Terms - A
A
a 2
à 2
a ballata
a battuta
A capp.
a cappella
a capriccio
a deux
A double flat
A double sharp
a due
A flat
à l'octave
a l'unisson
à la fin
à la hausse
a little
a piacere
a punta d'arco
à sa place
A sharp
A tem.
a tempo
a-cappella
a. fl.
a. sax.
A.t.
Ab
abbellimento
Abendmusik
aber
absolute music
absolute pitch
abstract music
Abstrich
acc.
accel.
accelerando
accélérez
accelº
accent
acciaccatura
accident
accidental
accidente
accolada
accolade
accompagnando
accompagnato
accompanied
accompaniment
accompany
accompanying
accord
accorde
accordéon
accordion
accordo
Achtel
Achtelnote
Achtelpause
acid rock
acme siren
acordeón
acoustic bass
acoustic guitar
acoustical instrument
acoustics
action
acute
acutus
Ad l.
ad lib
ad libitum
adag.
adagietto
adagio
adagissimo
additive meter
Ader
adgº
adgo
Adjutant's Call
ado
adº
adorno
aeolian
aerophone
affabilita
affabilmente
affannoso
affections, doctrine of
Affettº
affettuoso
affrettando
Affrettº
again
agilita
agitato
Agnus Dei
Agº
agogo bells
agréments
air
Ais
Aisis
Ak.
Akkord
Akkordeon
al fine
al luogo
al tallone
Al.
alba
albero di marchio
albero di sonagli
Alberti bass
aleatory music
all' ottava
all' unisono
All.
alla breve
alla caccia
alla siciliano
allant
allarg.
allargando
allegretto
allegrissimo
allegro
allegro assai
allegro con brio
allegro di molto
allegro molto
alleluia
allemande
allentando
alliteration
allmählich
Allº
Alma Redemptoris Mater
alphorn
alpine horn
Alt
Alt.
alteration
alternate singing
alternativo
Altflöte
Altgeige
altissimo
Altklarinette
alto
Alto Cl.
alto clarinet
alto clef
alto crumhorn
alto fl.
alto flute
alto horn
alto recorder
alto sax
alto saxhorn
alto saxophone
alto trombone
Altsaxophon
Altschlüssel
always
am Frosch
am Griffbrett
am Steg
amabile
ambitus
Ambrosian chant
âme
Amen
Amen cadence
American Bandmasters Association, The
American nationalism
American Standard Pitch Notation
amorevole
amoroso
amphibrach
an der Bogenspitze
an seinem Platz
anacrusis
anacrustic
analysis
anapest
anche
anche double
ancia
ancia doppia
ancora
And.
andante
andantino
Andno.
Andte
angel's voice
angestrengt
Anhang
Anim.
anima
animated
animato
animé
anlaufen
anonymous
anstoß
answer
Ant. cym.
antara
antecedent
anthem
antibacchius
anticipation
antike Cymbeln
antiphon
antiphonal
antique cymbals
appassionato
appeau
appoggiatura
arabesque
árbol de marca
arbre de marque
arcata in giù
archet
archetto
archiluth
architectural acoustics
archlute
arciliuto
arco
aria
Arie
arioso
armonica
armonica a bocca
armonica a vetro
Arp.
arpa
arpa a pedali
arpa de boca
arpeggio
arpio.
arrangement
ars antiqua
ars nova
ars subtilior
arsis and thesis
art rock
art song
articulation
artificial harmonics
As
as above
ASCAP
Ases
asperges me
ASPN
assai
asse per lavare
Assembly
asta
at the bridge
at the fingerboard
at the frog
at the heel
at the octave
at the point
at the tip
atabal
atonal
atonality
attacca
attacco
attack
attaque
Attention
au talon
aubade
audition
Auflösungszeichen
Aufstrich
Auftakt
augmentation
augmented
augmented chords
augmented intervals
ausdrucksvoll
authentic cadence
autographs, musical
autoharp
auxiliary percussion
auxiliary tone
Ave Maria
Ave Regina
avec
avec la
avec la pointe de l'archet
avec la voix
avec le
avec le bois
avec les
avec sillets
avec verve
axe
ayre
appoggiatura
Ah-poe-jah-TOR-rah
[Italian]
Leaning note; grace note; note of embellishment usually one step above (sometimes, though seldom, it is one step below) the main note. Before an even or unaltered note, the appoggiatura generally receives its face value, that is one-half the value of the note that follows; before a dotted note it receives more than its face value, that is to say that it should be given two-thirds of the value of the following note. If the note is of the same pitch as the principal note of the appoggiatura, the grace note receives the entire value of its principal note,but is carried to the next note with strong portamento.
