This is a glossary of Schenkerian analysis, a method of musical analysis of tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935). The method is discussed in the concerned article and no attempt will be made here to summarize it. Similarly, the entries below will whenever possible link to other articles where the concepts are described with more details (in several cases, the name of the entry links to a specialized article), and the definitions will be kept here to a minimum.
Anstieg
Arpeggiation (German: Brechung)
Ausfaltung
Auskomponierung
Außensatz
Background (German: Hintergrund)
Bass arpeggiation (German: Baßbrechung)
Baßbrechung
Brechung
Chord of nature
Composing out
Compound melody
Cover tone (German: Deckton)
Deckton
Divider (German: Teiler)
Elaboration
Fernhören
First-order arpeggiation
Foreground (German: Vordergrund)
Free Composition (German: freier Satz)