List of jazz and popular musical terms
This is a list of jazz and popular music terms that are likely to be encountered in printed popular music songbooks, fake books and vocal scores, big band scores, jazz, and rock concert reviews, and album liner notes. This glossary includes terms for musical instruments, playing or singing techniques, amplifiers, effects units, sound reinforcement equipment, and recording gear and techniques which are widely used in jazz and popular music. Most of the terms are in English, but in some cases, terms from other languages are encountered (e.g. to do an "encore", which is a French term).
1x10"
1x12"
1x15"
1x18"
1x21"
2x10"
2x12"
2x15"
2x18"
4x10"
4x12"
4-track (or "four-track")
5-string (or five-string)
6-string (or six-string)
7-string (or seven-string)
8-string (or eight-string)
8-track
8x10"
10
11
12-string
Artist and Repertoire (A&R)
ad libitum (commonly ad lib; Latin)
alt (English), alt dom, or altered dominant
altissimo
alto
amp
analog
as is
axe
B
B-3
back-beat
bark
barre chord or bar chord
beat
bend
bin or bass bin
bird's eye
bleeding, bleed, or bleed-through
block chords
blow
blues
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