Category
page 1Tonality

tonal system
Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions, and directionality.
sonata form
musical form
circle of fifths
relationship among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale, their corresponding key signatures, and the associated major and minor keys; geometrical representation of relationships among the 12 pitch classes of the chromatic scale in pitch class space
modulation
transition where a piece of music shifts between keys

ostinato
In music, an ostinato (; , compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
key
tonic note and chord of a musical piece
figured bass
musical notation in which numerals/accidentals show chords to be played in relation to the bass note, used in Baroque music
parallel key
major and minor scales with the same tonic
voice leading
decision-making consideration when arranging voices in musical composition