Games for Music

Games may use words both as a mechanic and as a musical result, including recitation, calls, singing, etc. Some role-play or basing the game on narratives may also happen. If you want all of it, maybe improvisational theatre is a thing for you.

Heteronomous Music. Music with an external conflict introduced.
Horizon of intent. A set of desirable moves at the given stage of the game.
IEM. Improvised experimental music
Insert game. A game easy to be made a part of other musical structures.
Inspire cards. Deck of cards that show images to interpret musically.
Instrument Preparation. Altering sounds of the instruments by placing objects on/in/around it.
Johnny. a category of a player in psychographics, plays for self-expression
Judge (role). Participant that affects only the outcome of the game.
Karaoke. Amateur singing used as a pastime, most often to a backing track and with lyrics displayed.
King-making. Game design issue that occurs in competitive games for more than two players when one's result is not dependent on one's performance.
LARP. Live action role-playing
Leader problem. See: quarterbacking

Learning curve. Characterization of progress of skill during the gaming experience.
Ludomusical dissonance. Situation when gaming incentives in a music game lead Players to play worse music.
Meaningful Choice. A set of alternatives that provides a good experience for the person making a choice, in terms of engagement and satisfaction.
Mechanic. A subsystem of the game that regulates interaction with a game state.
Music game. A set of rules that control players to create music.
Non-idiomatic music. The genre of "no genre" — free music.
Notation Cards. Cards with any sort of musical notation (e.g. Western classical) provided to players for performance.
NPC. Non-player character