Submitted by Music K-8 Mailing List members, various

Idea posted April 18, 2005

STYLE/GENRES

  • Alternative
  • Baroque
  • Bluegrass
  • Blues
  • Cajun
  • Chant
  • Classical
  • Collaboration
  • Country
  • Crossover
  • Easy Listening
  • Folk
  • Gospel
  • Grunge
  • Hard Rock
  • Hip-Hop
  • Hymn
  • Impressionistic
  • Jazz
  • Latin
  • Long Ago
  • Lullaby
  • March
  • Merengue
  • Metal
  • Minuet
  • Modern
  • New Age
  • Opera
  • Operetta
  • Polka
  • Pop
  • Punk
  • Rap
  • Reggae
  • Renaissance
  • Rhythm And Blues
  • Rock
  • Rockabilly
  • Romantic
  • Salsa
  • Spiritual
  • Tejano
  • Western
  • Zydeco

MELODY AND HARMONY

  • Chord
  • Descant
  • Interval
  • Lyrics
  • Major
  • Minor
  • Obbligato
  • Ostinato
  • Phrase
  • Refrain
  • Verse

FORM

  • Call and Response
  • Canon
  • Question and Answer
  • Rondo
  • Round
  • Sonata
  • Strophic
  • Theme and Variation

DYNAMICS

  • Crescendo
  • Decrescendo
  • Diminuendo
  • Forte
  • Fortissimo
  • Loud
  • Mezzo Forte
  • Mezzo Piano
  • Pianissimo
  • Piano
  • Soft
  • Volume

TEMPO

  • Accelerando
  • Adagio
  • Allegretto
  • Allegro
  • Andante
  • Fast
  • Grave
  • Larghetto
  • Largo
  • Lento
  • Moderato
  • Prestissimo
  • Presto
  • Slow
  • Vivo or Vivace

VOICE

  • Alto
  • Antiphonal
  • Baritone
  • Bass
  • Break
  • Chamber Music
  • Chest Voice
  • Choir
  • Continuo
  • Contralto
  • Counter Tenor
  • Diaphragm
  • Ensemble
  • Falsetto
  • Head Voice
  • Nodules
  • Nonet
  • Octet
  • Phrasing
  • Quartet
  • Quintet
  • Ripieno
  • Septet
  • Sextet
  • solfège
  • Solo
  • Soprano
  • Support
  • Tenor
  • Treble
  • Trio
  • Vocal
  • Vocal Chords

INSTRUMENTS

  • Autoharp
  • Banjo
  • Baritone
  • Bass Drum
  • Bassoon
  • Beater
  • Bells
  • Bongos
  • Brass
  • Celeste
  • Cello
  • Chimes
  • Clarinet
  • Congas
  • Cornet
  • Cowbell
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Djembe
  • Dobro
  • Double Bass
  • Drum
  • Dulcimer
  • English Horn
  • Euphonium
  • Flute
  • French Horn
  • Frets
  • Gong
  • Guiro
  • Guitar
  • Harp
  • Jingles
  • Kettle Drum
  • Mallets
  • Mandolin
  • Maracas
  • Oboe
  • Percussion
  • Piano
  • Piccolo
  • Recorder
  • Sand Block
  • Saxophone
  • Sleigh bells
  • Snare
  • Sousaphone
  • Strings
  • Suspended Cymbals
  • Tambourine
  • Temple Blocks
  • Triangle
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • Tuba
  • Tympani
  • Ukulele
  • Valves
  • Viola
  • Violin
  • Wood Block
  • Woodwind
  • Xylophone

MUSICAL THEATER

  • Applause
  • Arranger
  • ASCAP
  • Audience
  • Book
  • Box Office
  • Cantata
  • Comedy
  • Comic Opera
  • Conductor
  • Copyist
  • Copyright
  • Dance
  • Director
  • Diva
  • Dubbing
  • Interlude
  • Layering
  • Libretto
  • Medley
  • Mixer
  • Multi-Track Recording
  • Musicale
  • Muzak
  • Oratorio
  • Orchestration
  • Overture
  • Permission
  • Pit
  • Plot
  • Prima Don
  • Prima Donna
  • Producer
  • Royalty
  • Scene
  • Score
  • Set Change
  • Soundtrack
  • Stage Directions
  • Vamp

DANCE/MOVEMENT

  • Ballet
  • Clap
  • March
  • Patsch
  • Snap
  • Stomp
  • Waltz

MEDIA

  • 45
  • 78
  • 8-Track
  • Analog
  • Cassette
  • Compact Disc (CD)
  • DAT Tape
  • Digital
  • LP
  • Monaural
  • Quadraphonic
  • Record
  • Reel-to-Reel
  • RPM
  • Stereo
  • Surround Sound
  • Vinyl