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Glossary

Here we have some frequently used terms and expressions.

Accompaniment

Alto

Baroque

Bass

Bass line

Bell

Bore

Bridge

Chord

Chromatic

Compass

Concerto grosso

Conical

Consort

Corps de rechange

Courses

Crooks

Cylindrical

Double reed

Dynamics

Ebonite

Enharmonic

Fingerboard

Fretboard

Fretless

Frets

Jack

Joint

Kit-form

Luthier

Manual

Mechanised keywork

Medieval period

Melody

Minstrels

Mouthpiece

Mouthpipe

Mute

Octave

Octet

Ornamentation

Pedal

Piston valves

Pitch

Pitched

Plectrum

Polyphonic

Quartet

Quill

Quintet

Reed

Renaissance

Ribs

Romantic period

Rotary valves

Scroll

Sextet

Sonata

Soundboard

Soundhole

Staves

Tangent

Timbre

Treble

Trio

Unpitched

Valves

Venetian swell

Vibrato

Virtuoso

 

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