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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 - P

  • p
  • pandora
  • pandoura
  • panpipes
  • pantaleon
  • pantonal
  • pantonality
  • paradiddle
  • paradon
  • parallel chords
  • parallel keys
  • parallel motion
  • paraphrase
  • pardessus
  • paridon
  • pariton
  • parlando
  • parody
  • part
  • part book
  • part crossing
  • part song
  • part writing
  • partial
  • partie finale
  • partimento
  • partita
  • partition
  • PAS
  • pas de deux
  • pas trop
  • paso doble
  • passacaglia
  • passage
  • passagio
  • passamezzo
  • passecaille
  • passepied
  • passing notes
  • Passion
  • passionato
  • pasticcio
  • pastoral
  • pastorale
  • pataflafla
  • patetico
  • patter song
  • Pauke
  • Pauken
  • pausa di biscroma
  • pausa di breve
  • pausa di centoventottavo
  • pausa di croma
  • pausa di minima
  • pausa di semibiscroma
  • pausa di semibreve
  • pausa di semicroma
  • pausa di semiminima
  • pausas de blanca
  • pausas de corchea
  • pausas de cuadrada
  • pausas de fusa
  • pausas de garrapatea
  • pausas de negra
  • pausas de redonda
  • pausas de semicorchea
  • pausas de semifusa
  • pause
  • pauses
  • pavan
  • pavana
  • pavane
  • pavillon
  • Pay Call
  • Pay Day March
  • pea whistle
  • Ped.
  • pedal
  • pedal harp
  • pedal note
  • pedal point
  • pedal tone
  • Pedalharfe
  • pegboard
  • pegbox
  • pegdisc
  • Peitsche
  • pellet bells
  • penando
  • penillon
  • penny whistle
  • pentatonic scale
  • pep band
  • percusión
  • percussion
  • percussion clef
  • percussion idiophone
  • percussion instruments
  • percussione
  • percussive
  • Percussive Arts Society
  • perdendosi
  • perfect
  • perfect authentic cadence
  • perfect concords
  • perfect pitch
  • perform
  • performance
  • performance marks
  • performance practice
  • performer
  • period
  • period double bar
  • pes
  • pes subpunctis
  • pesante
  • petit
  • petite flûte
  • peu
  • pezzo lirico
  • pf
  • phantasie
  • Phantasy
  • phrase
  • phrase marks
  • Phrasierungsbogen
  • phrasing
  • phrygian
  • phrygian cadence
  • piacere
  • piangendo
  • pianissimo
  • pianississimo
  • pianissississimo
  • pianississississimo
  • pianissississississimo
  • piano
  • pianoforte
  • piatti
  • pibgorn
  • pibroch
  • Pic.
  • picardische Terz
  • picardy third
  • Picc.
  • piccolo
  • piccolo trumpet
  • pick
  • Pickelflöte
  • pickup
  • pickup note
  • piece
  • pièce lyrique
  • pietoso
  • piffero
  • Pikkolo
  • Pikkoloflöte
  • pincé étouffé
  • pipa
  • pipe
  • pipe organ
  • pipeau
  • pirolo
  • pirouette
  • piston
  • piston flute
  • piston pipe
  • piston valve
  • pit
  • pit orchestra
  • pitch
  • pitch pipe
  • più
  • più allegro
  • più animato
  • più lento
  • più mosso
  • più moto
  • piva
  • pivot
  • pizz.
  • pizzicato
  • Pk.
  • placido
  • plagal cadence
  • plain chant
  • plain song
  • plainte
  • planche à laver
  • planchette ronflante
  • planctus
  • Platinum Record
  • plectre
  • plectrum
  • Plektrum
  • plettro
  • plica
  • pluck
  • plucked idiophone
  • plunger
  • plus
  • pneuma
  • pochissimo
  • pocket bassoon
  • poco
  • podatus
  • point
  • point d'arret
  • point d'orgue
  • pointe
  • police whistle
  • polka
  • polonaise
  • polychoral
  • polychord
  • polyharmony
  • polyphonic
  • polyphony
  • polyrhythm
  • polytonality
  • Pommer
  • pomposo
  • ponticello
  • popular music
  • porrectus
  • porrectus flexus
  • port
  • port de voix
  • portamento
  • portando
  • portative organ
  • Posaune
  • position
  • positive organ
  • postlude
  • pp
  • ppp
  • pppp
  • ppppp
  • pppppp
  • praeludium
  • Pralltriller
  • pre-Classical
  • precentor
  • precisamente
  • prelude
  • preparation
  • prepared piano
  • près du chevalet
  • press roll
  • pressez
  • prestissimo
  • presto
  • prima
  • prima donna
  • prima prattica
  • prima volta
  • prime
  • primitive music
  • primitivism
  • primo
  • principal
  • principale
  • proben
  • program music
  • program symphony
  • progression
  • progressive rock
  • prolatio
  • prologue
  • Proper
  • properties of sound
  • proportion
  • prosa
  • prosody
  • prosula
  • provare
  • psalm
  • psalmody
  • psaltry
  • psychobilly
  • puente
  • puncta
  • punctum
  • punctus
  • punk rock
  • Punkt
  • Punktierte Note
  • punta
  • puntato
  • puntillo
  • punto
  • pure music
  • purfling

popular music

PAH-pyoo-ler MYOO-zik

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Definition

Music of the common people. Popular music includes folk music, since that is a form of music of the populace, but the most common current usage of this term applys to rock, country and western, or jazz.

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Last Updated: 2016-06-06 20:10:46
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