Outline of music

What type of thing is music?

One of the arts –

One of the performing arts –

One of the humanities –

An academic discipline –

History of music

History of music

Timeline of musical events –

By region or ethnicity

Timeline of trends in Australian music –

Timeline of Chinese music –

Timeline of trends in Italian music –

Timeline of trends in Russian music –

Timeline of music in the United States –

Musical ensembles

Musical ensemble   (list of musical ensembles)

Band –

Organ trio –

Power trio –

Choir –

Concert band –

Duet –

Marching Band –

Orchestra –

Quartet –

Quintet –

Big band –

Genres of music

Music genre   (list) Examples of genres:   

Blues –

Classical –

Country –

Electronic –

Electronic dance –

Electronica –

Funk –

Gospel –

Grunge –

Hip hop –

Jazz –

Latin –

Metal –

Neue Deutsche Härte –

Progressive rock –

Reggae –

Punk rock –

Rhythm and blues –

Rock –

Ska –

Theatre music –

Ballet –

Opera –

Musical theatre –

Incidental music

Music by region

Cultural and regional genres of music

AfricaAntarcticaNoneAsiaCentral AsiaKazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • UzbekistanEast AsiaChinaCaucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)Europe Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy (Rome) • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia •NorwaySpainSweden • Switzerland • Turkey • UkraineUnited KingdomVatican CityNorth AmericaCanada Provinces of Canada: • Alberta • British Columbia (Vancouver) • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • SaskatchewanTerritories of Canada: Northwest Territories • Nunavut • YukonOceania (includes the continent of Australia)AustralasiaAustralia New ZealandMelanesiaFiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •MicronesiaFederated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •PolynesiaAmerican Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)South America Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • VenezuelaSouth Atlantic

Musical compositions

Musical composition

Types of musical pieces and compositions

Musical form

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

Section (music)

Introduction –

Exposition –

Recapitulation –

Verse –

Refrain (chorus) –

Bridge –

Interlude –

Guitar solo –

Conclusion –

Coda –

Fadeout

Musical notation

Musical notation –

Staff –

Clefs –

Key signature –

Key –

Time signature –

Beats –

Bars (Measures) –

Ledger lines –

Grand staff –

Notes –

Note values –

Dotted notes –

Ties –

Accidentals –

Tempo –

Dynamics –

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

Arpeggio

Bass arpeggiation

Non-harmonic arpeggio

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

Vocal range –

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 –

Musical keyboard –

See also the List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number

Music technology

Music technology –

Electric music technology

Electronic and digital music technology

Mechanical music technology

Music industry

Music industry

Album –

Compact disc (CD) –

Compact Cassette –

Concert –

Concert tour –

Grammy Awards –

Music recording sales certification –

Performance –

Record –

Record industry –

Recording studio –

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.

Musicians' Union –

Publisher –

PRS –

Record producer –

Record label –

Record distributor –

Tour promoter –

Road crew ("roadies") –

Performance rights organisation –

Music theory

Music theory

Elements of music

Elements of music –

Pitch –

Scale –

Mode –

Chord –

Dynamics (music) –

Articulation –

Texture –

Consonance and dissonance –

Expression –

Harmony –

Melody –

Musical form –

Notation –

Rhythm –

Timbre –

Musicology

Musicology –

Cognitive musicology –

Ethnomusicology –

Historical musicology –

Systematic musicology –

Music psychology –

Sociomusicology (music sociology) –

Philosophy of music –

Music acoustics (physics of music) –

Cognitive neuroscience of music –

Computer sciences of music

Sound and music computing –

Music information retrieval –

Computing in musicology –

Music education

Music education –

Music lessons –

Music and politics

Music and politics –