Trending Musical Concepts in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed musical concepts on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: synesthesia. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Total Views (September 2026)
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synesthesia
neurological condition
3,557
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2
Groove
Jazz technique
2,080
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3
overtone
tone with a frequency higher than the frequency of the reference tone
1,893
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4
syncopation
rhythm that contains syncopation
1,870
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5
soundtrack
musical concept; recorded music accompanying a production such as a film
1,710
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6
chord
harmonic set of three or more notes
1,661
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7
scale
succession of notes organized according to a model in ascending or descending order within an octave
1,592
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8
music sequencer
device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music
1,512
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9
polyrhythm
the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms in music
1,285
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10
cadenza
improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists
1,256
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11
just intonation
musical tuning based on pure intervals
1,132
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12
note sign
sign used in musical notation to describe a pitched sound (frequency + duration)
1,093
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13
harmony
process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions
1,091
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14
meter
aspect of music
1,078
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15
blue note
music term; note that for expressive purposes is sung or played at a slightly different pitch than standard
851
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16
dynamics
aspect of musical expression related to sound intensity and its variation
809
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17
Pythagorean tuning
intonation system based on the chaining of perfect fifths
781
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18
encore
additional performance added to the end of a concert
713
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19
glissando
musical ornament; to pass through all the notes or sounds between two notes
680
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20
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
667
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21
intonation
variation of pitch in speech
635
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22
concert hall
type of music venue
609
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23
coda
musical passage that leads on to the conclusion
575
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24
pitch
perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high
565
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25
upbeat
unaccented note or group of notes that precedes the initial accented period of a musical phrase
545
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26
relative pitch
the ability to identify a given musical interval between two notes
538
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27
scoring
the art and technique of making or adapting compositions for a group of instruments, especially the orchestra
495
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28
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
492
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29
hard rock / heavy metal
musical concept; super genre
491
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30
sharp
musical sign (accidental) raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
490
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31
drum machine
electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds
481
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32
flat
musical sign (accidental) lowering the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
444
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33
standard
well-known musical composition, considered part of the "standard repertoire" of one or more musical genres
435
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34
neumatic notation
neume notation system
434
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35
da capo
indication that a composition or part should be performed
431
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36
mode
each of the sequences ordered by the notes within an octave according to the different sequences of tones and semitones
426
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37
timbre
quality of a musical note or sound or tone, independent of pitch and volume
412
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38
set list
handwritten or printed document created as an ordered list of songs, jokes, stories and other elements an artist intends to present during a specific performance
409
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39
adagio
musical slow tempo indication; between largo and andante
393
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40
tonal system
arrangements of pitches or chords to induce a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, and attractions
377
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41
beat
basic unit of time in music and music theory
363
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42
chord progression
succession formed by the repetition of a melodic or harmonic motif at a higher or lower degree
361
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43
obbligato
musical line that is indispensable in performance
353
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44
close
set of harmonic unions that represent the end of a phrase
349
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45
accidental
sign that changes the pitch of the note which appears outside the key signature
344
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46
tablature
score consisting of a music notation where letters, numbers or graphic symbols indicate the finger position on the instrument or the name of the notes
340
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47
modes of limited transposition
musical modes or scales that fulfill specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups
328
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48
tension
emotional effect in music
328
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49
rare groove
soul or jazz music that is very hard to source or relatively obscure
327
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50
Western music
music genre
324
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51
tutti
musical term meaning either a part of a musical piece performed by the whole orchestra or the use of the full organ
324
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52
stopping
set of signs that recommends how to use an instrument, which fingers and hand gestures to use and in what position
311
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53
agogics
change of speed or tempo when playing a fragment
309
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54
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
308
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55
movement
self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form
287
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56
musical tuning
adjusting an instrument or voice to play in tune
286
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57
fill
short musical passage, riff, or rhythmic sound
281
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58
music therapy
use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders
276
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59
song structure
arrangement of a song, part of the songwriting process
273
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60
concert pitch
pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance
260
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61
tone
sound with a typical pitch; steady periodic sound; characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness), and timbre (or quality)
258
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62
measure
time unit in rhythmic musical notation
246
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63
refrain
repeated lines in music or poetry
236
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64
sustain
parameter of musical sound over time
230
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65
dal Segno
musical symbol/term meaning return to the (segno) sign
225
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66
envelope
pattern describing a sound or note's changing amplitude over time
225
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67
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
222
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68
graphic notation
representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation
215
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69
attacca
musical concept
211
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70
slur
type of ligature indicating that the group of notes it comprises should be interpreted legato
211
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71
concert tour
series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different venues
200
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72
Tacet
Musical term
199
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73
strong beat
beat of the measure with metric accent, the first in binary and ternary rhythms
192
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74
head voice
specific term regarding the human voice the definition of which can vary by art medium
179
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75
natural
musical sign (accidental) cancelling previous accidentals returning the frequency of the note to the natural/original value
178
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76
texture
way in which tempo, melody, and harmony are combined in a musical composition
169
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77
part
section of a musical composition
164
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78
mensural notation
musical notation system used for European vocal polyphonic music
157
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79
Notes inégales
musical performance practice
157
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80
transcription
adaptation of a musical composition to a medium for which it wasn't initially written for
156
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81
flanging
electronic musical effect
150
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82
三分損益法
149
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83
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
144
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84
Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
143
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85
limit
mathematical characterization of the harmonic complexity of music; way of characterizing the harmony found in a piece or genre of music, or the harmonies that can be made using a particular scale
131
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86
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
118
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87
transposition
operation in music of moving multiple notes by the same interval
113
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88
LinnDrum
digital drum machine
109
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89
pedal point
sustained tone, typically in the bass, during which at least one foreign, i.e., dissonant harmony is sounded in the other parts
108
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90
formalism
music term; concept that a composition's meaning is entirely determined by its form
96
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91
well temperament
class of musical tuning systems
95
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92
sequence
immediate restatement of a motif at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice
95
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93
Sound post
part inside a stringed instrument
94
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94
Non-retrogradable rhythm
92
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95
pelog
scale used in Indonesian gamelan music
84
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96
theme
musical melody on which a composition is based
81
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97
slendro
pentatonic scale used in Indonesian gamelan music
75
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98
cacophony
harsh sound
66
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99
fipple
constricted mouthpiece common to many end-blown flutes, such as the tin whistle and the recorder
66
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100
condensed score
format of notated music that consists of a score in which the number of staves is reduced to two or a few, generally organized by instrumental sections or vocal parts, and often with cues for individual parts
65
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