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class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A" title="تأليف موسيقي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تأليف موسيقي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Композиция (музика) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Композиция (музика)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%C4%83%D0%BA_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%C4%95" title="Мусăк хайлавĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Мусăк хайлавĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudebn%C3%AD_skladba" title="Hudební skladba – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hudební skladba" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komposition" title="Komposition – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Komposition" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komposition_(Musik)" title="Komposition (Musik) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Komposition (Musik)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliteos" title="Heliteos – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Heliteos" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="آهنگسازی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آهنگسازی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komposysje" title="Komposysje – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Komposysje" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%85%EA%B3%A1" title="악곡 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="악곡" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skladba" title="Skladba – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Skladba" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komposisi_musik" title="Komposisi musik – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Komposisi musik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A4_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86" title="ಸಂಗೀತ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಸಂಗೀತ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositio_musica" title="Compositio musica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Compositio musica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska%C5%86darbs" title="Skaņdarbs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Skaņdarbs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubahan_muzik" title="Gubahan muzik – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gubahan muzik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositie_(muziek)" title="Compositie (muziek) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Compositie (muziek)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A5%BD%E6%9B%B2" title="楽曲 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="楽曲" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komposisjon_(musikk)" title="Komposisjon (musikk) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Komposisjon (musikk)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompozycja_(muzyka)" title="Kompozycja (muzyka) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kompozycja (muzyka)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composi%C3%A7%C3%A3o_musical" title="Composição musical – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Composição musical" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compozi%C8%9Bie_muzical%C4%83" title="Compoziție muzicală – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Compoziție muzicală" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Композиция (музика) – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Композиция (музика)" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Музыкальное произведение – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Музыкальное произведение" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%AD_%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%A2%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="සංගීත සංයෝජනය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="සංගීත සංයෝජනය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_composition" title="Musical composition – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Musical composition" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasbena_kompozicija" title="Glasbena kompozicija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Glasbena kompozicija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Композиција (музика) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Композиција 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title="Scherzo in A-flat major (Borodin)">Scherzo in A flat</a> by the Russian <a href="/wiki/Romantic_music" title="Romantic music">Romantic era</a> composer <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Borodin" title="Alexander Borodin">Alexander Borodin</a> (1833–1887) <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/fa\/Scherzo_in_A_flat_%28Borodin%29.mid\/Scherzo_in_A_flat_%28Borodin%29.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Scherzo in A flat (Borodin).mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" 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data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/f0\/Chord_chart.mid\/Chord_chart.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Chord chart.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Chord_chart.mid/Chord_chart.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">Play</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Chord_chart.mid" title="File:Chord chart.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Musical composition</b> can refer to an <a href="/wiki/Originality" title="Originality">original</a> <b>piece</b> or work of <a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">music</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> either <a href="/wiki/Human_voice" title="Human voice">vocal</a> or <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">instrumental</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Musical_form" title="Musical form">structure</a> of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composers</a>. Composers of primarily <a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">songs</a> are usually called <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriters</a>; with songs, the person who writes <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrics</a> for a song is the <a href="/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">lyricist</a>. In many cultures, including Western <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, the act of composing typically includes the creation of <a href="/wiki/Music_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Music notation">music notation</a>, such as a <a href="/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music">sheet music "score"</a>, which is then performed by the composer or by other musicians. In <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">traditional music</a>, songwriting may involve the creation of a basic outline of the song, called the <a href="/wiki/Lead_sheet" title="Lead sheet">lead sheet</a>, which sets out the <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrics</a> and chord progression. In classical music, <a href="/wiki/Orchestration" title="Orchestration">orchestration</a> (choosing the instruments of a large <a href="/wiki/Music_ensemble" class="mw-redirect" title="Music ensemble">music ensemble</a> such as an <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> which will play the different parts of music, such as the melody, <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Countermelody" class="mw-redirect" title="Countermelody">countermelody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bassline" title="Bassline">bassline</a> and so on) is typically done by the composer, but in <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical theatre</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a>, songwriters may hire an <a href="/wiki/Arranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Arranger">arranger</a> to do the orchestration. In some cases, a pop or traditional songwriter may not use written notation at all and instead compose the song in their mind and then play, sing or record it from memory. In <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> and popular music, notable <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">sound recordings</a> by influential performers are given the weight that written or printed scores play in <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>. </p><p>Although a musical composition often uses musical notation and has a single author, this is not always the case. A work of music can have multiple composers, which often occurs in popular music when all members of a band collaborate to write a song or in musical theatre, when one person writes the melodies, a second person writes the lyrics and a third person orchestrates the songs. </p><p>A piece of music can also be composed with words, images or, since the 20th century, with <a href="/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program">computer programs</a> that explain or notate how the singer or musician should create musical sounds. Examples range from <a href="/wiki/20th_century_music" class="mw-redirect" title="20th century music">20th century</a> <a href="/wiki/Avant-garde_music" title="Avant-garde music">avant-garde music</a> that uses <a href="/wiki/Graphic_notation_(music)" title="Graphic notation (music)">graphic notation</a>, to text compositions such as <a href="/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen" title="Karlheinz Stockhausen">Karlheinz Stockhausen</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Aus_den_sieben_Tagen" title="Aus den sieben Tagen">Aus den sieben Tagen</a></i>, to computer programs that select sounds for musical pieces. Music that makes heavy use of randomness and chance is called <a href="/wiki/Aleatoric_music" title="Aleatoric music">aleatoric music</a> and is associated with contemporary composers active in the 20th century, such as <a href="/wiki/John_Cage" title="John Cage">John Cage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morton_Feldman" title="Morton Feldman">Morton Feldman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Witold_Lutos%C5%82awski" title="Witold Lutosławski">Witold Lutosławski</a>. A more commonly known example of chance-based, or indeterminate, music is the sound of <a href="/wiki/Wind_chimes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind chimes">wind chimes</a> jingling in a breeze. The study of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition of composition is broad enough to include the creation of popular music and traditional music songs and instrumental pieces, and to include spontaneously improvised works like those of <a href="/wiki/Free_jazz" title="Free jazz">free jazz</a> performers and African percussionists such as <a href="/wiki/Ewe_drumming" title="Ewe drumming">Ewe drummers</a>. </p><p>In the 2000s, composition is considered to consist of the manipulation of each <a href="/wiki/Aspect_of_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Aspect of music">aspect of music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Harmony" title="Harmony">harmony</a>, melody, form, <a href="/wiki/Rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timbre" title="Timbre">timbre</a>), according to <a href="/wiki/Jean-Benjamin_de_La_Borde" title="Jean-Benjamin de La Borde">Jean-Benjamin de</a> <a href="#CITEREFLaborde1780">Laborde (1780</a>, 2:12): </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>Composition</i> consists in two things only. The first is the ordering and disposing of several sounds...in such a manner that their succession pleases the ear. This is what the Ancients called <i>melody</i>. The second is the rendering audible of two or more simultaneous sounds in such a manner that their combination is pleasant. This is what we call <i>harmony</i> and it alone merits the name of composition.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the invention of <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">sound recording</a>, a classical piece or popular song may exist as a recording. If music is composed before being performed, music can be performed from memory (the norm for instrumental soloists in <a href="/wiki/Concerto" title="Concerto">concerto</a> performances and singers in <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> shows and <a href="/wiki/Art_song" title="Art song">art song</a> recitals), by reading written musical notation (the norm in large ensembles, such as orchestras, <a href="/wiki/Concert_band" title="Concert band">concert bands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">choirs</a>), or through a combination of both methods. For example, the principal cello player in an orchestra may read most of the <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> parts in a symphony, where she is playing tutti parts, but then memorize an exposed solo, in order to be able to watch the <a href="/wiki/Conducting" title="Conducting">conductor</a>. Compositions comprise a huge variety of musical elements, which vary widely from between genres and cultures. Popular music genres after about 1960 make extensive use of electric and electronic instruments, such as <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electric_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric bass">electric bass</a>. Electric and electronic instruments are used in <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music" title="Contemporary classical music">contemporary classical music</a> compositions and concerts, albeit to a lesser degree than in popular music. Music from the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque music</a> era (1600–1750), for example, used only acoustic and mechanical instruments such as strings, brass, woodwinds, timpani and keyboard instruments such as <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a>. A 2000s-era pop band may use an <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a> played with <a href="/wiki/Effects_unit" title="Effects unit">electronic effects</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Guitar_amplifier" title="Guitar amplifier">guitar amplifier</a>, a digital <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer_keyboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthesizer keyboard">synthesizer keyboard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_drums" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic drums">electronic drums</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Piece">Piece</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Piece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Piece</i> is a "general, non-technical term [that began to be] applied mainly to instrumental compositions from the 17th century onwards....other than when they are taken individually 'piece' and its equivalents are rarely used of movements in sonatas or symphonies....composers have used all these terms [in their different languages] frequently in compound forms [e.g. Klavierstück]....In vocal music...the term is most frequently used for operatic ensembles..."<sup id="cite_ref-Grove_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grove-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_musical_form">As a musical form</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As a musical form"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Musical_form" title="Musical form">Musical form</a></div> <p>Composition techniques draw parallels from visual art's <a href="/wiki/Elements_of_art" title="Elements of art">formal elements</a>. Sometimes, the entire form of a piece is <a href="/wiki/Through-composed" class="mw-redirect" title="Through-composed">through-composed</a>, meaning that each part is different, with no repetition of sections; other forms include <a href="/wiki/Strophic" class="mw-redirect" title="Strophic">strophic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rondo" title="Rondo">rondo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verse-chorus_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Verse-chorus form">verse-chorus</a>, and others. Some pieces are composed around a set <a href="/wiki/Scale_(music)" title="Scale (music)">scale</a>, where the compositional technique might be considered the usage of a particular scale. Others are composed during performance (see <a href="/wiki/Improvisation" title="Improvisation">improvisation</a>), where a variety of techniques are also sometimes used. Some are used from particular songs which are familiar.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The scale for the <a href="/wiki/Note_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Note (music)">notes</a> used, including the <a href="/wiki/Mode_(music)" title="Mode (music)">mode</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tonic_(music)" title="Tonic (music)">tonic</a> note, is important in <a href="/wiki/Tonality" title="Tonality">tonal</a> musical composition. Similarly, music of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> employs compositions that are rigidly based on a specific mode (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_maqam" title="Arabic maqam">maqam</a>) often within <a href="/wiki/Taqsim" title="Taqsim">improvisational contexts</a>, as does <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Indian classical music</a> in both the <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Computer_methods">Computer methods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Computer methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As technology has developed in the 20th and 21st century, new methods of music composition have come about. <a href="/wiki/EEG" class="mw-redirect" title="EEG">EEG</a> headsets have also been used to create music by interpreting the brainwaves of musicians.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This method has been used for Project Mindtunes,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which involved collaborating disabled musicians with DJ Fresh, and also by artists Lisa Park and Masaki Batoh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure">Structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Musical_form" title="Musical form">Musical form</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compositional_instrumentation">Compositional instrumentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Compositional instrumentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Instrumentation_(music)" title="Instrumentation (music)">Instrumentation (music)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arrangement_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrangement (music)">Arrangement (music)</a></div> <p>The task of adapting a composition for different <a href="/wiki/Musical_ensemble" title="Musical ensemble">musical ensembles</a> is called <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arranging</a> or <a href="/wiki/Orchestration" title="Orchestration">orchestration</a>, may be undertaken by the composer or separately by an arranger based on the composer's core composition. Based on such factors, composers, orchestrators, and arrangers must decide upon the instrumentation of the original work. In the 2010s, the <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music" title="Contemporary classical music">contemporary</a> composer can virtually write for almost any combination of instruments, ranging from a <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string section</a>, wind and brass sections used in a standard <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestras</a> to electronic instruments such as <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizers</a>. Some common group settings include music for full <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> (consisting of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion), <a href="/wiki/Concert_band" title="Concert band">concert band</a> (which consists of larger sections and greater diversity of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments than are usually found in the orchestra), or a chamber group (a small number of instruments, but at least two). The composer may also choose to write for only one instrument, in which case this is called a <a href="/wiki/Solo_(music)" title="Solo (music)">solo</a>. Solos may be unaccompanied, as with works for solo piano or solo cello, or solos may be accompanied by another instrument or by an ensemble. </p><p>Composers are not limited to writing only for instruments, they may also decide to write for <a href="/wiki/Human_voice" title="Human voice">voice</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Choral" class="mw-redirect" title="Choral">choral</a> works, some symphonies, <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">operas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musicals</a>). Composers can also write for <a href="/wiki/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">percussion instruments</a> or <a href="/wiki/Electronic_instrument" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic instrument">electronic instruments</a>. Alternatively, as is the case with <a href="/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te" title="Musique concrète">musique concrète</a>, the composer can work with many sounds often not associated with the creation of music, such as <a href="/wiki/Typewriter" title="Typewriter">typewriters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siren_(alarm)" title="Siren (alarm)">sirens</a>, and so forth.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Swados" title="Elizabeth Swados">Elizabeth Swados</a>' <i>Listening Out Loud</i>, she explains how a composer must know the full capabilities of each instrument and how they must complement each other, not compete. She gives an example of how in an earlier composition of hers, she had the tuba playing with the piccolo. This would clearly drown the piccolo out. Each instrument chosen to be in a piece must have a reason for being there that adds to what the composer is trying to convey within the work.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arranging">Arranging</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Arranging"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">Arrangement</a></div> <p>Arranging is composition which employs prior material so as to comment upon it such as in <a href="/wiki/Mashup_(music)" title="Mashup (music)">mash-ups</a> and various contemporary classical works.<sup id="cite_ref-BaileyShea_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaileyShea-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interpretation">Interpretation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Interpretation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Even when music is notated relatively precisely, as in Western classical music from the 1750s onwards, there are many decisions that a performer or conductor has to make, because notation does not specify all of the elements of musical performance. The process of deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated is termed "interpretation". Different performers' or conductor's interpretations of the same work of music can vary widely, in terms of the tempos that are chosen and the playing or singing style or <a href="/wiki/Musical_phrasing" title="Musical phrasing">phrasing</a> of the melodies. Composers and songwriters who present their own music in a concert are interpreting their songs, just as much as those who perform the music of others. The standard body of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as <a href="/wiki/Historically_informed_performance" title="Historically informed performance">performance practice</a>, whereas interpretation is generally used to mean the individual choices of a performer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Copyright_and_legal_status">Copyright and legal status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Copyright and legal status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Globalize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-globalize" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Globe icon." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/48px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/73px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/97px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The examples and perspective in this section <b>may not represent a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias">worldwide view</a> of the subject</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You may <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit">improve this section</a>, discuss the issue on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Musical_composition" title="Talk:Musical composition">talk page</a>, or create a new section, as appropriate.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">Copyright</a> is a government-granted <a href="/wiki/Monopoly" title="Monopoly">monopoly</a> which, for a limited time, gives a composition's owner—such as a composer or a composer's employer, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Work_for_hire" title="Work for hire">work for hire</a>—a set of exclusive rights to the composition, such as the exclusive right to publish <a href="/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music">sheet music</a> describing the composition and how it should be performed. Copyright requires anyone else wanting to use the composition in the same ways to obtain a license (permission) from the owner. In some jurisdictions, the composer can <a href="/wiki/Copyright_transfer_agreement" title="Copyright transfer agreement">assign copyright</a>, in part, to another party. Often, composers who are not <a href="/wiki/Doing_business_as" class="mw-redirect" title="Doing business as">doing business as</a> publishing companies themselves will temporarily assign their copyright interests to formal publishing companies, granting those companies a license to control both the publication and the further licensing of the composer's work. <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">Contract</a> law, not copyright law, governs these composer–publisher contracts, which ordinarily involve an agreement on how profits from the publisher's activities related to the work will be shared with the composer in the form of <a href="/wiki/Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalties</a>. </p><p>The scope of copyright in general is defined by various international treaties and their implementations, which take the form of national <a href="/wiki/Statutory_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory law">statutes</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> jurisdictions, <a href="/wiki/Precedent" title="Precedent">case law</a>. These agreements and corresponding body of law distinguish between the rights applicable to sound recordings and the rights applicable to compositions. For example, <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)">9th Symphony</a> is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>, but in most of the world, recordings of particular performances of that composition usually are not. For copyright purposes, <a href="/wiki/Song_lyrics" class="mw-redirect" title="Song lyrics">song lyrics</a> and other performed words are considered part of the composition, even though they may have different authors and copyright owners than the non-lyrical elements. Many jurisdictions allow for <a href="/wiki/Compulsory_license" title="Compulsory license">compulsory licensing</a> of certain uses of compositions. For example, copyright law may allow a record company to pay a modest fee to a <a href="/wiki/Copyright_collective" title="Copyright collective">copyright collective</a> to which the composer or publisher belongs, in exchange for the right to make and distribute CDs containing a <a href="/wiki/Cover_band" title="Cover band">cover band</a>'s performance of the composer or publisher's compositions. The license is "compulsory" because the copyright owner cannot refuse or set terms for the license. Copyright collectives also typically manage the licensing of public performances of compositions, whether by live musicians or by transmitting sound recordings over radio or the Internet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_U.S.">In the U.S.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In the U.S."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Even though the first US copyright laws did not include musical compositions, they were added as part of the <a href="/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1831" title="Copyright Act of 1831">Copyright Act of 1831</a>. According to a circular issued by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Office" title="United States Copyright Office">United States Copyright Office</a> on Copyright Registration of Musical Compositions and Sound Recordings, a musical composition is defined as "A musical composition consists of music, including any accompanying words, and is normally registered as a work of the performing arts. The author of a musical composition is generally the composer, and the lyricists if any. A musical composition may be in the form of a notated copy (for example sheet music) or in the form of a phonorecord (for example cassette tape, LP, or CD). Sending a musical composition in the form of a phonorecord does not necessarily mean that there is a claim to copyright in the sound recording."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_UK">In the UK</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In the UK"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Copyright,_Designs_and_Patents_Act_1988" title="Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988">Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988</a></i> defines a musical work to mean "a work consisting of music, exclusive of any words or action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with the music."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_India">In India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In India The Copy Right Act, 1957 prevailed for original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work until the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1984 was introduced. Under the amended act, a new definition has been provided for musical work which states "musical works means a work consisting of music and included any graphical notation of such work but does not included any words or any action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with the music."<sup id="cite_ref-DAS2015_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAS2015-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musical_composition&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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title="Patter song">Patter song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainsong" title="Plainsong">Plainsong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hymn_tune" title="Hymn tune">Hymn tune</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_song" title="Revolutionary song">Political or revolutionary song</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_song" title="Campaign song">Campaign song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom songs">Freedom song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protest_song" title="Protest song">Protest song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_song" title="War song">War song</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Show_tune" title="Show tune">Show tune</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22I_Want%22_song" title=""I Want" song">"I Want" song</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_signature_songs" title="List of signature songs">Signature song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_song" title="Sporting song">Sporting song</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fight_song" title="Fight song">Fight song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_chant" title="Football chant">Football chant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theme_music" title="Theme music">Theme song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teenage_tragedy_song" title="Teenage tragedy song">Tragedy song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Work_song" title="Work song">Work song</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_shanty" title="Sea shanty">Sea shanty</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Musical_techniques" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Articulation_(music)" title="Articulation (music)">Articulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_(music)" title="Bow (music)">Bowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damping_(music)" title="Damping (music)">Damping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_stop" title="Double stop">Double stop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extended_technique" title="Extended technique">Extended technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fingering_(music)" title="Fingering (music)">Fingering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finger_substitution" title="Finger substitution">Finger substitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finger_vibrato" title="Finger vibrato">Finger vibrato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glissando" title="Glissando">Glissando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonic" title="Harmonic">Harmonics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intonation_(music)" title="Intonation (music)">Intonation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiphonic" title="Multiphonic">Multiphonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_phrasing" title="Musical phrasing">Phrasing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pizzicato" title="Pizzicato">Pizzicato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Position_(music)" title="Position (music)">Position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slapping_(music)" title="Slapping (music)">Slapping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stopped_note" title="Stopped note">Stopped note</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thumb_position" title="Thumb position">Thumb position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tremolo" title="Tremolo">Tremolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vibrato" title="Vibrato">Vibrato</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wind_instrument" title="Wind instrument">Wind instruments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saxophone_technique" title="Saxophone technique">Saxophone 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imperial court music—Nhã nhạc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">Western classical music</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vernacular_music" title="Vernacular music">Vernacular<br />music</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circus_music" title="Circus music">Circus music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">Electronic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_music" title="Progressive music">Progressive music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_music" title="Psychedelic music">Psychedelic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">Soul music</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">Musical instruments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arched_Harp" class="mw-redirect" title="Arched Harp">Arched Harp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angular_harp" title="Angular harp">Angular harp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_harpsichord" title="History of the harpsichord">History of the harpsichord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_lute-family_instruments" title="History of lute-family instruments">History of lute-family instruments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nafir" title="Nafir">Nafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_timpani_in_the_18th_and_19th_centuries" title="Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries">Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_trumpet" title="History of the trumpet">History of the trumpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_violin" title="History of the violin">History of the violin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Musician" title="Musician">Musician</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Musical_ensemble" title="Musical ensemble">Ensembles</a></li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Band_(rock_and_pop)" title="Band (rock and pop)">Band (rock and pop)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backup_band" title="Backup band">Backup band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-female_band" title="All-female band">All-female band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">Rhythm section</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">Big band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concert_band" title="Concert band">Concert band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">Disc jockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_band" title="Military band">Military band</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lead_vocalist" title="Lead vocalist">Lead vocalist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backing_vocalist" title="Backing vocalist">Backing vocalist</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_theory" title="Music theory">Theory</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Composition</a></li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Musical_form" title="Musical form">Form</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">Notation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_improvisation" title="Musical improvisation">Improvisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">Lyrics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">Singing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_technique" title="Musical technique">Technique</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Music_education" title="Music education">Education</a> and study</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Music" title="Bachelor of Music">Bachelor of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_Music" title="Master of Music">Master of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Musical_Arts" title="Doctor of Musical Arts">Doctor of Musical Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Method_(music)" title="Method (music)">Method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_archaeology" title="Music archaeology">Music archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_history" title="Music history">Music history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_psychology" title="Music psychology">Music psychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_school" title="Music school">Music school</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Composition_school" title="Composition school">Composition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musicology" title="Musicology">Musicology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biomusicology" title="Biomusicology">Biomusicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cognitive_musicology" title="Cognitive musicology">Cognitive musicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computational_musicology" title="Computational musicology">Computational musicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecomusicology" title="Ecomusicology">Ecomusicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnomusicology" title="Ethnomusicology">Ethnomusicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_musicology" title="New musicology">New musicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organology" title="Organology">Organology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociomusicology" title="Sociomusicology">Sociomusicology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoomusicology" title="Zoomusicology">Zoomusicology</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">A-side and B-side</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">Extended play</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">Compilation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Album#Live" title="Album">Live</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remix_album" title="Remix album">Remix</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audio_engineer" title="Audio engineer">Audio engineer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Record label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Record producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">Sampling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_technology_(electric)" title="Music technology (electric)">Music technology (electric)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_technology_(electronic_and_digital)" title="Music technology (electronic and digital)">Music technology (electronic and digital)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">Sound recording and reproduction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">Cover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remix" title="Remix">Remix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cultural_and_regional_genres_of_music" title="List of cultural and regional genres of music">Cultural and <br />regional genres</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Africa" title="Music of Africa">African</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_Central_Africa" title="Category:Music of Central Africa">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_East_Africa" title="Category:Music of East Africa">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Africa" title="Music of North Africa">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_Southern_Africa" title="Category:Music of Southern Africa">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_West_Africa" title="Music of West Africa">West</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Asia" title="Music of Asia">Asian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Central_Asia" title="Music of Central Asia">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_East_Asia" title="Category:Music of East Asia">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_music" title="Middle Eastern music">Middle Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_South_Asia" title="Category:Music of South Asia">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Southeast_Asia" title="Music of Southeast Asia">Southeast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_Europe" title="Category:Music of Europe">European</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_music" title="Balkan music">Balkan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_folk_music" title="Nordic folk music">Nordic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Latin_America" title="Music of Latin America">Latin American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_Central_America" title="Category:Music of Central America">Central American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_South_America" title="Category:Music of South America">South American</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_North_America" title="Category:Music of North America">North American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_music_genres" title="List of Caribbean music genres">Caribbean</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_of_Oceania" title="Category:Music of Oceania">Oceanian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Melanesia" title="Music of Melanesia">Melanesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Micronesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of Micronesia">Micronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Polynesia" title="Music of Polynesia">Polynesian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By sovereign state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Afghanistan" title="Music of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Albania" title="Music of Albania">Albania</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Algeria" title="Music of Algeria">Algeria</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Andorra" title="Music of Andorra">Andorra</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Angola" title="Music of Angola">Angola</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Music of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Argentina" title="Music of Argentina">Argentina</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Armenia" title="Music of Armenia">Armenia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Australia" title="Music of Australia">Australia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Austria" title="Music of Austria">Austria</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Azerbaijan" title="Music of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Bahamas" title="Music of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bahrain" title="Music of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bangladesh" title="Music of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Barbados" title="Music of Barbados">Barbados</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Belarus" title="Music of Belarus">Belarus</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Belgium" title="Music of Belgium">Belgium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Belize" title="Music of Belize">Belize</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Benin" title="Music of Benin">Benin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bhutan" title="Music of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bolivia" title="Music of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Botswana" title="Music of Botswana">Botswana</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Brazil" title="Music of Brazil">Brazil</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Brunei" title="Music of Brunei">Brunei</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria" title="Music of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Music of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Burundi" title="Music of Burundi">Burundi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cambodia" title="Music of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cameroon" title="Music of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Canada" title="Music of Canada">Canada</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cape_Verde" title="Music of Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Music of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Chad" title="Music of Chad">Chad</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Chile" title="Music of Chile">Chile</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_China" title="Music of China">China</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Colombia" title="Music of Colombia">Colombia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Comoros" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of Comoros">Comoros</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Costa_Rica" title="Music of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Croatia" title="Music of Croatia">Croatia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cuba" title="Music of Cuba">Cuba</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cyprus" title="Music of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Music of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Denmark" title="Music of Denmark">Denmark</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Djibouti" title="Music of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Dominica" title="Music of Dominica">Dominica</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Music of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_East_Timor" title="Music of East Timor">East Timor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ecuador" title="Music of Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Egypt" title="Music of Egypt">Egypt</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_El_Salvador" title="Music of El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Music of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Eritrea" title="Music of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Estonia" title="Music of Estonia">Estonia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Eswatini" title="Music of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ethiopia" title="Music of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of the Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Fiji" title="Music of Fiji">Fiji</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Finland" title="Music of Finland">Finland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_France" title="Music of France">France</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Gabon" title="Music of Gabon">Gabon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Gambia" title="Music of the Gambia">Gambia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Music of Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Germany" title="Music of Germany">Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ghana" title="Music of Ghana">Ghana</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Greece" title="Music of Greece">Greece</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Grenada" title="Music of Grenada">Grenada</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Guatemala" title="Music of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Guinea" title="Music of Guinea">Guinea</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Music of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Guyana" title="Music of Guyana">Guyana</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Haiti" title="Music of Haiti">Haiti</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Honduras" title="Music of Honduras">Honduras</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Hungary" title="Music of Hungary">Hungary</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Iceland" title="Music of Iceland">Iceland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_India" title="Music of India">India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Indonesia" title="Music of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Iran" title="Music of Iran">Iran</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Iraq" title="Music of Iraq">Iraq</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Israel" title="Music of Israel">Israel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Italy" title="Music of Italy">Italy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Music of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Jamaica" title="Music of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Japan" title="Music of Japan">Japan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Jordan" title="Music of Jordan">Jordan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kazakhstan" title="Music of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kenya" title="Music of Kenya">Kenya</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kiribati" title="Music of Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kosovo" title="Music of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kuwait" title="Music of Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Music of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Laos" title="Music of Laos">Laos</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Latvia" title="Music of Latvia">Latvia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Lebanon" title="Music of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Lesotho" title="Music of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Liberia" title="Music of Liberia">Liberia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Libya" title="Music of Libya">Libya</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Liechtenstein" title="Music of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Lithuania" title="Music of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Luxembourg" title="Music of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Madagascar" title="Music of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Malawi" title="Music of Malawi">Malawi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Malaysia" title="Music of Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Maldives" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of Maldives">Maldives</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Mali" title="Music of Mali">Mali</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Malta" title="Music of Malta">Malta</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Music of the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li><li><a 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