The Language of the Music Business: A Handbook of Its Customs, Practices and Procedures |
Common terms and phrases
Abbreviation accent and/or arrangement audience band bass beat Berne broadcasting called classification in songwriting composed copy copyright notice Copyright Office dance designate diatonic scale disk jockey distinguished flat Four-Four half step harmony instance interval jazz key signature keyboard instrument leger line lyric major scale mark meaning melody method of fingering metrical foot motion picture music business music publisher musical composition musical instrument musical show musician notation note tone octave orchestra original percussion instrument performance person phonograph record phonograph record company phrase piano pitch play or sing popular produced publication radio or television rhyme rhythm Roman numerals score sheet music singer sol-fa song book song shark song sheet song written songs MB songwriter sound SPEBSQSA staff stringed instrument style sung syllable tape tempo theater tune Typical ukulele United States Copyright usually violin vocal voice word writing