The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to music:
Definition of music
History of music
History of music
By region or ethnicity
Musical ensembles
Musical ensemble
Genres of music
Music by region
Cultural and regional genres of music
Africa
: West Africa
:: Benin ⢠Burkina Faso ⢠Cape Verde ⢠Côte d'Ivoire ⢠Gambia ⢠Ghana ⢠Guinea ⢠Guinea-Bissau ⢠Liberia ⢠Mali ⢠Mauritania ⢠Niger ⢠Nigeria ⢠Senegal ⢠Sierra Leone ⢠Togo
: North Africa
:: Algeria ⢠Egypt ⢠Libya ⢠Mauritania ⢠Morocco ⢠Sudan ⢠South Sudan ⢠Tunisia ⢠Western Sahara
: Central Africa
:: Angola ⢠Burundi ⢠Cameroon ⢠Central African Republic ⢠Chad ⢠The Democratic Republic of the Congo ⢠Equatorial Guinea ⢠Gabon ⢠Republic of the Congo ⢠Rwanda ⢠São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
: East Africa
:: Burundi ⢠Comoros ⢠Djibouti ⢠Eritrea ⢠Ethiopia ⢠Kenya ⢠Madagascar ⢠Malawi ⢠Mauritius ⢠Mozambique ⢠Rwanda ⢠Seychelles ⢠Somalia ⢠Tanzania ⢠Uganda ⢠Zambia ⢠Zimbabwe
: Southern Africa
:: Botswana ⢠Lesotho ⢠Namibia ⢠South Africa ⢠Eswatini
: Dependencies
:: Mayotte <small>(France)</small> ⢠St. Helena <small>(UK)</small> ⢠Puntland ⢠Somaliland ⢠Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Asia
: Central Asia
:: Kazakhstan ⢠Kyrgyzstan ⢠Tajikistan ⢠Turkmenistan ⢠Uzbekistan
: East Asia
:China ⢠Tibet ⢠Hong Kong ⢠Macau ⢠Japan ⢠North Korea ⢠South Korea ⢠Mongolia ⢠Taiwan
: North Asia
:: Russia
: Southeast Asia
:: Brunei ⢠Burma (Myanmar) ⢠Cambodia ⢠Indonesia ⢠Laos ⢠Malaysia ⢠Philippines (Metro Manila) ⢠Singapore ⢠Thailand ⢠Timor-Leste ⢠Vietnam
: South Asia
:: Afghanistan ⢠Bangladesh ⢠Bhutan ⢠Maldives ⢠Nepal ⢠Pakistan ⢠Sri Lanka
:: India
::: States of India: Andhra Pradesh ⢠Arunachal Pradesh ⢠Assam ⢠Bihar ⢠Chhattisgarh ⢠Goa ⢠Gujarat ⢠Haryana ⢠Himachal Pradesh ⢠Jammu and Kashmir ⢠Jharkhand ⢠Karnataka ⢠Kerala ⢠Madhya Pradesh ⢠Maharashtra ⢠Manipur ⢠Meghalaya ⢠Mizoram ⢠Nagaland ⢠Odisha ⢠Punjab ⢠Rajasthan ⢠Sikkim ⢠Tamil Nadu ⢠Telangana ⢠Tripura ⢠Uttar Pradesh ⢠Uttarakhand ⢠West Bengal
: West Asia
:: Armenia ⢠Azerbaijan ⢠Bahrain ⢠Cyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) ⢠Georgia ⢠Iran ⢠Iraq ⢠Israel ⢠Jordan ⢠Kuwait ⢠Lebanon ⢠Oman ⢠State of Palestine ⢠Qatar ⢠Saudi Arabia ⢠Syria ⢠Turkey ⢠United Arab Emirates ⢠Yemen
Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
: North Caucasus
:: Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
: South Caucasus
:: Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) ⢠Armenia ⢠Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
Europe
: Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⢠ÃÂ
land ⢠Albania ⢠Andorra ⢠Armenia ⢠Austria ⢠Azerbaijan ⢠Belarus ⢠Belgium ⢠Bosnia and Herzegovina ⢠Bulgaria ⢠Croatia ⢠Cyprus ⢠Czech Republic ⢠Denmark ⢠Estonia ⢠Faroe Islands ⢠Finland ⢠France ⢠Georgia ⢠Germany ⢠Gibraltar ⢠Greece ⢠Guernsey ⢠Hungary ⢠Iceland ⢠Ireland ⢠Isle of Man ⢠Italy (Rome) ⢠Jersey ⢠Kazakhstan ⢠Kosovo ⢠Latvia ⢠Liechtenstein ⢠Lithuania ⢠Luxembourg ⢠Macedonia ⢠Malta ⢠Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) ⢠Monaco ⢠Montenegro ⢠Netherlands ⢠Poland ⢠Portugal ⢠Romania ⢠Russia ⢠San Marino ⢠Serbia ⢠Slovakia ⢠Slovenia â¢
: Norway
:: Svalbard
:Spain
:: Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia
: Sweden ⢠Switzerland ⢠Turkey ⢠Ukraine
: United Kingdom
:: England (Cornwall, London, Sussex) ⢠Northern Ireland ⢠Scotland ⢠Wales (Cardiff, Newport)
: Vatican City
: European Union
North America
: Canada
:: Provinces of Canada: ⢠Alberta ⢠British Columbia (Vancouver) ⢠Manitoba ⢠New Brunswick ⢠Newfoundland and Labrador ⢠Nova Scotia ⢠Ontario ⢠Prince Edward Island ⢠Quebec ⢠Saskatchewan
:: Territories of Canada: Northwest Territories ⢠Nunavut ⢠Yukon
:Greenland ⢠Saint Pierre and Miquelon
: United States
:: Alabama ⢠Alaska ⢠Arizona (Tucson) ⢠Arkansas ⢠California (Los Angeles) ⢠Colorado Denver ⢠Connecticut ⢠Delaware ⢠Florida ⢠Georgia (Athens, Atlanta) ⢠Hawaii ⢠Idaho ⢠Illinois (Chicago) ⢠Indiana ⢠Iowa ⢠Kansas ⢠Kentucky ⢠Louisiana ⢠Maine ⢠Maryland (Annapolis, Baltimore) ⢠Massachusetts ⢠Michigan (Detroit) ⢠Minnesota ⢠Mississippi ⢠Missouri ⢠Montana ⢠Nebraska ⢠Nevada ⢠New Hampshire ⢠New Jersey ⢠New Mexico ⢠New York (New York City) ⢠North Carolina ⢠North Dakota ⢠Ohio ⢠Oklahoma ⢠Oregon ⢠Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) ⢠Rhode Island ⢠South Carolina ⢠South Dakota ⢠Tennessee ⢠Texas Austin ⢠Utah ⢠Vermont ⢠Virginia ⢠Washington (Olympia, Seattle) ⢠West Virginia ⢠Wisconsin ⢠Wyoming
:: Washington, D.C.
: Mexico
: Central America
:: Belize ⢠Costa Rica ⢠El Salvador ⢠Guatemala ⢠Honduras ⢠Nicaragua ⢠Panama
: Caribbean
:: Anguilla ⢠Antigua and Barbuda ⢠Aruba ⢠Bahamas ⢠Barbados ⢠Bermuda ⢠British Virgin Islands ⢠Cayman Islands ⢠Cuba ⢠Dominica ⢠Dominican Republic ⢠Grenada ⢠Haiti ⢠Jamaica ⢠Montserrat ⢠Netherlands Antilles ⢠Puerto Rico ⢠Saint Barthélemy ⢠Saint Kitts and Nevis ⢠Saint Lucia ⢠Saint Martin ⢠Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⢠Trinidad and Tobago ⢠Turks and Caicos Islands ⢠United States Virgin Islands
Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
: Australasia
:: Australia
::: (Adelaide, Perth, Sydney)
::: Dependencies/Territories of Australia
:::: Christmas Island ⢠Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⢠Norfolk Island
:: New Zealand
: Melanesia
:: Fiji ⢠Indonesia (Oceanian part only) ⢠New Caledonia (France) ⢠Papua New Guinea ⢠Solomon Islands ⢠Vanuatu â¢
: Micronesia
:: Federated States of Micronesia ⢠Guam (USA) ⢠Kiribati ⢠Marshall Islands ⢠Nauru ⢠Northern Mariana Islands (USA) ⢠Palau ⢠Wake Island (USA) â¢
: Polynesia
:: American Samoa (USA) ⢠Chatham Islands (NZ) ⢠Cook Islands (NZ) ⢠Easter Island (Chile) ⢠French Polynesia (France) ⢠Hawaii (USA) ⢠Loyalty Islands (France) ⢠Niue (NZ) ⢠Pitcairn Islands (UK) ⢠Adamstown ⢠Samoa ⢠Tokelau (NZ) ⢠Tonga ⢠Tuvalu ⢠Wallis and Futuna (France)
South America
: Argentina ⢠Bolivia ⢠Brazil ⢠Chile ⢠Colombia ⢠Ecuador ⢠Falkland Islands ⢠Guyana ⢠Paraguay ⢠Peru ⢠Suriname ⢠Uruguay ⢠Venezuela
South Atlantic
: Ascension Island ⢠Saint Helena ⢠Tristan da Cunha
Musical compositions
Musical composition
Types of musical pieces and compositions
Musical form
Single-movement forms
Multi-movement forms
Sections of a piece or composition
Section (music)
Musical notation
Musical notation
Variations of musical notation
Musical techniques
Musical skills and procedures
Vocal ranges
Female ranges
Male ranges
Musical instruments
Musical instrument (List of musical instruments)
See also the List of musical instruments by HornbostelâÂÂSachs number
Music technology
Music technology
Music industry
Music industry
Music industry participants
- A&R
- ASCAP
- Band manager
- Booking agent
- BMI
- Copyright collective
- Disc jockey
- MCPS
- Musicians – person who writes, performs, or makes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music.
- Instrumentalist – one who plays a musical instrument.
- Traditional instrumentalist – one who plays folk music on traditional instruments such as gongs.
- Classical instrumentalist – one who plays classical music, usually with Western orchestral instruments such as the violin, flute etc.
- Instrumentalists who plays popular music – one who plays with instruments in the big band, e.g. the electric guitar, drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone etc.
- Singer – a vocalist.
- Composer – person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media.
- Songwriter
- Arranger
- Conductor – leads a musical ensemble. A conductor may simultaneously act as an instrumentalist in the ensemble.
- Recording artist – creates recorded music, such as CDs and MP3 files.
- Musicians' Union
- Publisher
- PRS
- Record producer
- Record label
- Record distributor
- Tour promoter
- Road crew ("roadies")
- Performance rights organisation
Music theory
Music theory
Elements of music
Elements of music
Musicology
Musicology
Music education
Music education
Music and politics
Music and politics
Music organizations
Music publications
Psychology of music
Psychology of music
See also
External links
- Taxonomy of musical instruments
- The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples, quizzes and simulations
- The Music-Web Music Encyclopedia, for musicians, composers and music lovers
- Dolmetsch free online music dictionary, complete, with references to a list of specialised music dictionaries (by continent, by instrument, by genre, etc.)
- Musico-Dico, a little music encyclopedia
- "On Hermeneutical Ethics and Education: Bach als Erzieher" , a paper by Prof. Miguel ÃÂngel Quintana Paz in which he explains the history of the different views hold about music in Western societies, from Ancient Greece to our days
- BBC Blast Music For 13- to 19-year-olds interested in learning about, making, performing and talking about music
- Musical Terms - Glossary of music terms from Naxos
- Monthly Online Features From Bloomingdale School of Music, addressing a variety of musical topics for a wide audience
- Arts and Music Uplifting Society towards Transformation and Tolerance Articles meant to stimulate people's awareness about the peace enhancing, transforming
- PhilosophyOfMusic.org edited by Dustin Garlitz
- Experimental Early Music