Glossary of some important musical terms
source:nikolsky-glossary
AOEs
melody
harmony
texture
rhythm
meter
tempo
articulation
phrasing
form
dynamics
register
instrumentation
pitch-class
instrumentation
interval-class
rhythm-class
tone-class
modes
mode-ekmelic
mode-khasmatonal
mode-timbral
mode-rhythmic
double-note
consonance
consonance-melodic
dissonance
dissonance-harmonic
modal-harmony
dissonance-melodic
phrase-climax
phrase-cadence
tonal-gravity
tonality
tonicity
modality
modes-monotonic
modes-tritonic
mesotony
modes-tetratonic
modes-pentatonic
modes-hexatonic
diatony
mode-hemiolic
multitony
modes-heptatonic
modes-octatonic
hypermode
motif
texture-voluminousness
texture-part-vs-voice
phrase
monophony
monody
heterophony
texture-polyphony
melodic-inclination
melodic-intonation
modes-diatonic
diatonic-modes