Today, i am going to read 《Music Theory, 3E (Idiot’s Guides) 3rd Edition》by Michael Miller to learn about music theory. The following tables record some music terms so as the Chinese translation.
| tone | 音调，音色 | scale | 音阶 |
| note | 音符 | Pitches and Clefs | 音高和谱号 |
| Treble Clef | 高音谱号 | Bass Clef | 低音谱号 |
| Percussion Clef | 打击乐谱号 | Octave | 八度音阶 |
| Major Scale | 大音阶 | Minor Scale | 小音阶 |
| Natural Minor | 自然小调 | Harmonic Minor | 和声小调 |
| Melodic Minor | 旋律小调 | Ionian | 伊奥尼亚调式 |
| Mixolydian | 混合利底亚调式 | Dorian | 多里安调式 |
| Aeolian | 爱奥利亚调式 | Phrygian | 弗里几亚调式 |
| Lydian | 利底亚调式 | Locrian | 洛可里亚调式 |
| Major Key | 主键 | Minor Key | 副键 |
| key signature | 音调符号 | Circle of Fifth | 五度圈 |
| rhythm | 节奏；韵律 | Whole Note | 全音符 |
| Half Note | 二分音符 | Quarter Note | 四分音符 |
| Eighth Note | 八分音符 | Sixteenth Note | 十六分音符 |
| time signature | 拍子记号 | tempo | 节奏 |
| symphony | 交响乐；和声 | chord | 和弦 |
| Major Chord | 大三和弦 | Minor Chord | 小三和弦 |
| Diminished Chord | 减和弦 | Augmented Chord | 增和弦 |
| Chord Progression | 和弦进行 | Cadence | 终止 |
| Harmonic cadence | 和声终止式 | Plagal cadence | 变格终止式 |
| Authentic cadence | 正格终止式 | Half cadence | 半终止式 |
| Interrupted cadence | 阻碍终止式 | verse | 诗节 |
| transcribing | 采谱；誊写 | Arpeggiate | 琶音 |
| Counterpoint | 对位法 | diatonic | 全音阶的 |
| Slur | 连音符 | Tenuto | 持续音 |
| Staccato | 断奏 | Grace note | 花音，倚音 |
| Glissando | 滑音 | Pentatonic | 五声音阶 |
| coda | 尾奏 | trill | 颤音 |