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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

formalism

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Definition

The tendency to elevate the formal aspects above the expressive value in music, as in Neoclassical music.

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Last Updated: 2016-05-25 13:49:46
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