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Music Theory[edit]

Musical Terms[edit]

Acoustics: Musical acoustics; Frequency; Pitch (music); Harmonic series (music); Overtone; Subharmonic; Combination tone; Artificial harmonic; Tap harmonic; Undertone series; Quarter-comma meantone; Syntonic comma; Semicomma; Orwell comma; Limit (music); Cent (music); Piano key frequencies
Intervals: Interval (music); List of pitch intervals; Unison; Augmented unison; Semitone; Minor second; Major second; Minor third; Major third; Tritone; Diminished fourth; Perfect fourth; Perfect fifth; Diminished sixth; Minor sixth; Major sixth; Augmented sixth; Diminished seventh; Minor seventh; Harmonic seventh; Major seventh; Augmented seventh; Octave; Pseudo-octave; Ninth; Eleventh; Thirteenth
Temperament: Musical temperament; Musical tuning; Stretched tuning; Just intonation; Pythagorean tuning; Pythagorean interval; Wolf interval; Meantone temperament; List of meantone intervals; Equal temperament; Bohlen–Pierce scale; Enharmonic; Chromaticism
Scales and Modes: List of musical scales and modes; Scale (music); Leading-tone; Tonality; Gregorian mode; Mode (music); Mixolydian mode; Ionian mode; Diatonic and chromatic; Diatonic scale; Pentatonic scale; Pandiatonicism; Major scale; Harmonic major scale; Minor scale; Heptatonic scale; Enharmonic scale; Blue note; Chromatic scale; Whole tone scale; Neapolitan scale; Flamenco mode; Double harmonic scale; Hungarian gypsy scale; Hungarian minor scale; Ukrainian Dorian scale; Phrygian dominant scale; Altered scale; Octatonic scale; Bebop scale
Chords: Chord (music); Factor (chord); Root (chord); Third (chord); Fifth (chord); Seventh (chord); Bass note; First inversion; Second inversion; Primary triad; Subsidiary chord; Parallel key; List of chords; Chord names and symbols (popular music); Triad (music); Diminished triad; Minor chord; Major chord; Major 6th chord; Augmented triad; Augmented sixth chord; Seventh chord; Minor seventh chord; Diminished seventh chord; Half-diminished seventh chord; Diminished major seventh chord; Dominant seventh flat five chord; Harmonic seventh chord; Dominant seventh chord; Nondominant seventh chord; Secondary dominant; Minor major seventh chord; Major seventh chord; Augmented seventh chord; Augmented major seventh chord; Leading-tone seventh chord; Secondary leading-tone chord; Ninth chord; Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord; Eleventh chord; Added tone chord; Seven six chord; Bell chord; Borrowed chord; Bridge chord; Dream chord; Elektra chord; Farben chord; Lydian chord; Magic chord; Mystic chord; Mu chord; Neapolitan chord; "Ode-to-Napoleon" hexachord; Predominant chord; Petrushka chord; Psalms chord; So What chord; Suspended chord; Tristan chord; Viennese trichord
Harmony: Harmony; Figured bass; Common practice period; Homorhythm; Voice leading; Barbershop arranging; Block chord; Chord progression; List of chord progressions; Modulation (music); Consonance and dissonance; Altered chord; Secundal; Tertian; Quartal and quintal harmony; Mixed-interval chord; Polychord
Cadences: Cadence (music); Resolution (music); Irregular resolution; Backdoor progression; English cadence; False relation; Picardy third; Corelli cadence; Andalusian cadence; Lament bass; ♭VII–V7 cadence; V–IV–I turnaround; Turnaround (music); Approach chord; Passing chord; Nonchord tone
Appendix: Superparticular ratio; List of intervals in 5-limit just intonation; 7-limit tuning; Septimal comma; Septimal semicomma; Septimal quarter tone; Septimal kleisma; Septimal diesis