Learning Music Dictionary: with Image, Video illustration and Flashcard app for iPhone and iPad


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Education Book
Developer: WhaleParadise Labs
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 11 Sep 2012
App size: 6.54 Mb

This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English), in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings.

Unless specified, the terms are Italian or English. The list can never be complete: some terms are common, and others are used only occasionally, and new ones are coined from time to time. Some composers prefer terms from their own language rather than the standard terms here.