LilyPond – Music notation for everyone: Glossary

## Glossary

This explains musical terms, and includes translations to various languages. If you are not familiar with music notation or music terminology (especially if you are a non-native English speaker), it is highly advisable to consult the glossary.

### Read it

- Music glossary (split HTML) - the manual is split between many HTML pages.
  (small download for each page)
- Music glossary (big HTML) - read this manual as one huge HTML page.
  (large single download, 1 MB)
- music-glossary.pdf - download as a PDF file.
  (large single download, 1.5 MB)

Other languages: česky, deutsch, español, français, magyar, italiano, 日本語, nederlands, 中文.

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