Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
32 results found in music accessibility.
- ABC Notation (ABC Text, ABC Music Notation)
- A shorthand ASCII text format for representing music notation using plain characters that can be read directly by screen readers. In ABC notation, pitch is represented by letters (A-G for different oc…
- Accessible Digital Musical Instrument (ADMI)
- An Accessible Digital Musical Instrument (ADMI) is a digital musical instrument that has been designed or adapted to be usable by people with disabilities. ADMIs typically use motion capture, gesture …
- Adaptive Instrument (Adapted Musical Instrument, Accessible Musical Instrument)
- A musical instrument that has been specifically designed or modified to be playable by people with disabilities. Adaptive instruments may use alternative input methods such as touch sensors, breath co…
- Adaptive Musical Instrument (Accessible Musical Instrument, Adapted Instrument)
- A musical instrument that has been modified or purpose-built to enable people with disabilities to play music. Adaptive musical instruments may use alternative input methods such as head movement, bre…
- Audio-Reactive Visuals (Sound-Reactive Displays, Audio-Visual Feedback)
- Visual display systems that respond in real time to audio input, translating sound properties such as frequency, amplitude, pitch, and rhythm into light, color, and movement. In accessibility contexts…
- Bluetooth Foot Pedal (Page Turn Pedal, Wireless Foot Pedal)
- A wireless input device operated by foot that connects to tablets, computers, or specialized music-reading hardware via Bluetooth to enable hands-free page turning of digital music scores. Bluetooth f…
- Braille Music (Braille Music Notation, Music Braille)
- A tactile system for encoding Western music notation using the same six-dot cells as literary Braille. Braille Music is read through touch rather than sight, making it particularly useful for blind mu…
- Cymatics
- The study of visible patterns and shapes created when sound vibrations pass through physical media such as water, sand, or metal plates. Cymatic patterns are deterministic — the same frequency produce…
- Gestural Interface (Gesture-Based Interface, Gestural Controller)
- An input device or system that interprets body movements, hand gestures, or physical expressions as control signals for digital systems. In accessibility and music contexts, gestural interfaces are pa…
- Graphic Score (Graphical Notation, Visual Music Score)
- A form of musical notation that uses visual symbols, shapes, colors, and spatial arrangements rather than traditional staff notation to represent musical ideas and instructions. Graphic scores communi…
- Haptic Controller (Haptic Interface, Tactile Controller)
- An input device that uses touch-based interaction, typically through buttons, pads, or surfaces that can be pressed, tapped, or manipulated. In music technology, haptic controllers include devices lik…
- Haptic Music Technology (Vibrotactile Music Systems, Haptic Music Interfaces)
- Technologies that convey musical information through touch, typically using vibrotactile feedback to transmit sound properties such as rhythm, frequency, and amplitude to the body. Haptic music techno…
- Hornbostel-Sachs Classification (Hornbostel-Sachs System, Sachs-Hornbostel)
- A comprehensive system for classifying musical instruments based on how they produce sound, originally developed by Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs in 1914. The system divides instruments into fou…
- IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project, Petrucci Music Library)
- A free online repository of public domain music scores, also known as the Petrucci Music Library. IMSLP hosts hundreds of thousands of scores primarily in PDF format, making it one of the largest coll…
- Large Print Music (Enlarged Music, Large Print Notation)
- Music notation that has been enlarged from standard size to improve readability for musicians with low vision. Large print music is typically created by photocopying or printing scores onto A3 or tabl…
- Lime Lighter
- A specialized hardware and software system developed by Dancing Dots, a company led by a blind musician, for reading and navigating music scores accessibly. The Lime Lighter includes features like Blu…
- Modified Stave Notation (MSN)
- A system for adapting standard Western music notation to meet the individual visual needs of musicians with low vision. Unlike simple enlargement (large print music), MSN involves tailored modificatio…
- Music Haptics (Musical Haptics, Haptic Music)
- The use of touch-based feedback — including vibrations, textures, and force — to convey musical information such as pitch, tempo, timbre, articulation, dynamics, and rhythm. Music haptics draws on the…
- Music Notation Accessibility
- The practice of making written music scores perceivable and usable by musicians with visual impairments and other disabilities. This encompasses the creation of alternative formats like Braille Music,…
- Music Pedagogy (Music Education, Music Teaching)
- The theory and practice of teaching and learning music, including methods for instruction, curriculum design, and assessment. In accessibility contexts, music pedagogy for blind and low vision learner…