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Music is a human expression in the medium of time using the structures of sounds or tones and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre.

The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to music:

General topics

Music theory – Musical acoustics – Band (music) – Composition – Ensemble – Genre – Instrument – Keyboard – Mode – Musician – Music and politics – Music history – Music lessons – Music technology – Musical notation – Musical terminology – Tuning – History of music

Music industry topics

Main article: Music industry

Album – Compact disk (CD) – Compact Cassette – Concert – Concert tour – Grammy Awards – Music recording sales certification – Performance – Record – Record industry – Recording studio

People

A&R – ASCAP – Arranger – Band manager – Booker – BMI – Composer – Copyright collective – MCPS – Musical ensemble – Musician – Musicians' Union – publisher – PRS – Record label – Record producer – Record distributor – Road crew ("roadies") – Singer – Songwriter – Performance rights organisation – Tour promoter

Ensembles

Main articles: Musical ensemble and list of musical ensembles

Band – Choir – Concert band – Duet – Marching Band – Orchestra – Quartet – Quintet

Genres of music

Main articles: Musical genre and List of musical genres

Examples of genres:    Blues – Classical – Country – Dub – Electronic – Electronic dance – Electronica – Funk – Gospel – Hip hop – Jazz – Latin American – Melodic – Pop – Progressive rock – Rapcore – Reggae – Rap – Rhythm and blues – Rock – Ska

Music by region

Main article: List of cultural and regional genres of music
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Music of Africa
Sovereign states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte / Réunion (France) · Puntland · St. Helena (UK) · Socotra (Yemen) · Somaliland · Southern Sudan · Western Sahara · Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Italics indicate an unrecognised or partially recognised country. 1 Transcontinental country. 
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Music of North America
Sovereign states The North American continent with country borders
Dependencies and
other territories

Anguilla · Aruba1 · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Clipperton · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Netherlands Antilles1 · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (South America).
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Music of South America
Sovereign states
Dependencies

Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) 2 / French Guiana (France)
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America and/or Central America).  2 Territories also in or commonly reckoned to be in Antarctica.
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Music of Asia
Sovereign
states

Afghanistan · Armenia1 · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma2 · Cambodia · People's Republic of China · Cyprus1 · East Timor3 · Egypt4 · Georgia1 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan4 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia4 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China5 · Thailand · Turkey4 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

Aceh · Adjara1 · Abkhazia · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Jakarta · Khakassia · Macau · Nagorno-Karabakh · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Northern Cyprus · Palestine (Gaza Strip · West Bank) · Papua · Sakha · South Ossetia · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang · Yogyakarta
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country.  1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions.  2 Also known as Myanmar.  3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste.  4 Transcontinental country.  5 Commonly known as Taiwan. 
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Music of Europe
Sovereign
states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

Abkhazia 2 · Adjara1 · Adygea · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Bashkortostan · Chechnya · Chuvashia · Crimea · Dagestan · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Ingushetia · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Republic of Karelia · Komi Republic · Kosovo · Madeira7 · Isle of Man · Mari El · Mordovia · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhchivan1 · North Ossetia-Alania · Northern Cyprus1 · South Ossetia 2 · Svalbard · Tatarstan · Transnistria · Udmurtia · Vojvodina
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country.  1 / 7 Entirely in Asia / on the African Plate, but historically considered European.  2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions.  3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Has part of its territory in Asia / North America / South America / Africa.
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Music of Oceania
Australasia Australasia

Australia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · New Zealand1 · Norfolk Island
Melanesia Melanesia
Micronesia Micronesia
Polynesia Polynesia

American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Hawaii · Niue · Pitcairn Islands · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna
1 Often included in Polynesia.  2 Often included in Southeast Asia.  3 Often included in Australasia.

Musical compositions

Types of musical pieces and compositions

Main article: Musical form
Single-movement forms:    Strophic form (AA...) – Binary form (AB) – Ternary form less often tertiary (ABA) – Arch form (ABCBA)
Multi-movement forms:    Ballet – Cantata – Chorale – Concerto – Dance – Etude – Fantasia – Fugue – Mass – Opera – Oratorio – Prelude – Requiem – Rhapsody – Sonata – Suite – Symphonic poem – Symphony

Sections of a piece or composition

Main article: Section (music)
Introduction – Exposition – Recapitulation – Verse – Refrain (chorus) – Conclusion – Coda – Fadeout – Bridge – Interlude

Musical notation

Main article: Musical notation   See also: Modern musical symbols and Sheet music.

Variations of musical notation

Musical skills and procedures

Absolute pitch – Ear training – Fingering – Learning music by ear – Modulation – Numerical sight-singing – Practice – Relative pitch – Sight reading – Transposition – Tuning – Virtuosity

Vocal ranges

Main article: Vocal range

Female ranges

Soprano – Mezzo-soprano – Contralto

Male ranges

Boy soprano
Sopranist – Alto – Tenor – Baritone – Bass-baritone – Bass

Instruments

Main articles: Musical instrument and List of musical instruments

Wind instruments – LamellOphones – Percussion instruments – String instruments – Voice – Electronic instruments – Keyboard instruments

See also the List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number

Music-related lists

Main article: List of music topics

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