Bell chord
- Broken chords
- Ostinato
- Tremolo
- Guitar performance techniques
Musical skills and procedures
- Absolute pitch –
- Ear training –
- Fingering –
- Learning music by ear –
- Modulation –
- Numerical sight-singing –
- Practice –
- Relative pitch –
- Sight reading –
- “Swinging” –
- Transposition –
- Tuning –
- Virtuosity –
Vocal ranges
Female ranges
- Soprano –
- Mezzo-soprano –
- Contralto –
Male ranges
- Boy soprano –
- Sopranist –
- Alto –
- Tenor –
- Baritone –
- Bass-baritone –
- Bass –
Musical instruments
Musical instrument (List of musical instruments)
- Wind instruments –
- Percussion instruments –
- String instruments –
- Voice –
- Electronic instruments –
- Keyboard instruments –
See also the List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number
Music technology
Music industry
- Album –
- Compact disc (CD) –
- Compact Cassette –
- Concert –
- Concert tour –
- Grammy Awards –
- Music recording sales certification –
- Performance –
- Record –
- Record industry –
- Recording studio –
- Single –
Music industry participants
- A&R –
- ASCAP –
- Band manager –
- Booking agent –
- BMI –
- Copyright collective –
- Disc jockey –
- MCPS –
- Musician – person who writes, performs, or makes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music.
- Instrumentalist – one who plays a musical instrument.
- Traditional instrumentalist – one who plays folk music on traditional instruments such as gongs.
- Classical instrumentalist – one who plays classical music, usually with Western orchestral instruments such as the violin, flute etc.
- Instrumentalists who plays popular music – one who plays with instruments in the big band, e.g. the electric guitar, drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone etc.
- Singer – a vocalist.
- Composer – person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media.
- Songwriter –
- Arranger –
- Conductor – leads a musical ensemble. A conductor may simultaneously act as an instrumentalist in the ensemble.
- Recording artist – creates recorded music, such as CDs and MP3 files.
- Instrumentalist – one who plays a musical instrument.
- Musicians’ Union –
- Publisher –
- PRS –
- Record producer –
- Record label –
- Record distributor –
- Tour promoter –
- Road crew (“roadies”) –
- Performance rights organisation –
Music theory
Elements of music
- Pitch –
- Scale –
- Mode –
- Chord –
- Dynamics (music) –
- Articulation –
- Texture –
- Consonance and dissonance –
- Expression –
- Harmony –
- Melody –
- Musical form –
- Notation –
- Rhythm –
- Timbre –
Musicology
- Biomusicology –
- Cognitive musicology –
- Ethnomusicology –
- Historical musicology –
- Systematic musicology –
- Sociomusicology (music sociology) –
- Philosophy of music –
- Music acoustics (physics of music) –
- Computer sciences of music
- Sound and music computing –
- Music information retrieval –
- Computing in musicology –
- Zoomusicology –
Music education
Music and politics
Psychology of music
- 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
See also
- Index of music articles
- Glossary of musical terminology
- List of music software
- Andreas Vollenweider Collection
Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia