American musical terminology

The main differences from British usage are nearly all direct translations from German. Whole note, half note, quarter note, (for semibreve, minim, crotchet) are used, as well as concert master for leader, and so on. The most potentially confusing is the word ‘tone’ meaning British ‘pitch’: hence Americans tend to use ‘tone row’ for British ‘note row’, ‘neighbor tone’ for ‘auxiliary note’, ‘whole step’ and ‘half step’ for British ‘tone’ and ‘semitone’. Other details in which usage tends to cross the Atlantic in both directions include ‘flutist’ (flautist), and ‘measure’ (bar).