| E | (Italian) and |
| Ebenfalls | (German) likewise, in the same way |
| Ebenso | (German) just as |
| Écharpe | (French) scarf |
| Échelle | (French) scale (although Gamme is the more usual word for the musical scale) |
| Échelette | (French) xylophone |
| Éclatant | (French) brilliant, gorgeous, piercing |
| Ecologue | short pastoral poem, a short piece of music in in pastoral style |
| Eco | (Italian) echo |
| École | (French) school |
| Écossaise | (French) a 2-in-a-bar contredanse with no known Scottish connections! |
| Ed | (Italian) and |
| Edel | (German) noble |
| Effleurer | (French) to touch very lightly |
| Égal, Égale | (French) equal |
| Également | (French) equally |
| Églogue | (French) ecologue |
| Eguale | (Italian) equal |
| Egualemente | (Italian) equally' |
| Egualità, Egualezza | (Italian) equality |
| Eifer | (German) zeal, ardour |
| Eifrig | (German) zealous, in an ardent style |
| Eighth note | quaver |
| Eile | (German) haste |
| Eilen | (German) to hurry |
| Eilend | (German) accelerando |
| Eilig | (German) speedy |
| Ein, Eine | (German) a, one |
| Einfach | (German) simple, single |
| Einige | (German) some |
| Einlenken | (German) to turn back, a turning back |
| Einmal | (German) once |
| Einstimmig | (German) for one part, for one voice |
| Eintritt | (German) entrance, beginning |
| Einzeln | (German) single |
| Eis | (German) the note 'E sharp' |
| Eisis | (German) the note 'E double sharp' |
| Élargi | (French) broadened |
| Élargissant | (French) broadening |
| Élargir | (French) to take more slowly, to broaden |
| Élargissez | (French) broaden! |
| Elegantemente | (Italian) eligantly |
| Elegia, Elegiaco | (Italian) elegy, elegiac |
| Élégie (Fr.), Elegy (Eng.) | a lament |
| Elevato | (Italian) elevated (of spirit) |
| Elevazione | (Italian) elevation (of spirit) |
| Élève | (French) pupil, student |
| Éloigner | (French) to place further away |
| Embouchure | the relationship of the mouth and lips to a brass or woodwind-instrument |
| Emozione | (Italian) emotion |
| Empfindung | (German) feeling, sentiment |
| Empfingungsvoll | (German) feelingly |
| Emphase | (German) emphasis |
| Emporté | (French) excitedly |
| Empressé | (French) eager |
| Ému | (French) moved, affected, touched |
| En | (French) in, whilst |
| Enchaînez | (French) play two movements 'without a break' |
| Enclume | (French) anvil |
| Encore | a universal term of encouragement to a performer to perform something more, the 'something more' that is performed |
| Energia | (Italian) energy |
| Energico | (Italian) energetic |
| Enfasi | (Italian) emphasis |
| Enfatico, Enfaticamente | (Italian) emphatic, emphatically |
| Enger | (German) quicker' |
| Englisches Horn | (German) the instrument the English call the cor anglais |
| Enlevez | (French) remove |
| Ensalada | (Spanish) a comic quodlibet |
| Entendre | (French) to hear |
| Entendu, Entendue | (French) heard |
| Entfernt | (German) distant |
| Entfurnung | (German) distance |
| Entr'acte | (French) an interval between acts, the music performed during such an interval |
| Entrada | (Spanish) entrance |
| Entrain | (French) vigour, dash, go |
| Entrata | (Italian) entrance, beginning |
| Entrechat | a move in ballet where the dancer jumps all the time crossing and uncrossing the legs |
| Entrée | (French) an instrumental piece before a ballet, an opera in which each act is complete within itself, the commencing moment of any work |
| Entremes | (Spanish) a comic musical intermezzo within a play |
| Entrückung | (German) rapture |
| Entschieden | (German) decided, resolute, considerably |
| Entschlossen | (German) in a determined style |
| Entschlossenheit | (German) determination |
| Entusiasmo | (Italian) enthusiasm |
| Entusiastico | (Italian) enthusiastic |
| Epidiapente | a canon at the fifth |
| Epithalamium | a wedding song |
| Éponge, Baguette d' | (French) a sponge-headed drum stick |
| Equabile | (Italian) equable |
| Equale | (Italian) equal, a funeral quartet of trombones, music for such a quartet |
| Équivaut | (French) is equivalent to |
| Ergriffen | (German) gripped, emotionally moved |
| Erhaben | (German) sublime |
| Erhabenheit | (German) sublimity |
| Erleichterung | (German) a simplifed version |
| Erlöschend | (German) becoming weakened |
| Ermangelung | (German) lack |
| Ermattend, Ermattet | (German) becoming tired out, tired out |
| Erniedrigen | (German) to lower (pitch) |
| Ernst, Ernsthaft | (German) earnest, serious |
| Eroico, Eroica | (German) heroic |
| Erotikon | (German) love-song |
| Ersatz | (German) substitute |
| Erschüttert | (German) agitated |
| Erst, Erste | (German) first |
| Ersterbend | (German) dying away |
| Erstickt | (German) stiffled |
| Erweitert | (German) slower and steadier |
| Erzürnt | (German) irritated |
| Es | (German) the note 'E flat' |
| Esaltato | (Italian) excited, exalted |
| Esatto, Esatta | (Italian) exact |
| Esattezza | (Italian) exactness |
| Esecuzione | (Italian) execution |
| Esercizio, Esercizi | (Italian) exercise, exercises |
| Eses | (German) the note 'E double flat' |
| Esotico, Esotica | (Italian) exotic |
| Espagne | (French) Spanish |
| Espagnol or Espagnole (Fr.), Espagnolo or Espagnuolo or Espagnola or Espagnuola (It.) | Spanish |
| Espirando | (Italian) dying away |
| Espressione, Espressivo | (Italian) expression, expressively |
| Esquisse | (French) sketch |
| Estampie (Fr.), Estampida (Provençal) | a rondeau that is danced from the time of the Troubadour |
| Estinguendo | (Italian) dying away |
| Estinto | (Italian) as soft as possible |
| Estompé | (French) toned down |
| Estravaganza | (Italian) a composition of erratic type |
| Estremamente | (Italian) extremely |
| Estudiantino, Estudiantina | (Spanish) in the style of students |
| Esultazione | (Italian) exultation |
| Et | (French, Latin) and |
| Éteindre | (French) to extinguish |
| Éteint | (French) extinguished |
| Étendue | (French) compass, range |
| Étouffer | (French) dampened, muted |
| Étude | (French) a study |
| Etwas | (German) some, something, somewhat |
| Éveillé | (French) awakened |
| Evirato | (Italian) a man whose boy-like voice has been preserved by castration |
| Evocación | (Spanish) evocation, invocation |
| Exactement | (French) exactly |
| Exalté | (French) exalted, very excited |
| Exercise | a piece designed to develop technique, a keyboard suite |
| Expressif | (French) expressive |
| Extemporisation | improvisation, the art of composing at sight |
| Extrêmement | (French) extremely |
| Ezcudantza | a Basque dancet for two performers using the voice or the pipe and tabor |
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