So... You've got this wierd word or symbol in your music and you have no clue what it means. (I think some composers do that on purpose- maybe it makes them feel really smart.) Anyway- never fear, just click on one of the links below.
A few very thorough online music dictionaries...
~ French to English Music Dictionary
~ German- English Music Dictionary
~ Glossary of Musical Terms and Forms
~ Music Dictionary
~ The Austin Symphony Music Terms
~ Virginia Tech Mulitmedia Music Glossary
~ A-Z Glossary
~ Music Dictionary Online
Some online translators...
~ Free Translation.com (Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portugese to English)
~ Babelfish Translation (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portugese, Russian, or Spanish to English)
* A note about online translators: Beware of what you get. Last summer, I was looking up terms from one of my new pieces on an online translator and the result for one of the words (on two different sites) was "corrosive." Translators are a very helpful tool, but they aren't always totally accurate.*
Didn't find what you're looking for? You can buy a music dictionary from one of these sites...
~ Amazon.com
~ Barnes and Noble.com
