Skip to main content
OnMusic Dictionary logo
  • Instrument
  • Composer
  • Symbol Chart
  • Appendix
Connect For Education logo

For College Courses (opens in a new tab)
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 - S

  • S.d.
  • S.P.
  • Sachs, Curt
  • Sachs-Hornbostel
  • sackbut
  • Sackpfeife
  • sacred music
  • SAI
  • Saite
  • Saitenhalter
  • salphinx
  • salsa
  • saltando
  • saltarella
  • saltarello
  • saltato
  • Salve regina
  • samba
  • sambuca
  • Sanctus
  • sandpaper blocks
  • sanft
  • sans
  • sans instruments
  • sans sourdine
  • sansa
  • santur
  • sanza
  • sarabande
  • sarrusophone
  • sassofón
  • sassofóno
  • sassofono
  • sassofono baritono
  • sassofono basso
  • sassofono contralto
  • sassofono soprano
  • sassofono tenore
  • SATB
  • Satz
  • sausage bassoon
  • savart
  • sax
  • saxhorn
  • saxofón
  • saxofón alto
  • saxofón bajo
  • saxofón baritono
  • saxofón soprano
  • saxofón tenor
  • Saxophon
  • saxophone
  • saxophone alto
  • saxophone baryton
  • saxophone basse
  • saxophone soprano
  • saxophone ténor
  • saz
  • scacciapensieri
  • scala
  • scale
  • scaling
  • scandicus
  • scandicus flexus
  • Scandinavian school
  • scarso
  • scat singing
  • scena
  • Schallkasten
  • Schalmei
  • Schellenbaum
  • scherzando
  • scherzo
  • scherzo and trio
  • Schlagbass
  • Schlaginstrumente
  • Schlagrassel
  • Schlagzeug
  • Schlagzeugschlüssel
  • schleppend
  • Schluss
  • Schlüssel
  • Schlussteil
  • Schnabelflöte
  • Schnecke
  • schnell
  • Schneller
  • School Call
  • Schottische
  • Schwanz
  • Schwirrholz
  • schwungvoll
  • Scientific Pitch Notation
  • sciolto
  • scordatura
  • score
  • scoring
  • Scotch snap
  • scraped idiophone
  • scraper
  • scroll
  • Se
  • sec
  • secco
  • secco recitative
  • Sechzehntel
  • Sechzehntelnote
  • Sechzehntelpause
  • second
  • second ending
  • second inversion
  • seconda prattica
  • seconda volta
  • section
  • secular music
  • segno
  • segue
  • sehr
  • seizième de soupir
  • semibiscroma
  • semibreve
  • semibreve rest
  • semibrevis
  • semicorchea
  • semicroma
  • semifusa
  • semihemidemisemiquaver
  • semihemidemisemiquaver rest
  • semiminima
  • semiquaver
  • semiquaver rest
  • semitone
  • semplice
  • sempre
  • sensibile
  • sensibilita
  • sensibilite
  • sensibilmente
  • sensible
  • sentence
  • sentimento
  • senza
  • senza sordino
  • sepolcro
  • septet
  • sequence
  • sequencer
  • sequentia
  • serenade
  • sérénade
  • serenata
  • sereno
  • serialism
  • series
  • serioso
  • serpent
  • service
  • sesquialtera
  • sessantaquattresimo
  • set
  • seven stroke roll
  • seventeen stroke roll
  • seventh
  • seventh chord
  • severita
  • sext
  • sextet
  • sextolet
  • sextuple meter
  • sextuplet
  • sextus
  • sf
  • sff
  • sfff
  • sfffz
  • sffz
  • sfogato
  • sforzando
  • sforzando piano
  • sforzato
  • sfp
  • sfz
  • shaft
  • shag
  • shake
  • shaken idiophone
  • shanty
  • shape
  • shape notes
  • sharp
  • shawm
  • sheet music
  • sheng
  • shift
  • sho
  • shofar
  • short appoggiatura
  • short octave
  • shoulder
  • shuffle
  • Si
  • Si bemol
  • Si bémol
  • Si bemolle
  • Si dièse
  • Si diesis
  • Si doble bemol
  • Si doble sostenido
  • Si doppio bemolle
  • Si doppio diesis
  • Si double bémol
  • Si double dièse
  • Si sostenido
  • Sibelius
  • siciliana
  • Siciliano
  • sicilienne
  • Sick Call
  • side drum
  • sideman
  • sifflet d'oiseau
  • sigh
  • sight-reading
  • sight-singing
  • signature
  • signe de liaison du phrasé
  • signs
  • siku
  • silencio de blanca
  • silencio de corchea
  • silencio de cuadrada
  • silencio de fusa
  • silencio de garrapatea
  • silencio de negra
  • silencio de redonda
  • silencio de semicorchea
  • silencio de semifusa
  • sillet
  • sim.
  • similar motion
  • simile
  • simple interval
  • simple meter
  • simple time
  • simplex
  • sin' al fine
  • sinfonia
  • sinfonía
  • Sinfonie
  • sinfonietta
  • singende Säge
  • singer
  • singhiozzando
  • singing
  • single drag tap
  • single dragadiddle
  • single flammed mill
  • single paradiddle
  • single paradiddle-diddle
  • single ratamacue
  • single reed
  • single reed instrument
  • single stroke four
  • single stroke roll
  • single stroke rudiments
  • single stroke seven
  • Singspiel
  • sinistra
  • sinistro
  • siren
  • sirena
  • sirène
  • Sirene
  • sistro
  • sistrum
  • sitar
  • six stroke roll
  • six-four chord
  • sixteenth note
  • sixteenth rest
  • sixth
  • sixth chord
  • sixty-fourth note
  • sixty-fourth rest
  • sizzle cymbal
  • skip
  • Skordatur
  • slap
  • slap bass
  • slapstick
  • slargando
  • slash
  • sleigh bells
  • slentando
  • slide
  • slide trombone
  • slide trumpet
  • slide whistle
  • sliphorn
  • slur
  • small
  • small octave
  • smaniato
  • smear
  • smorz.
  • smorzando
  • snap pizz
  • snap pizzicato
  • snare
  • snare drum
  • soave
  • sob
  • Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.
  • Sociology of music
  • soft pedal
  • soggetto
  • Sol
  • Sol bemol
  • Sol bémol
  • Sol bemolle
  • Sol dièse
  • Sol diesis
  • Sol doble bemol
  • Sol doble sostenido
  • Sol doppio bemolle
  • Sol doppio diesis
  • Sol double bémol
  • Sol double dièse
  • Sol sostenido
  • Sol-fa
  • solfaing
  • solfège
  • solfeggio
  • soli
  • solmization
  • solo
  • son
  • sonare
  • sonata
  • sonata cycle
  • sonata da camera
  • sonata da chiesa
  • sonata form
  • sonata-allegro form
  • sonata-rondo
  • sonate
  • sonate d'église
  • sonate de chambre
  • sonatina
  • sonatine
  • song
  • song cycle
  • song flute
  • song whistle
  • sono
  • sop. sax
  • sopra
  • sopranino
  • soprano
  • soprano clef
  • soprano recorder
  • soprano sax
  • soprano saxophone
  • Sopransaxophon
  • Sopranschlüssel
  • sordamente
  • sordini
  • sordino
  • sordun
  • sospirando
  • sostenido
  • sostenuto
  • sostenuto pedal
  • sotto
  • sotto voce
  • soubrette
  • soul music
  • Sound Off
  • sound recording
  • soundboard
  • soundbox
  • soundhole
  • sounding as written
  • soundpost
  • soupir
  • sousaphone
  • space
  • spagnoletta
  • Spanish school
  • SPEBSQSA
  • species counterpoint
  • spianato
  • spiccato
  • Spielblättchen
  • spinet
  • spinto
  • spirited
  • spiritoso
  • spiritual
  • Spitze
  • splash cymbal
  • SPN
  • spondee
  • Sprechstimme
  • sprezzatura
  • springer
  • Spruch
  • square dance
  • square piano
  • squeeze box
  • squillante
  • stabile
  • Stabriem
  • staccatissimo
  • staccato
  • Stadtpfeifer
  • staff
  • staggered breathing
  • stamped idiophone
  • stamping idiophone
  • stance
  • stanchezza
  • Ständchen
  • stanghetta
  • stantanto
  • stanza
  • statement
  • stave
  • steam organ
  • steam piano
  • steel band
  • steel drums
  • steel guitar
  • Steg
  • Steinspiel
  • stem
  • stentando
  • step
  • sticheron
  • stick
  • stick shot
  • sticking
  • stile antico
  • stile concitato
  • stile moderno
  • stile molle
  • stile rappresentativo
  • stile temperato
  • Stimme
  • Stimmstock
  • Stimmung
  • Stimmungsmusik
  • stinger
  • Stockfagott
  • stop
  • stopping
  • strain
  • strambotto
  • strascinando
  • strathspey
  • strepitoso
  • stretto
  • Strich
  • strict counterpoint
  • strike
  • string
  • string band
  • string bass
  • string instruments
  • string music
  • string quartet
  • string quintet
  • string trio
  • string.
  • stringed instruments
  • stringendo
  • strisciando
  • stroke
  • stromentato
  • stromenti a percossa
  • stromenti d'ottoni
  • strophe
  • strophic form
  • struggling
  • strum
  • strumentini
  • strumento a fiato
  • Stück
  • Studien
  • study
  • Sturm und Drang
  • style
  • style brisé
  • style de chapelle
  • style galant
  • suavita
  • sub-bass clef
  • sub-contra
  • Subbassschlüssel
  • subdivision
  • subdominant
  • subdominant chord
  • subito
  • subject
  • submediant
  • subtonic
  • suite
  • suite de danses
  • suives
  • sul
  • sul G
  • sul ponticello
  • sul tasto
  • sull'
  • sulla
  • sulla corda La
  • sulla tastiera
  • sulle
  • superdominant
  • superius
  • supertonic
  • sur
  • sur la touche
  • sur le chevalet
  • sus
  • suspended cymbal
  • suspension
  • sustaining pedal
  • Swanee whistle
  • Sweet Adelines International
  • sweet potato
  • swell
  • swing
  • swing band
  • swiss army triplet
  • syllabic
  • sympathetic strings
  • symphonia
  • symphonic band
  • symphonic poem
  • symphonie
  • symphonie concertante
  • symphony
  • symphony orchestra
  • syncopation
  • synthesizer
  • syrinx
  • system

semicorchea

Your browser does not support the audio element.

[ Spanish , sixteenth note ]

Definition

The Spanish term for sixteenth note.
 
See more about notes and rests in the Appendix.

See Also

  • [British] semiquaver
  • [English] sixteenth note
  • [French] double-croche (f)
  • [German] Sechzehntel (f)
  • [German] Sechzehntelnote (f)
  • [Italian] semicroma (f)

Share

  • Share on Facebook (opens in a new tab)
  • Share on X (opens in a new tab)
Last Updated: 2016-06-11 00:00:57
Support / Feedback About Us
Copyright © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Connect For Education Inc.