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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| retrograde | /xx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| inversion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| permutation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| transposition | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| turnaround | /xx  | Noun  | 
| retardation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| retard | x/  | Verb  | 
| extrapolation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| diminution | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| turn | /  | Noun  | 
| replicate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| interpolation | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| progression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| development | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| variation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| transcription | x/x  | Noun  | 
| augmentation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| breakdown | /x  | Noun  | 
| remix | /x  | Noun  | 
| arrangement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| gravity | /xx  | Noun  | 
| transition | x/x  | Noun  | 
| trope | x  | Noun  | 
| volta | /x  | Name  | 
| ground | /  | Noun  | 
| upright piano | x/x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| recapitulation | xx/x/x  | Noun  | 
| double | /x  | Adjective  | 
| temperament | /xx  | Noun  | 
| gradation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| reduction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| improvisation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| underlay | /xx  | Verb  | 
| natural minor scale | /xx/x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| range | /  | Noun  | 
| invention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| coloration | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| preparation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| resolution | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| comma | /x  | Noun  | 
| triplet | /x  | Noun  | 
| inner voice | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| dissonance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| eleventh | x/x  | Noun  | 
| repeat | x/  | Verb  | 
| scooping | /x  | Verb  | 
| thesis | /x  | Noun  | 
| fugue | /  | Noun  | 
| impressionism | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| stratification | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| volte | /  | Noun  | 
| upright | x/  | Adjective  | 
| suspension | x/x  | Noun  | 
| chroma | /x  | Noun  | 
| downbeat | x/  | Noun  | 
| accelerating | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| access | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| acting | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| advance | x/  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| affirmative | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| alignment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| antegrade | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| anterograde | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| antithesis | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| approximate | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| assembling | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| autocorrelation | /xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| back | /  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| backward | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| baking | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| becoming | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| behind | x/  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| bending | /x  | Noun  | 
| blame | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| blending | /x  | Noun  | 
| bottom | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bridging | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| calculation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| centripetal | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| coincidence | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| come along | /x/  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| come on | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| computation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| con | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| condensation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| contact | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| contrast | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| copernican | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| correlation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| crooked | /x  | Adjective  | 
| darkness | /x  | Noun  | 
| decay | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| declining | x/x  | Noun  | 
| decoupling | x/x  | Noun  | 
| deteriorating | x/xxxx  | Adjective  | 
| diatonic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| direct | x/  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| disjunction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| dissociation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| downward | /x  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| drop off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| echoed | /x  | Verb  | 
| entry | /x  | Noun  | 
| eversion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| expansionary | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| fade | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| failing | /x  | Noun  | 
| fall back | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| fall behind | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| get along | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| get on | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| harvesting | /xx  | Noun  | 
| incongruity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| insidious | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| inverse | x/  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| inverter | x/x  | Noun  | 
| investment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| killing | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| leftward | /x  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| lift | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| lose | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| metamorphosis | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| minimization | /xx/x  | Noun  | 
| onward | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb  | 
| oscillatory | /xxxx  | Adjective  | 
| outdated | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| overthrow | /xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| phasic | /x  | Adjective  | 
| progress | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| progressive | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| proving | /x  | Noun  | 
| rapid | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| reactionary | x/xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| rear | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| rearward | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| recede | x/  | Verb  | 
| reflection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| regress | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| regressive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| rehash | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| rejects | x/  | Verb  | 
| replacement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| retreat | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| reversal | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| reverse | x/  | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| reversibility | x/x/xx  | Noun  | 
| reversion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| rhetorical | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| rhythmical | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| saturation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| sequential | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| shape up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| shift | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| slow | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb  | 
| superimposition | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| transmutation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| winding | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
