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Welcome, there are a lot of different schools of thought about how to speak about music, see: [[music theory]], [[musical analysis]], [[musicology]], [[chord symbol|chord symbols]], and [[terminology]]. Through the course of putting together the Wikipedia, it has become apparent to several contributors that quite often we do not mean the same things when we say the same words, or even worse, we will use different words for (and create different articles about) the same things.

This page has been created, therefore, as a way to standardize the terminology used in the [[Wikipedia]] with reference to music. It is understood that this is not an attempt to in any way elevate one usage or system over another, but rather to simply establish a set of standards for talking about these things so that we all know what we mean when we say a certain word, and so that all articles will use a consistent form of symbolic analysis. Hopefully, in time, this page will accumulate a glossary of terms which can serve as a standard for the authorship of articles relating to [[music]] and particularly [[music theory]].

== Revival ==
It is time to get this project out of the mud! We welcome any participants to come join the newly revived music terminology project! The first step is to get some more modern templates going and revamping the home page. Then from there I will spend time working on recruiting more members. Best of luck!

[[User:Xavier enc|Xavier]] ([[User talk:Xavier enc|talk]]) 14:23, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

== Updates ==
=== New shortcuts ===
New shortcuts for the project have been created! [[WP:MUTERMS]], [[WT:MUTERMS]] You can also find these shortcuts at the top of the project page in the WikiProject banner. --[[User:Xavier enc|Xavier]] ([[User talk:Xavier enc|talk]]) 02:47, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

== Parent project ==

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music|Music]]

=== Related projects ===

* [[WP:MTHEORY|Music theory]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force|Music genres task force]]

== Members ==
If you want to contribute to this project just simply add yourself to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music terminology/members|members page]] and you will be automatically listed below.

This project is still active as of November 4th, 2015. We are an important part of [[WP:WPMU|our parent project]] and we need your help! This project will be very active from now on!

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Music terminology/members}}

=== Former and inactive participants ===
These members have been messaged November 4th, 2015, to see if they would like to return to the project.

* [[User: Cielomobile|Cielomobile]]
* [[User:Zadernet|Zadernet]]
* [[User:Dominiktesla|Dominiktesla]]
* [[User:La Pianista]]
* [[User:Asmeurer]]

== Templates ==
This userbox adds you to the category [[:Category:WikiProject Music terminology participants]].

=== Userbox ===
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== Guidelines ==
The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music terminology/Guidelines|guidelines page of our project]] is used to define the basic principles of the terms used in music. We welcome you to also participate in expanding this page to include a broader spectrum of categories.

Please remember, this page is for the use of the project in determining a set of rules on how to edit Wikipedia articles so please, keep this page restricted to these intentions as there is already a large amount of material on the subjects themselves in their respective articles which can be researched starting with [[music theory]]. Also while there is already an article on [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music|Manual of Style (music)]] we found it useful to include guidelines on the terminology of music specifically.

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music|Manual of Style (music)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Wikipedia Manual of Style]]
* [[Wikipedia:Article titles|Wikipedia Article titles]]

==External links==
* [[v:School:Music|School of Music at Wikiversity]]
* [http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py?template=WikiProject+Music+terminology Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Music terminology]

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