Trending Musical Concepts in China — the 12 months to October 2026
The 84 most-viewed musical concepts on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: soundtrack. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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soundtrack
musical concept; recorded music accompanying a production such as a film
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timbre
quality of a musical note or sound or tone, independent of pitch and volume
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synesthesia
neurological condition
77
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chord
harmonic set of three or more notes
72
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dynamics
aspect of musical expression related to sound intensity and its variation
59
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note sign
sign used in musical notation to describe a pitched sound (frequency + duration)
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encore
additional performance added to the end of a concert
48
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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
47
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pitch
perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high
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overtone
tone with a frequency higher than the frequency of the reference tone
40
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beat
basic unit of time in music and music theory
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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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meter
aspect of music
37
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refrain
repeated lines in music or poetry
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accidental
sign that changes the pitch of the note which appears outside the key signature
35
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repeat sign
musical notation indicating repetition
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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
31
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dal Segno
musical symbol/term meaning return to the (segno) sign
30
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music therapy
use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders
30
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close
set of harmonic unions that represent the end of a phrase
29
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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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syncopation
rhythm that contains syncopation
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just intonation
musical tuning based on pure intervals
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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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sharp
musical sign (accidental) raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
23
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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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da capo
indication that a composition or part should be performed
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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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chord progression
succession formed by the repetition of a melodic or harmonic motif at a higher or lower degree
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cadenza
improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists
20
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flat
musical sign (accidental) lowering the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
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natural
musical sign (accidental) cancelling previous accidentals returning the frequency of the note to the natural/original value
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Groove
Jazz technique
18
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neumatic notation
neume notation system
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Pythagorean tuning
intonation system based on the chaining of perfect fifths
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coda
musical passage that leads on to the conclusion
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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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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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transcription
adaptation of a musical composition to a medium for which it wasn't initially written for
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concert tour
series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different venues
14
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slur
type of ligature indicating that the group of notes it comprises should be interpreted legato
14
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time signature
specification of beats in a musical bar or measure
13
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measure
time unit in rhythmic musical notation
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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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allegro
fast musical tempo
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musicality
"sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness and harmoniousness
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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
11
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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
10
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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
10
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movement
self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form
10
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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
9
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tension
emotional effect in music
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glissando
musical ornament; to pass through all the notes or sounds between two notes
8
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functional harmony
7
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sequence
immediate restatement of a motif at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice
7
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polyrhythm
the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms in music
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concert hall
type of music venue
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inversion
musical term with meanings with respect to intervals, chords, voices, and melodies
7
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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
7
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staccatissimo
7
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texture
way in which tempo, melody, and harmony are combined in a musical composition
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blue note
music term; note that for expressive purposes is sung or played at a slightly different pitch than standard
6
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concert pitch
pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance
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Musica ficta
renaissance European music theory term to describe pitches
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period
division in music
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ossia
musical term
6
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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)
5
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sentence
complete, somewhat self-contained statement within musical composition
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tala
meter, time cycle measure in Indian music
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intonation
variation of pitch in speech
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graphic notation
representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation
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theme
musical melody on which a composition is based
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passage
complete, but not independent, musical idea
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polyphony
alternative terms for polyphony
3
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vernacular music
music term used to describe ordinary, everyday music such as popular and folk music
3
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subharmonic
sequence of notes that results from inverting the intervals of the overtone series
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transposition
operation in music of moving multiple notes by the same interval
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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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English cadence
musical pattern
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hard rock / heavy metal
musical concept; super genre
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