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0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Hornbostel-Sachs System Western Symphonic Classification

Terms - F

  • F
  • F clef
  • F double flat
  • F double sharp
  • F flat
  • F octave clef
  • F sharp
  • f-hole
  • F-Loch
  • F-Schlüssel
  • Fa
  • Fa bémol
  • Fa bemol
  • Fa bemolle
  • Fa dièse
  • Fa diesis
  • Fa doble bemol
  • Fa doble sostenido
  • Fa doppio bemolle
  • Fa doppio diesis
  • Fa double bémol
  • Fa double dièse
  • Fa sostenido
  • faburden
  • facile
  • fadinho
  • fado
  • fagot
  • Fagott
  • fagotto
  • Fähnchen
  • Fahne
  • fake book
  • false note
  • falsetto
  • family
  • fandango
  • fanfare
  • fantasia
  • farsa
  • fascia
  • Fatigue Call
  • fauxbourdon
  • Feldmusik
  • felt
  • fermata
  • Fermate
  • fermato
  • fertig
  • Fes
  • Feses
  • festivo
  • ff
  • fff
  • ffff
  • ffp
  • ffz
  • Fg.
  • Fi
  • fiati
  • fiddle
  • Fidel
  • Fiedel
  • fier
  • fieramente
  • fiere
  • fiero
  • fife
  • fifteen stroke roll
  • fifth
  • fifth voice
  • Figur
  • figura
  • figure
  • figured bass
  • filet
  • filetto
  • fill
  • fin
  • final barline
  • final cadence
  • finale
  • fine
  • finger cymbals
  • finger harp
  • finger hole
  • fingerboard
  • fingering
  • fiorette
  • fioriture
  • fipple
  • fipple flute
  • Fire Call
  • First Call
  • first chair
  • first ending
  • first inversion
  • First Sergeant's Call
  • first-movement form
  • Fis
  • fisarmonica
  • Fisis
  • five stroke roll
  • Five, The
  • five-line
  • fixed Do
  • Fl.
  • flag
  • Flag Officer's March
  • flageolet
  • flam
  • flam accent
  • flam drag
  • flam paradiddle
  • flam paradiddle-diddle
  • flam rudiments
  • flam tap
  • flamacue
  • flamenco
  • flat
  • flauta
  • flauta baja
  • flauta de pico
  • flauta dulce
  • flauta recta
  • flautando
  • flautín
  • flauto
  • flauto a becco
  • flauto diritto
  • flauto dolce
  • flauto piccolo
  • flauto transverso
  • flautone
  • flessatono
  • flex-a-tone
  • Flexaton
  • flexatone
  • floor tom
  • florid
  • Flöte
  • flourish
  • flue
  • flue pipe
  • flugelhorn
  • flûte
  • flute
  • flûte à bec
  • flûte alto
  • flûte douce
  • flûte droite
  • flûte piccolo
  • flûte traversière
  • flutter-tonguing
  • folk elements
  • folk instrument
  • folk music
  • foot
  • forefall
  • form
  • formalism
  • formes fixes
  • forte
  • fortepiano
  • fortissimo
  • fortissimo piano
  • fortississimo
  • fortissississimo
  • forza
  • forzando
  • forzato
  • fouet
  • four-line
  • fourth
  • foxtrot
  • fp
  • Franco Flemish School
  • französische Violinschlüssel
  • free aerophone
  • free-reed instrument
  • French horn
  • French overture
  • French school
  • French violin clef
  • frequency
  • fresco
  • fret
  • fretboard
  • fretted
  • friction idiophone
  • frisch
  • frog
  • from the sign
  • Frosch
  • frottola
  • frusta
  • fugato
  • fuging tune
  • fugue
  • full anthem
  • full cadence
  • full close cadence
  • fundamental
  • fundamental position
  • funeral dirge
  • funeral lament
  • funeral march
  • funeral music
  • funk music
  • fuoco
  • furioso
  • fusa
  • fz

felt

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[ English ]

Definition

A cloth made of wool and fur often mixed with natural or synthetic fibers used in the construction of pianos (the hammers and the dampers) and as padding in other musical instruments.


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Last Updated: 2016-05-24 19:02:55
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