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A dictionary of musical terms, 1889
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1being written for a long repetition. It is placed under or over a slur, e.g.:
3(2) Again. Encore.
4Bischero (It.) The peg, or pin, with which the strings of an instrument are secured.
5Biscroma (It.) A semiquaver, ♪.
6Biscrome (Fr.) A semiquaver, ♪.
7Bisdiapason. The interval of a double octave, or fifteenth.
8Bissex. A kind of guitar with twelve strings (Ger. Zwölfssaiter), invented by Vanhecke in 1770. Of the twelve strings six were over the finger-board, six below, hence the name twice-six. Its compass was three and a half octaves.
9Bis unca (Lat.) A semiquaver ♪, or note with two hooks.
10Bit. A small piece of tube, generally furnished with two raised ears. It is used for supplementing the crook of a trumpet, cornet-a-piston, &c., so as to adapt the instrument to a slight difference of pitch.
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13Bizzarramente (It.) Fantastically, wonderfully.
14Bizzarria (It.) Singularity, affectation.
15Bizzarro (It.) Odd, droll.
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18Blanche (Fr.) A minim ♭ [Bianca.]
19Blanche pointée (Fr.) A dotted minim.
20Blasebalg (Ger.) The bellows of an organ. Saxon bles-belg, a wind-bag.
21Blase-instrument (Ger.) Wind instrument. Flute, oboe, bassoon, cornet, trumpet, trombone, &c.
22Blase-musik (Ger.) Music for wind instruments.
23Blatt (Ger.) A vibrating tongue or blade. [Reed.]
24Blech-instrumente (Ger.) [Metal wind instruments.]
25B moll (Ger.) The key B♭ minor.
26B molle (Lat.) The note B♭, cf. B quadratum.
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29Bobibration or Bocedisation. Solfeggi taught by Huberto Walraent at the end of the 16th century for scale practice, which were bo, ce, di, ga, la, mi, ni. [See Bebisation.] Bobibration or Bocedisation, in which the syllables bo, cé, di, ga, lo, ma, ni were substituted for those attributed to Guido, was introduced and taught in many schools in Flanders, and so this peculiar use came to be called Belgian solmisation. Walraent's method was adopted in Italy in 1599 by Henri de la Putte, who wrote an elaborate Latin treatise in defence of it; and a few years later Calwitz, ignoring its invention and taking the credit to himself, introduced it into Germany. In Spain and France the method was proposed by Pietro de Ureno and John Lemaire, but without success. To the last-named musician the addition of the syllable Si for the leading note is attributed. Bobibration was accepted by some musicians and rejected by others, and the result was a petty war, which lasted until the commencement of the 18th century. Hitzler, a few years later, suggested the use of the syllables la, be, ce, de, mi, fe, gi—this system he called bebisation or labecedation; and Graun recommended da, me, ni, po, tu, la, be, from which his plan was called damenisation.
30Bob major. Bob maximus, Bobs. [Bells.]
31Bocal (Fr.) The mouth-piece of the horn, serpent, trombone, &c.
32Bocca (It.) The mouth. Con bocca chiusa, with closed mouth, humming.
33Bocca ridente (It.) Smiling mouth, the position of the mouth needful for the production of pleasing tone.
34Bocchino (It.) A mouth-piece of wind instruments.
35Bockpfeife (Ger.) Bagpipe.
36Bockstriller (Ger.) A goat-like tremolo upon one note, a bad shake. [Vibrato.]
37Boden (Ger.) [Body.]
38Body. The resonance box of a string instrument. That part of a wind instrument which remains after the removal of mouth-piece, crooks, and bell.
39Bogen (Ger.) Bow.
40Bogenclavier (Ger.) [Tetrachordon.]
41Bogenführung (Ger.) The art of playing with a bow upon stringed instruments.
42Bogenstrich (Ger.) The stroke of a bow.
43Bolero (Sp.) A Spanish dance in triple measure with strongly-marked accent, also called Cachuca. It is accompanied with singing and castanets, and the performer assumes in the course of the dance all the various feelings supposed to be excited by love, from the greatest shyness to the highest ecstasy. [Chica.]
44Bombard. Bombarde (Fr.) A reed stop on the organ, usually among the pedal registers, of large scale, rich tone, and often on a heavy pressure of wind.
45Bombardino (It.) A small bombard, q.v.
46Bombardo (It.) A mediæval wind instrument, the precursor of the oboe, of which it was no doubt a large and coarse species. The word Pommer, applied to these instruments, was a corruption of the Italian name. The chalameau or shawm (Ger. Schalmey) was the smallest of this class, the bombardone the largest. Clarinets, oboes, and bassoons, now so clearly defined, grew out of one common parentage. The clarinet has but one vibrating
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