Meaning: A musical note that is played for one sixty-fourth of the duration of a whole note.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The piece included several sixty-fourth notes.

Category: Music › Notation

Synonyms: demisemiquaver

Meaning: A system of assigning syllables to musical notes.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She learned solfa to improve her singing.

Category: Music

Synonyms: solfège

Meaning: A performance by a single musician or artist.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He gave a solo at the concert.

Category: Music

Synonyms: individual performance

Meaning: A musician who performs alone.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The soloist captivated the audience with her voice.

Category: Music

Synonyms: performer

Meaning: A musical composition for one or more instruments, typically in three or four movements.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She played a beautiful sonata on the piano.

Category: Music

Synonyms: musical piece

Meaning: A musical composition with lyrics.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She wrote a song for her friend's birthday.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• tune
• melody

Meaning: A musical term indicating short, detached notes.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The staccato rhythm made the song lively.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• disconnected
• short

Meaning: Characterized by a displacement of the beats or accents in music.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The syncopated rhythm made the song more lively.

Category: Music

Meaning: Short for synthesizer, an electronic instrument that generates audio signals.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He played a melody on his synth.

Category: Music › Instruments

Meaning: An electronic instrument that produces sound by combining signals.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The synthesizer can create a wide range of sounds.

Category: Music › Instruments

Meaning: A syllable in solfège representing the seventh note of the scale.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In music class, we learned about the note 'te'.

Category: Music › Theory

Meaning: A genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive beat.

Part of speech: noun

Example: They played techno music at the party.

Category: Music › Genres

Synonyms: electronic music

Meaning: The highest male singing voice, or a part in music.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He has a beautiful tenor voice.

Category: Music › Vocal

Meaning: the range of pitches in a piece of music

Part of speech: noun

Example: The tessitura of the song is quite high.

Category: Music › Theory

Synonyms:

• range
• pitch range

Meaning: The ten highest-ranked items in a category.

Part of speech: noun

Example: This song is in the top ten.

Category: Music › Charts

Synonyms:

• top rankings
• best ten

Meaning: A musical instrument played by plucking metal tines with the thumbs.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He played a beautiful melody on the thumb piano.

Category: Music

Meaning: The seventh note in the solfège scale.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In music class, we learned about the note ti.

Category: Music

Meaning: The quality or color of a sound that distinguishes it from others.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The singer's timbre was rich and warm.

Category: Music › Sound Quality

Meaning: A musical composition for keyboard instruments.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The pianist played a beautiful toccata.

Category: Music › Composition

Synonyms: musical piece

Meaning: Rhythmic movement of the toes, often to music.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The song had a toe-tapping beat.

Category: Music › Rhythm

Synonyms:

• rhythmic
• danceable

Meaning: A type of drum used in various musical traditions.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He played the tom-tom at the festival.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• drum
• percussion

Meaning: Relating to the tone of a sound or music.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The tonal quality of the song was beautiful.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• musical
• harmonic

Meaning: The character or quality of a musical piece, determined by its key.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The tonality of the piece shifted throughout.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• key
• harmony

Meaning: The quality or character of a sound.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The tone of her voice was soothing.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• sound
• pitch

Meaning: A piece of orchestral music that evokes a scene or story.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The tone poem painted a vivid picture.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• symphonic poem
• musical narrative

Meaning: Unable to perceive differences in musical pitch.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: He is tone-deaf and can't sing well.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• musically challenged
• off-key

Meaning: Having no tone or pitch.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: His voice was toneless and lacked emotion.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• flat
• monotone

Meaning: A system of notation for musical notes using syllables.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Tonic solfa helps with learning music.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• solfège
• music notation

Meaning: to change the order or position of something

Part of speech: verb

Example: You can transpose the notes to create a different melody.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• switch
• exchange

Meaning: A high-pitched voice or sound.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The treble of the violin filled the room.

Category: Music › Sound

Synonyms:

• high pitch
• soprano

Meaning: A musical effect that produces a trembling sound.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The guitarist used tremolo to enhance the song.

Category: Music › Techniques

Synonyms: vibrato

Meaning: A large brass musical instrument with a deep sound.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He played the tuba in the school band.

Category: Music › Instruments

Synonyms: brass instrument

Meaning: A musical instrument made of metal tubes that produce sound when struck.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The composer used tubular bells in the orchestral piece.

Category: Music › Instruments

Synonyms: chimes

Meaning: A melody or musical composition.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She hummed a cheerful tune.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• melody
• song

Meaning: Having a pleasant tune; melodious.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The tuneful song was a hit on the radio.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• melodious
• harmonious

Antonyms:

• tuneless
• discordant

Meaning: Having no melody; lacking harmony.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: His tuneless singing was hard to listen to.

Category: Music

Synonyms:

• dissonant
• discordant

Antonyms:

• melodious
• harmonious

Meaning: A device used to adjust the pitch of a musical instrument.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He used a tuner to ensure his guitar was in tune.

Category: Music › Instruments

Synonyms:

• adjuster
• device

Meaning: A songwriter or composer of music.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The tunesmith wrote several popular songs.

Category: Music › Composition

Synonyms:

• songwriter
• composer

Meaning: A tool used to produce a specific pitch for tuning musical instruments.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He struck the tuning fork to tune his piano.

Category: Music › Instruments

Synonyms: pitch fork

Meaning: A device used to adjust the tension of a string on a musical instrument.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He turned the tuning peg to tighten the guitar string.

Category: Music › Instruments

Synonyms:

• adjuster
• tuner