Topics range from species counterpoint through post-tonal and beyond. See also the Dictionary of Digital Media.
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- Cadence
- Cadential six-four
- Cadenza
- Caesura
- Cambiata
- Canon
- Cans
- Cantus firmus (CF)
- Canzona
- Canzonet
- Cartage
- Catalog
- C clef
- Chaconne
- Chance music
- Changing meters
- Chanson
- Chorale
- Chorale prelude
- Chord
- Chord with split members
- Chorus
- Chromatic
- Chromatic mediant relationship
- Chromatic pitch
- Chromatic pivot chord
- Chromatic scale
- Circle of Fifths
- Classical period
- Clearance
- Clearance agency
- Clef
- Click track
- Clipping
- Close position
- Coda
- Combinatoriality
- Comes
- Complex meter
- Compound interval
- Compound melody
- Compound meter
- Compound ternary
- Compulsory license
- Concert master
- Concerto
- Conjunct
- Console
- Consonance
- Consonant fourths
- Continuo
- Continuous ternary
- Continuous variations
- Contrafact
- Contrary motion
- Control room
- Co-publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright infringement
- Copyright notice
- Cori spezzati
- Counterexposition
- Countersubject
- Cover
- Crescendo
- Cross-relation
- Cue