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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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1Feldpfeife (G.) The old flauto traverso.
2Feldton (G.) The key of E flat, in which military instruments are often set.
3Feldtrompete (G.) Military trumpet.
4Ferial. Non-festal; as, ferial use, music for use on ordinary days.
5Fermamente } (I.) Firmly, with decision.
6Fermato
7Fermata (I.) } A pause.
8Fermate (G.) }
9Fermezza, con (I.) With firmness and decision.
10Fermo (I.) Firm, fast; as, canto fermo, the subject or part held firmly.
11Ferne (G.) Distance; as wie aus der Ferne, faintly, as if in the distance.
12Feroce
13Ferocemente } (I.) Wildly, fiercely.
14Ferocità, con }
15Fertig (G.) Quick, dexterous.
16Fervente (I.) Fervent.
17Ferventemente } (I.) Fervently, vehemently.
18Fervidamente }
19Fervore, con (I.) With fervour.
20Fes (G.) The note F flat.
21Fest (G.) (1) A festival; as Festgesang, a festival cantata. (2) Firm; as fester Gesang, canto fermo. [Fermo.]
22Festal. Festival.
23Festivamente (I.) Solemnly, pleasantly.
24Festività, con (I.) With joyfulness.
25Festivo (I.) Festive, solemn.
26Festoso (I.) Joyous, gay.
27Feuer (G.) Fire, ardour, warmth.
28Feurig (G.) Fiery, ardently.
29Fiacco (I.) Weak, weary, faint.
30Fiato (I.) (1) Wind; as, strumenti di fiato, wind instruments. (2) Breath, in singing, as in un fiato, in one breath.
31Ficta musica (L.) [Falsa musica.]
32Fiddle. [Violin.]
33Fidicen (L.) A lute or harp player.
34Fidicula. An ancient stringed instrument of the cithara class.
35Fiedel (G.) Fiddle.
36Fier (F.) Proud, fierce.
37Fieramente } (I.) Proudly, fiercely,
38Fierezza, con } boldly.
39Fiero
40Fife. A small flute; a flauto piccolo. An ancient musical instrument, the name being cognate with pipe.
41—— An organ-stop. A piccolo, generally of two feet in length.
42Fiffaro (I.) [Fife. Querpfeife.]
43Fifre (F.) [Fife. Querpfeife.]
44Fifteenth. The interval of a double octave; bis-diapason
45—— An organ-stop of 2-ft. length on the manuals and 4-ft. on the pedals, consisting of open metal pipes.
46Fifth. A diatonic interval of five notes.
47Figura (L.) A note. Figura simplex, a note standing by itself. Figura ligata, a ligature, or a series of notes with contiguous sides.
48Figurato (I.) } Figured.
49Figuré (F.) }
50Figure. (1) A form of melody or accompaniment. (2) A musical phrase. (3) A florid melody.
51Figured bass. A bass having the accompanying chords suggested by certain numbers above or below the notes.
52Filar la voce (I.) To prolong a sound, Filer le son (F.) swelling and diminishing the tone by degrees.
53Filo (I.) Literally, A thread. Filo di voce, the softest voice possible.
54Fin (F.) The end.
55Finale (I.) The last movement of a concerted piece, sonata, or symphony; the last piece of an act of an opera; the last piece in a programme.
56Fine (I.) The end; used to show the end of a piece, after a repeat.
57Finger-board. } (1) The piece of wood Fingerbrett (G.) attached to the neck of instruments of the violin and guitar class, on which the strings are pressed when stopped by the fingers. (2) A manual or clavier.
58Finger cymbals. Cymbals attached to the fingers.
59Fingering. The art of placing and using the fingers properly in performing upon a musical instrument.
60Fingerleiter (G.) [Chiroplast.]
61Fingersatz } (G.) [Fingering.]
62Fingersetzung }
63Finite canon. A canon stopped at the close of the theme; not repeated.
64Finito (I.) Finished, ended.
65Finto (I.) A feint; a term applied to deceptive cadences. [Cadence.]
66Fiocchetto (I.) Slightly hoarse.
67Fioco (I.) Hoarse.
68Fioriscente } (I.) Ornamented, florid.
69Fiorito }
70Fiorituri (I.) Ornaments, cadenzas, florid passages in a melody or accompaniment.
71Fis (G.) F sharp.
72Fisis or Fisis (G.) F double sharp.
73Fistula (L.) A pipe. Fistula dulcis, a flûte-à-bec. Fistula, cui semper decrescit arundinis ordo, pan-pipes. Fistula eburniola, the ivory pitch-pipe, from which an orator took the pitch for his voice. Fistula pastoricia, the shepherd's pipe, sometimes blown in the theatre as a sign of dissatisfaction. [Flute.]
74Fithele (old E.) The fiddle.
75Flageolet. A small pipe with a mouthpiece inserted in a bulb, producing a shrill sound similar, but much softer in quality, to that produced from the flauto piccolo.
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