Musical terms

A motif in music

What is a motif in music?

What's the difference between a concerto and a symphony

What is the difference between a concerto and a symphony?

What is an ode - St Cecilia

What is an ode? And how has it developed through history?

What is a Passacaglia? Illustration: Adam Howling

What is a Passacaglia?

what is an apoggiatura?

What is an… Apoggiatura?

Picture of Greek Orthodox Good Friday religious procession

What is Greek Orthodox music?

What is a concerto

What is a concerto?

What is a melody

What is a melody? And how has it developed through history?

Zoltan Kodaly talking to young students

Kodály method: what it is, how it works and how it helps children learn music

Musical keys: what they are, the different keys and how they are used in classical music

Musical keys: what they are, the different keys and how they are used in classical music

Tonic sol-fa

Tonic sol-fa: what it is, how the scale works and how it was made famous as doh re mi

Concerto Grosso

What is a concerto grosso?

What is Gregorian chant?

What is Gregorian chant?

What is chamber music?

What is chamber music?

A choir and band from Wisbech arrive for the Diamond Jubilee festival of the English Folk Dance and Song Society at Cecil Sharp House, London in 1958

What is folk music?