Terms - N
N.C.
nacaire
nach
nachahmung
Nachschlag
Nacht-musik
nail pizzicato
nakers
Nänie
NARD
nasello
national anthems
National Association of Rudimental Drummers
national schools
nationalism
natural
natural horn
natural keys
natural minor scale
natural trumpet
Neapolitan sixth
neck
negligénte
negra
nenia
nénie
neo-Gallican chant
neoclassical
neoromantic
nera
Netherlands Schools
neumatic
neumes
neutral clef
new age music
new Classicism
New Orleans Jazz
new Romanticism
nicht
nicht zu viel
Niederstrich
niente
nine stroke roll
ninna nanna
ninth
ninth chord
No Chord
nobile
noch
nocturne
nodes
noël
noire
nokturn
non
non troppo
non-harmonic note
non-transposing instruments
non-Western sounds
None
nonet
not too much
nota
nota con puntillo
nota puntata
nota sensibile
notation
note
note cluster
note pointée
note sensible
note values
notehead
Notenfahne
Notenhals
Notenkopf
notturno
nut
ninth chord
nienth kord
[English]
A chord having usually, but not necessarily, five tones, the interval between the base note and the highest note being a ninth. The other notes in the chord would be the root, third, fifth, and seventh. In the C chord below, the root is C, the third is E, the fifth is G, the seventh is B, and the ninth is D.
