Music Dictionary

Please search our database for your musical term, or look through the various categories below.

Alphabetical Listing (click a letter to reveal the words)

Symbol/Notation Listing (click on the symbols below)

crescendo	whole note	whole rest	acciaccatura	fermata	alla breve / cut time	breath mark	bass clef / F clef
decrescendo / diminuendo	dotted half note	half rest	grace note	mordent	common time (also 4/4 time signature)	glissando	treble clef
pianissimo	half note	quarter rest	marcato accent	inverted mordent	2/4 time signature	arpeggio	C clef
piano	quarter note	eighth rest	tenuto	turn	3/4 time signature	tremolo	ledger lines
mezzo-piano	dotted quarter note	sixteenth rest	strong marcato	trill-mordent	6/8 time signature	da capo	flat
mezzo-forte	eighth notes	multi-measure rest	staccato	trill	9/8 time signature	dal segno	sharp
forte	dotted eighth note	octave / 8va	staccatissimo	grand staff	3/2 time signature	segno	double flat
fortissimo	sixteenth notes	octave clef	slur	bar line	3/8 time signature	coda	double sharp
sforzando	pedal marking	triplet	tie	double bar line	repeat signs	volta brackets	natural