This music lexicon is a tool for looking up musical terms used in classical sheet music notation.

To use this tool, enter the words or musical terms you wish to have explained in the search form's input field and click the 'Go' button. The results will be displayed in the box below, with each term highlighted at the top-right corner of its explanation.

Note the letterbar below. When you click the uppercase character, the results box below will show terms starting with this character.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Noun Musical term Explanation
a a tempo to, at, in, on, per, with
A (abbr) Alto (abbr) Alto
a battuta tempo a battuta in strict time
a bene placito accelerando a bene placito at pleasure, at will
a beneplacito con Violino a beneplacito at will, at one's pleasure
a cappella Coro a cappella unaccompanied vocal music
a piacere Organo a piacere at will
a prima vista lettura a prima vista at first site
a tempo a tempo giusto return to the original tempo
a volontà tempo a volontà at pleasure, at will
ab initio (latino) from the beginning
abbandono con abbandono relaxed, eased up, impassioned
abbassare abbassare la corda lower, tune down
abbr (abbr) abbreviazione (abbr) abbreviazione

The lexicon is usable in landscape view with recommended width of over 800 pixels.

Also, when you hover your mouse on a character, a corresponding dropdown menu will be shown (if applicable)which allows you to 'jump ahead' within that characters collection.

You can click in the middle column of the explanation box, where the words at the left are shown in an explanatory offical term or a contextual sentence. As an instructional aid the clicked middle selection will be shown in the input field of the search form.