Trending Musical Concepts in Japan — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed musical concepts on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: synesthesia. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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synesthesia
neurological condition
787
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Groove
Jazz technique
471
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chord
harmonic set of three or more notes
447
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soundtrack
musical concept; recorded music accompanying a production such as a film
435
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syncopation
rhythm that contains syncopation
432
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overtone
tone with a frequency higher than the frequency of the reference tone
415
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cadenza
improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists
373
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8
scale
succession of notes organized according to a model in ascending or descending order within an octave
335
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9
polyrhythm
the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms in music
308
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10
harmony
process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions
303
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11
Pythagorean tuning
intonation system based on the chaining of perfect fifths
284
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12
just intonation
musical tuning based on pure intervals
263
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13
music sequencer
device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music
263
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14
note sign
sign used in musical notation to describe a pitched sound (frequency + duration)
239
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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
235
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16
dynamics
aspect of musical expression related to sound intensity and its variation
217
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17
meter
aspect of music
199
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18
intonation
variation of pitch in speech
181
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19
encore
additional performance added to the end of a concert
168
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20
hard rock / heavy metal
musical concept; super genre
168
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21
coda
musical passage that leads on to the conclusion
152
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22
glissando
musical ornament; to pass through all the notes or sounds between two notes
142
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23
upbeat
unaccented note or group of notes that precedes the initial accented period of a musical phrase
136
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24
concert hall
type of music venue
126
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25
mode
each of the sequences ordered by the notes within an octave according to the different sequences of tones and semitones
125
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26
neumatic notation
neume notation system
124
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27
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
124
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28
pitch
perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high
118
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29
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
115
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standard
well-known musical composition, considered part of the "standard repertoire" of one or more musical genres
113
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modes of limited transposition
musical modes or scales that fulfill specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups
111
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32
da capo
indication that a composition or part should be performed
109
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33
timbre
quality of a musical note or sound or tone, independent of pitch and volume
104
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34
obbligato
musical line that is indispensable in performance
103
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35
relative pitch
the ability to identify a given musical interval between two notes
96
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36
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
94
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37
drum machine
electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds
90
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38
scoring
the art and technique of making or adapting compositions for a group of instruments, especially the orchestra
90
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39
agogics
change of speed or tempo when playing a fragment
88
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40
fill
short musical passage, riff, or rhythmic sound
87
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41
Western music
music genre
86
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42
close
set of harmonic unions that represent the end of a phrase
86
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43
song structure
arrangement of a song, part of the songwriting process
83
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44
beat
basic unit of time in music and music theory
81
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45
rare groove
soul or jazz music that is very hard to source or relatively obscure
81
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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
80
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tonal system
arrangements of pitches or chords to induce a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, and attractions
74
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48
chord progression
succession formed by the repetition of a melodic or harmonic motif at a higher or lower degree
73
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49
musical tuning
adjusting an instrument or voice to play in tune
73
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50
tutti
musical term meaning either a part of a musical piece performed by the whole orchestra or the use of the full organ
70
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51
envelope
pattern describing a sound or note's changing amplitude over time
69
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52
refrain
repeated lines in music or poetry
66
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53
adagio
musical slow tempo indication; between largo and andante
65
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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
65
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accidental
sign that changes the pitch of the note which appears outside the key signature
64
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Tacet
Musical term
62
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stopping
set of signs that recommends how to use an instrument, which fingers and hand gestures to use and in what position
60
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attacca
musical concept
56
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tension
emotional effect in music
54
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60
slur
type of ligature indicating that the group of notes it comprises should be interpreted legato
53
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61
sustain
parameter of musical sound over time
53
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62
mensural notation
musical notation system used for European vocal polyphonic music
51
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63
strong beat
beat of the measure with metric accent, the first in binary and ternary rhythms
51
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64
concert pitch
pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance
48
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65
part
section of a musical composition
42
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dal Segno
musical symbol/term meaning return to the (segno) sign
41
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67
三分損益法
40
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68
graphic notation
representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation
39
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69
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
38
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70
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
38
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71
texture
way in which tempo, melody, and harmony are combined in a musical composition
37
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72
movement
self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form
36
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73
tone
sound with a typical pitch; steady periodic sound; characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness), and timbre (or quality)
35
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74
flanging
electronic musical effect
33
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75
Notes inégales
musical performance practice
29
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76
head voice
specific term regarding the human voice the definition of which can vary by art medium
27
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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
27
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music therapy
use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders
26
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79
measure
time unit in rhythmic musical notation
26
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80
transcription
adaptation of a musical composition to a medium for which it wasn't initially written for
26
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sequence
immediate restatement of a motif at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice
25
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Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
24
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LinnDrum
digital drum machine
21
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84
well temperament
class of musical tuning systems
21
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85
method
music learning book; kind of textbook for a specified musical instrument or a selected problem of playing a certain instrument
20
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86
transposition
operation in music of moving multiple notes by the same interval
20
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87
Sound post
part inside a stringed instrument
19
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88
concert tour
series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different venues
19
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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
17
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fipple
constricted mouthpiece common to many end-blown flutes, such as the tin whistle and the recorder
17
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slendro
pentatonic scale used in Indonesian gamelan music
16
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92
Non-retrogradable rhythm
16
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93
reduction
music term; arrangement or transcription of an existing score or composition in which complexity is lessened to make analysis, performance, or practice easier or clearer
14
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94
pelog
scale used in Indonesian gamelan music
13
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formalism
music term; concept that a composition's meaning is entirely determined by its form
13
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false relation
type of dissonance in polyphonic music
12
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97
introduction
musical term; opening section of a movement or separate piece
10
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98
theme
musical melody on which a composition is based
10
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instrumentation
instrumental combination of a composition
10
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musicality
musical term
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