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ǎ add ä arm abbreviation accented äl-lä Allégro ancient Greeks bass bassoon bell cadence chant choir chord chorus chromatic church clef composed composition concord consisting counterpoint dance diapason diatonic discord double drum ĕ end ẽ eve feet fifth flat flute formerly French sound fugue guitar harmony harp harpsichord hautboy horn hymn instru interval lines lute lyre major measure melody ment minor minor third modes modulation name given Ŏ odd octave oo moon opera organ stop pē-oo pedal performer piano pianoforte piece pipes pitch play player pō-kō quaver reed stop scale semibreve semitone seventh sing singer sixth soft song soprano species stringed instrument strument style sung syllables tenor term applied tetrachord third tion tōn tone tonic treble trumpet tune ü French û lute verse viol violin vocal voice wind instrument
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Page 108 - Inversion in the octave below ; the transposition of the upper part an octave below to form the bass, while the other part remains stationary. Inversion.
Page 84 - Figured harmony is that in which, for the purpose of melody, one or more of the parts of a composition move, during the continuance of a chord, through certain notes which do not form any of the constituent parts of that chord.
Page 25 - Cadence, authentic. A perfect or final cadence; the harmony of the dominant followed by that of the tonic or the progression of the dominant to the tonic. Cadence, church. The plagal cadence. Cadence, complete. A full cadence; when the final sound of a verse in a chant is on the key-note.
Page 79 - Equally, smoothly , evenly. Equal counterpoint. A composition in two, three, four, or more parts, consisting of notes of equal duration. Equal temperament. That equalization, or tempering of the different sounds of an octave which renders them all of an equal degree of purity ; the imperfection being divided among the whole.
Page 4 - ... in rope. U has no equivalent in English, but resembles the sound of e in dew. By prolonging the sound of e, taking care not to introduce the sound of w, we get an approximate sound of the French », or U as it will be marked in this work.
Page 3 - H at the beginning of words is aspirated ; between two vowels the aspiration is very weak, and before a consonant or at the end of words it is mute ; but in this case it makes the preceding vowel long. J is equivalent to the English y in yet, and is always followed by a vowel. K is like the English k, but is never mute before n.
Page 96 - Greek modes. The ancient Greek modes or scales were twelve in number; of these, six were authentic, and six plagal. The sounds are supposed to have been somewhat similar to those in the scale of C, but with different notes of beginning and completion.
Page 92 - Genus (Lat.) (je-nus.) ) by the Ancients to indicate the modes according to which they divided their tetrachords. The different methods of dividing the octave : when both tones and semi-tones are employed, according to the natural arrangement of the diatonic scale, it is called the diatonic or natural genus ; when it is divided by semi-tones only, it is called the chromatic genus, and the enharmonic genus when quarter-tones alone are used.
Page 102 - Horn, Gemsen. An instrument formed of a small pipe made of the horn of the chamois or wild goat. Horn, hunting. A bugle. Horn, kent. A horn having six keys, four of which are used by the right hand and two by the left. Horn, Klappen. The kent -horn.