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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 - H

  • H
  • habanera
  • habituel
  • Hail Columbia
  • Hail to the Chief
  • hair
  • hairpin
  • halb
  • Halbe
  • halbe Pause
  • Halbenote
  • half
  • half cadence
  • half close cadence
  • half note
  • half rest
  • half step
  • half-diminished seventh chord
  • half-pedal
  • Hallelujah
  • Hals
  • hammer
  • hammer dulcimer
  • Hammerclavier
  • hammond organ
  • hampe
  • hand
  • hand bell
  • Handäoline
  • Handel-Werke-Verzeichnis
  • Handharmonika
  • Harfe
  • harmonic
  • harmonic minor scale
  • harmonic series
  • harmonica
  • harmonica de verre
  • harmonics
  • harmonium
  • harmony
  • Harmony, Inc.
  • harp
  • harpe
  • harpe à pédales simples
  • harpsichord
  • hausse
  • haut
  • hautbois
  • hay
  • haye
  • Hb.
  • head
  • head arrangement
  • head chart
  • head voice
  • Headboard
  • heavy metal
  • heel
  • heftig
  • heitere Oper
  • Heldentenor
  • helicon
  • hemidemisemiquaver
  • hemidemisemiquaver rest
  • hemiola
  • heptachord
  • heptatonic scale
  • herald trumpet
  • hertz
  • Hesses
  • heterophonic
  • heterophony
  • hexachord
  • hexachordum durum
  • hexachordum molle
  • hexachordum naturale
  • hey
  • heye
  • hi-hat
  • hidden fifths
  • hidden octaves
  • High Mass
  • hillbilly music
  • hip-hop
  • Hirtenpfeife
  • His
  • Hisis
  • historical edition
  • Hoboe
  • hoboy
  • hocket
  • hold
  • Holzbläser
  • Holzblasinstrument
  • Holzblock
  • Holzblocktrommel
  • Holzklapper
  • homophonic
  • homophony
  • homorhythm
  • hopak
  • horn
  • Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von
  • Hornbostel-Sachs
  • hornpipe
  • house
  • Hp.
  • Hrp.
  • huitième de soupir
  • hum
  • hum note
  • humoresca
  • Humoreske
  • humoresque
  • Hundert und achtundzwanzigstel
  • Hundert und achtundzwanzigstelnote
  • Hundert und achtundzwanzigstelpause
  • Hungarian school
  • hurdy-gurdy
  • hustle
  • HWV
  • hymn
  • Hymne
  • Hymne
  • hyperaeolian
  • Hz

hornpipe

HORN-pipe

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[ English ]

Definition

1. A single reed instrument that is constructed of a tube of wood and an animal horn. 
 
2. An English dance similar to the jig, popular from the 16th through the 19th centuries.

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Last Updated: 2016-06-01 16:39:23
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