| Accompaniment | | a vocal work, whether an exercise or not, that has no words |
| Bagpipe | | the frequency of its vibrations |
| Bar | | section of the orchestra includes all instruments that are played by being struck, including the piano and celesta |
| Bass | | a sequence of notes placed in ascending or descending order by step. |
| Beat | | A woodwind instrument of the oboe family, having a bulbous bell and sounding a fifth lower than the oboe. |
| Chant | | a small bit of sound, similar to a syllable in speaking a language. |
| Choir | | a voice in the higher register |
| Chord | | an ancient instrument, at least in its most primitive form, and is still found in a number of countries. It is a reed instrument, with the reed sounded by air expressed from a leather bag. |
| Duet | | usually refers to the tonic note and chord, which gives a subjective sense of arrival and rest. |
| English horn | | marks the end of a section or piece. |
| Fiddle | | A violin, esp. when used to play folk music. |
| Harmony | | An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form. |
| Jig | | A performance by two people, esp. singers, instrumentalists, or dancers |
| Key | | in a piece of music is the regular rhythmic pattern of the music. |
| Note | | additional part for a performer of any kind that is less important than another, which it serves to support and enhance. |
| Percussion | | An organized group of singers, typically one that takes part in church services or performs regularly in public. |
| Pitch | | group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony. |
| Reed | | The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions with a pleasing effect. |
| Rhythm | | describes the lower register and lower sonorities in music. In vocal music it indicates the lowest type of male voice, and in instrumental music is generally used to indicate the bottom part. |
| Scale | | an essential element in music in one way or another, is the arrangement of notes according to their relative duration and relative accentuation. |
| Symphony | | made either from traditional material or from plastic or metal, are used to produce a musical sound from their vibration by means of an air column |
| Treble | | A repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowd |
| Vocalise | | A lively dance with leaping movements |
