Specialising in
ADULT MUSIC EDUCATION
Small group classes at
Ainslie Arts Centre
Specialising in
ADULT MUSIC EDUCATION
Small group classes at
Ainslie Arts Centre
ADULT MUSIC EDUCATION
Small group classes
Ainslie Arts Centre & Online
GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS:
J - N
The mode that corresponds to the progression from to on the white keys of the piano; the order of intervals is: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone.
1. A generic term applied to ancient Greek melodi progressions and to church scales established in the Middle Ages and codified in the system of the Gregorian chant. 2. The distinction between a major key and minor key. 3. Any scalar pattern of intervals, either traditional to a culture or invented.
Moderate; at a moderate tempo or rate of speed.
To pass from one key or mode to another.
Very, much.
Soft, tender.
Dying away.
Murmuring; in a very gentle, subdued tone.
Moved.
A short phrase or figure used in development, imitation or repetition.
Motion, speed, movement.
With motion; with an animated and energetic movement.
1. Tempo. 2. A principal division or section of a composition.
After; according to.
Night music; a serenade.
Little by little, gradually.
Any minor scale withour chromatic alterations and therefore lacking the leading note; the order of intervals is: tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone.
The interval of an octave plus a major or minor second.
A piece of a dreamily romantic or sentimental character, without fixed form.
Not.