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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 - M

  • M.d.
  • M.g.
  • M.M.
  • M.s.
  • M.V.
  • ma
  • ma sensibile
  • mace
  • machina a venti
  • machine à vent
  • machine head
  • madrigal
  • madrigal choir
  • madrigalism
  • maestoso
  • maestro
  • maggiore
  • Magnificat
  • Mail Call
  • main
  • main droite
  • main gauche
  • mainstream
  • mais
  • majeur
  • major
  • malinconia
  • malinconico
  • mallet
  • mambo
  • mancando
  • manche
  • mandola
  • mandolin
  • mandore
  • manico
  • manieren
  • mannerism
  • Mannheim
  • mano
  • mano destra
  • mano sinistra
  • mano sinistro
  • manouche jazz
  • manual
  • Manualiter
  • manuscript
  • maracas
  • marcato
  • march
  • marche funèbre
  • marching band
  • marching machine
  • marcia funebre
  • Marian Antiphons
  • marimba
  • marimbula
  • Mark tree
  • martellato
  • martial music
  • marziale
  • mascella
  • mask
  • Masonic music
  • masque
  • Mass
  • mass for the dead
  • mässig
  • Matins
  • Maultrommel
  • maxima
  • mayor
  • mazurka
  • mbira
  • Me
  • mean-tone
  • meane
  • measure
  • measured recitative
  • measured roll
  • mediant
  • Medieval
  • medley
  • mehr
  • Meistergesang
  • Meistersinger
  • melisma
  • melismatic
  • melodia
  • melodic
  • melodic minor scale
  • mélodie
  • Melodie
  • Melodion
  • melodious
  • melodrama
  • melody
  • melomania
  • melos
  • membranophone
  • meno
  • meno mosso
  • menor
  • mensural notation
  • mensuration
  • menuet
  • Menuett
  • menuetto
  • merengue
  • Mess Call
  • messa dei defunti
  • messa di Requiem
  • messa di voce
  • messe des morts
  • mesto
  • mesure
  • metallophone
  • meter
  • metre
  • metrical modulation
  • metronome
  • metronome marking
  • mezza
  • mezza voce
  • mezzo
  • mezzo forte
  • mezzo piano
  • mezzo soprano
  • mezzo-soprano clef
  • mezzoforte piano
  • Mezzosopranschlüssel
  • mf
  • mfp
  • Mi
  • Mi bémol
  • Mi bemol
  • Mi bemolle
  • Mi dièse
  • Mi diesis
  • Mi doble bemol
  • Mi doble sostenido
  • Mi doppio bemolle
  • Mi doppio diesis
  • Mi double bémol
  • Mi double dièse
  • Mi sostenido
  • micropolyphony
  • microtone
  • middle ages
  • Middle C
  • middle voice
  • MIDI
  • Mighty Handful, The
  • militare
  • Militärtrommel
  • military band
  • military drum
  • Military music
  • mineur
  • minim
  • minim rest
  • minima
  • minimalism
  • minimalist music
  • Minnelied
  • Minnesang
  • Minnesinger
  • minor
  • minore
  • minstrel
  • minstrel show
  • minstrelsy
  • minuet
  • minuet and trio
  • mirliton
  • miserere
  • Missa
  • Missa brevis
  • missal
  • misterioso
  • misura
  • misuráto
  • mit
  • mit Bünden versehen
  • mit dem
  • mit den
  • mit der
  • mit der Stimme
  • mit Holz
  • mit schwungvoll
  • Mixolydian
  • mobile
  • modal
  • mode
  • moderado
  • moderato
  • modéré
  • modulation
  • modus
  • moins
  • Moll
  • molto
  • monochord
  • monody
  • monophonic
  • monophony
  • monothematic
  • monotone
  • moon mandolin
  • mordent
  • more
  • morendo
  • moresca
  • mormorando
  • Morris dance
  • mosso
  • motet
  • motetus
  • motif
  • motion
  • motive
  • moto
  • moto perpetuo
  • Motown
  • mouth
  • mouth organ
  • mouthpiece
  • mouvement
  • movable clef
  • movable Do
  • movement
  • movimento
  • mp
  • much
  • mudanza
  • multiphonics
  • multiple bounce roll
  • multiple bounce roll rudiments
  • multiple stopping
  • Mundharmonika
  • Mundstück
  • munter
  • murky
  • muscadin
  • musette
  • music
  • music box
  • music drama
  • music editor
  • music of the spheres
  • music theory
  • music therapy
  • musica
  • música
  • musica ficta
  • musica funebre
  • musical
  • musical bow
  • musical comedy
  • musical glasses
  • musical saw
  • musical theater
  • musician
  • musico
  • musicology
  • Musik
  • musique
  • musique concréte
  • musique funebre
  • muta
  • mutation
  • mute
  • muthig
  • muting pedal

Melodion

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Definition

A keyboard instrument invented by J. C. Dietz of Emmerich in 1806 in which the tones were produced by pressing graduated steel bars against a rotating cylinder.

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Last Updated: 2014-09-02 20:16:57
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