Trending Musical Concepts in China — May 2026
The 81 most-viewed musical concepts on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: timbre. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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timbre
quality of a musical note or sound or tone, independent of pitch and volume
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chord
harmonic set of three or more notes
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synesthesia
neurological condition
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dynamics
aspect of musical expression related to sound intensity and its variation
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encore
additional performance added to the end of a concert
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meter
aspect of music
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note sign
sign used in musical notation to describe a pitched sound (frequency + duration)
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refrain
repeated lines in music or poetry
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overtone
tone with a frequency higher than the frequency of the reference tone
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Accidental (music)
sign that changes the pitch of the note which appears outside the key signature
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beat
basic unit of time in music and music theory
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pitch
perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high
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circle of fifths
relationship among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale, their corresponding key signatures, and the associated major and minor keys; geometrical representation of relationships among the 12 pitch classes of the chromatic scale in pitch class space
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harmonic series
sequence of sounds where the base frequency of each sound is an integer multiple of the lowest base frequency
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dal Segno
musical symbol/term meaning return to the (segno) sign
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music therapy
use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders
22
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repeat sign
musical notation indicating repetition
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mode
each of the sequences ordered by the notes within an octave according to the different sequences of tones and semitones
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soundtrack
musical concept; recorded music accompanying a production such as a film
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syncopation
rhythm that contains syncopation
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da capo
indication that a composition or part should be performed
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chord progression
succession formed by the repetition of a melodic or harmonic motif at a higher or lower degree
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harmony
process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions
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drum machine
electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds
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coda
musical passage that leads on to the conclusion
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cadenza
improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists
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just intonation
musical tuning based on pure intervals
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Pythagorean tuning
intonation system based on the chaining of perfect fifths
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rest
interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a rest symbol indicating the length of the pause
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sound effect
artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media
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concert tour
series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different venues
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transcription
adaptation of a musical composition to a medium for which it wasn't initially written for
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scale
succession of notes organized according to a model in ascending or descending order within an octave
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close
set of harmonic unions that represent the end of a phrase
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neumatic notation
neume notation system
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Tie (music)
curved line written on the staff to group some notes, used to link notes of the same pitch, add note values and indicate the continuity of a phrase
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Groove
Jazz technique
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tonal system
arrangements of pitches or chords to induce a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, and attractions
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allegro
fast musical tempo
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measure
time unit in rhythmic musical notation
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music sequencer
device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music
10
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phrase
unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combining to form melodies, periods and larger sections
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slur
type of ligature indicating that the group of notes it comprises should be interpreted legato
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motif
short musical idea, a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition
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pedal point
sustained tone, typically in the bass, during which at least one foreign, i.e., dissonant harmony is sounded in the other parts
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musicality
musical term
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scoring
the art and technique of making or adapting compositions for a group of instruments, especially the orchestra
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time signature
specification of beats in a musical bar or measure
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Shengqiang
concept in Chinese opera which helps to categorize its hundreds of regional genres by the music played during arias
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well temperament
class of musical tuning systems
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glissando
musical ornament; to pass through all the notes or sounds between two notes
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tension
emotional effect in music
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staccatissimo
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sight-singing
music term; reading and performing of a piece of music or song in music notation that the performer has not seen before
6
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ossia
musical term
6
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functional harmony
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concert hall
type of music venue
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diapason
pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance
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inversion
musical term with meanings with respect to intervals, chords, voices, and melodies
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sentence
complete, somewhat self-contained statement within musical composition
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texture
way in which tempo, melody, and harmony are combined in a musical composition
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sequence
immediate restatement of a motif at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice
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period
division in music
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tala
meter, time cycle measure in Indian music
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Musica ficta
renaissance European music theory term to describe pitches
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blue note
music term; note that for expressive purposes is sung or played at a slightly different pitch than standard
4
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polyrhythm
the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms in music
4
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movement
self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form
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theme
musical melody on which a composition is based
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intonation
variation of pitch in speech
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vernacular music
music term used to describe ordinary, everyday music such as popular and folk music
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transposition
operation in music of moving multiple notes by the same interval
3
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graphic notation
representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation
3
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tone
sound with a typical pitch; steady periodic sound; characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness), and timbre (or quality)
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polyphony
alternative terms for polyphony
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false relation
type of dissonance in polyphonic music
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parallel fifths
two consecutive perfect fifths that take place between the voices, achieved through parallel motion
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passage
complete, but not independent, musical idea
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subharmonic
sequence of notes that results from inverting the intervals of the overtone series
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hard rock / heavy metal
musical concept; super genre
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English cadence
musical pattern
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