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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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3B. (1) The seventh note of the normal scale C; the note Si, in Tonic Sol-fa system Te. (2) The major scale having five sharps in its signature. (3) The note B♭ in Germany, where B♭ is known as H.
4Baas or Base dance. A dance similar to the Measure, or the Minuet.
5Baccalaureus Musicæ (L.) Bachelor in Music.
6Bacchanalian song. (1) Songs sung during the worship of Bacchus. (2) Any song in praise of wine.
7Bacchia. Kamtschatdale dance, in 3/4 time.
8Bacchius. A metrical foot consisting of one short and two long syllables, u – – –
9Bacciocolo (I.) Tuscan musical instrument of the guitar kind.
10Bachelor of, or in, Music. The first of the degrees in music at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin.
11Backfall. (1) A turn in lute or harpsichord music. (2) A horizontal lever in an organ.
12Bagana. The ten-stringed lyre of the Abyssinians.
13Bagatelles (F.) Sketches, short pieces, trifles.
14Bagpipe. An ancient wind instrument of almost universal adoption, formerly in use in every part of Europe, but now only found in parts of Italy, Sicily, Calabria, Brittany, Poland, Ireland, and Scotland, in form more or less varied. It consists of a leathern bag, which contains the wind, two or three pipes called drones, which produce always the same sound, and a chanter, furnished with a reed, and bored with six or eight holes, which are stopped by the fingers. In some countries the wind is supplied by the mouth, in others by a bellows pressed by the arm.
15Baguettes (F.) Drumsticks.
16Balafo. A musical instrument popular among the negroes of Senegambia. It is made of a series of graduated pieces of wood, placed over gourds, which act as resonance-boxes, is struck with hammers, and has a scale of two octaves.
17Balalaika (R.) A Russian instrument, in form like a guitar; it has two strings.
18Balancement (F.) Tremolo.
19Balg (G.) Bellows, wind-chest.
21Balgentreter (G.) The bellows-treader.
22Bälgetreter In old organs the blower worked the bellows by standing on them in turns.
23Balken (G.) The bar under the belly of a violin.
24Ballabile (I.) A piece of dance-music used in ballets.
25Ballad. A song designed to suit popular tastes. A simple narrative of events set to a tune which might be also used for one of the original purposes of a ballad, namely, a dance-tune.
26Ballade (G.) A dance, also a ballad. Also a descriptive musical setting of a popular poem in the form of a cantata.
27Balladenmässig (G.) In the manner of a ballad.
28Ballata (I.) A short popular song; the melody of any song which may furnish a tune for dancing. [Ballet.]
29Ballatetta (I.) Diminutive of Ballata.
30Ballatina (I.) Diminutive of Ballata.
31Ballematia (I.) Songs in dance-style
32Ballistia (I.) Songs in dance-style
33Ballerina (I.) A female ballet-dancer.
34Ballerino (I.) A male dancer.
35Ballet. A madrigalian part-song with a fa la chorus. [Ballata.]
36Ballet (F.) A representation in dancing and gesticulation, of some story, without words.
37Ballet-master. One who directs the motions of the ballet, and the order of the performers.
38Balletto (I.) A ballet. a dance.
39Balli (I.) Dances; balli della Stiria, Styrian dances.
40Ballmässig (G.) In dance time.
41Ballo (I.) A dance, a ball.
42Ballonchio (I.) Italian country dance.
43Ballonzare (I.) To dance wildly, recklessly, without rule.
44Ballonzolare (I.) To dance wildly, recklessly, without rule.
45Band (G.) A part, a volume, anything sewn together.
46Band. Instrumentalists collected together for the performance of music, as brass band, string band, &c. Also the chief divisions of an orchestra, as wood wind band, &c.
47Banda (I.) A band.
48Bandora. An English form of the ancient Greek Pandours, having twelve strings of steel wire.
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