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- Form
- the structure of a piece of music
- Strophic
- same music, different words (like a hymn)
- Serialism
- (12 tone technique), music based on a recurrent series of tones, rhythms, etc.
- Mass
- the Roman Catholic worship service. The Ordinary: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei
- Chorale
- the hymntune of the early German Protestan church
- Psalm Singing
- rhymed, metrical settings of the psalms to hymnttunes suitable for congregational singing
- Motet
- a sacred, polyphonic composition with a non liturgical text
- Madrigal
- a Renaissance secular work for voices
- Symphony
- a multi movement work for symphony orchestra
- Chamber Music
- music for 1-9 players
- Concerto
- music for a solo instrument and orchestra
- Sonata
- a multi movement work for a piano or solo instrument with piano (a composition for 1 or 2 instruments)
- Symphonic Poem
- a symphony which tells a story
- Opera
- a drama set to music
- Oratorio
- an opera with a religious text and without staging
- Cantata
- an extended solo or choral work
- Aria
- the solo song in an opera, oratorio, or cantata
- Recitative
- speech-song
- Overture
- a festive opening to a musical stage production
- Libretto
- a text of an opera
- Monophony (monophonic)
- melody alone
- Homophony (homophonic)
- melody with chords
- Polyphony (polyphonic)
- 2 or more melodies at the same time
- Counterpoint (contrapuntal)
- same as polyphony but usually instrumental
- Musicology
- the study of music history and research
- Ethnomusicology
- the study of music of various cultures
- Music Theory
- the study of the science of music
- Applied Music
- the study of music performance