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Cadence
[French cadence, from Italian cadenza stands for ending]
Cadence six-four chord
Cambiata
[Italian cambiare stands for change, substitute]
Campanelli
[Italian campanelli]
Canon
[Greek canon stands for regulation, example]
Cantata
[Italian cantata, from cantare stands for sing]
Cantilena
[Italian cantilena, Latin cantilena stands for melodious singing, crooning, humming]
Cantus firmus
[Latin cantus firmus, abbr. ņ. f. stands for unflinching, inviolable canto]
Canzone
[Italian canzone stands for a song]
Canzonet
[Italian canzonetta stands for ditty]
Capella
[Italian cappella stands for chapel]
Capriccio
[Italian capriccio stands for caprice, whim]
Carnai
Castanets
[Italian castagnetti, Spain castanā stands for chestnut]
Cavatina
[Italian cavatina]
Cesure
Latin caesura stands for dissection
Chaconne
Italian ciaccona, French chaconne
Chamber music
[Italian camera stands for room, chamber]
Chant
Children’s Music School (CMS)
Children’s voices
Chimes
[Italian ņāmpanå]
Choir
Greek choros
Choirmaster
Choral
Latin choral, Greek choros stands for choir
Chorale prelude
Chord
(Italian accordo, French accord stands for harmony)
Chord inversion
Chord kind
Chord structure
Chord system
Chromatic gamut
Chromatic harmonica
Chromatic intervals
Chromatic modulation
Chromatic scale
Chromatic semitone
Chromatism
Greek chroma stands for color; ancient Greeks assimilated 7 degrees of a diatonic scale to 7 colors of the rainbow, and halftones — nuances of these m
Circle canon
Circle of fifths
Circle of fourths
Circle of fourths and fifths
Clarinet
[Italian clarinetto]
Clavecin
[French clavecin]
Clef
Closely related keys
Coda
[Italian coda stands for tail, end, train]
Coloratura
[Italian coloratura stands for color, decoration]
Coloratura soprano
Combined choir
Common chord
Competition
[Latin concursus stands for encounter]
Composer
[Latin compositor stands for compiler, composer]
Composition
[Latin corapositio stands for creation, arrangement]
Compound measures
Compound ternary form
Concertina
Concertino
[Italian concertino]
Concerto
[Latin concertare stands for compete or Italian concerto —consent, harmony]
Concerto grosso
[Italian concerto grosso, literally stands for big concerto]
Conclusion
Concord


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