Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

APPENDIX LIST

There are a series of appendices that provide a more in-depth look at different areas of music. Below is a list of the current topics. Some are still under construction. All of these are linked directly to the appropriate terms throughout the glossary. Please report any errors or inconsistencies to our Feedback Webpage.

1. Basic Building Blocks of Music
	Theoretical Framework of Music
		Cadences	Table of musical cadences
		Chords	Table of chord structure
		Form	Table of compositional forms through the ages
		Keys	• Table of key signatures • The circle of fifths
		Scales	Table of scales
	Musical Notation
		Accents	Table of musical accents
		Accidentals	Table of accidentals
		Clefs	Table of clefs
		Directives	Tables of musical directives (common terms from the composer to the performer)
		Dynamics	Table of dynamic markings
		Keyboard Notation	• Keyboard directives • Keyboard pedal markings
		Meter	Table of meters (duple, triple, complex)
		Notes	Tables of musical notation through the ages
		Octave Registers	Table of octave register notation
		Pause Markings	Table of pause markings
		Pitch	• Table of pitch names • Table of musical pitches
		Staff	Components of the staff
		Tempo	Table of tempo markings
		Translations	Table of Common Musical Terms with Translations & Abbreviations
	Musical Tools
		Instruments	Table of instruments and their families Brass Instrument Valve Animations (Trumpet)
		Voice As An Instrument	Table of voice types and ranges
2. Musical Styles, Genre, Performance Practice
		Blues	Table of Blues Progressions
		Drum Rudiments	Table of Drum Rudiments
		Military Bugle Calls	Classifications, Sequence and List of Bugle Calls
		Conducting Patterns	Table of the most common conducting patterns
		Ornaments	Table of ornamentation
3. Music People and Historical Eras In Music
		Composers	Alphabetical table of composers Chronological table of composers
		Historical Eras in Music	Table of the historical eras in music