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General topics

 * Music theory
 * Musical acoustics
 * Band (music)
 * Composition
 * Ensemble
 * Genre
 * Instrument
 * Musical keyboard
 * Mode
 * Musician
 * Music and politics
 * Music history
 * Music lessons
 * Music technology
 * Musical notation
 * Musical terminology
 * Musical theatre
 * Tuning
 * Musicology
 * Philosophy of music
 * Theatre music

History of music

 * Timeline of musical events

Music industry topics

 * Album
 * Compact disc (CD)
 * Compact Cassette
 * Concert
 * Concert tour
 * Grammy Awards
 * Music recording sales certification
 * Performance
 * Record
 * Record industry
 * Recording studio

People

 * 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

Ensembles

 * Band
 * Organ trio
 * Power trio
 * Choir
 * Concert band
 * Duet
 * Marching Band
 * Orchestra
 * Quartet
 * Quintet
 * Big band

Genres of music
Examples of genres:


 * Ballet
 * Blues
 * Classical
 * Country
 * Electronic
 * Electronic dance
 * Electronica
 * Funk
 * Gospel
 * Grunge
 * Hip hop
 * Jazz
 * Latin
 * Metal
 * Neue Deutsche Härte
 * Opera
 * Progressive rock
 * Reggae
 * Punk rock
 * Rhythm and blues
 * Rock
 * Ska

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
 * Tempo
 * Dynamics
 * Lyrics (included on vocal music)
 * Score (for ensembles)

Variations of musical notation

 * Percussion notation
 * Figured bass
 * Lead sheets
 * Chord charts
 * Shape note system

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

Instruments

 * Wind instruments
 * Percussion instruments
 * String instruments
 * Voice
 * Electronic instruments
 * Keyboard instruments