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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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1Bandurria (S.) A form of guitar, strung with wire instead of catgut.
2Banja or Banjo. A species of guitar, of supposed African origin, popular with the negroes of America.
3Bar. A line drawn through the stave to denote the division of the time in a piece of music. The music comprised within two of these lines is also called a bar. Bars are placed immediately before the notes having primary accent.
4Barbet. } An ancient Greek instrument
5Barbiton. } in the form of a lyre. The name was applied to instruments of the violin class in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
6Barcarola (I.) } A simple melody in imitation of the songs of
7Barcarole. }
8Barcarolle (F.) } Venetian gondoliers.
9Bardone. [Viola di bordone.]
10Barem (G.) An organ-stop, consisting of closed flute-pipes of 8-ft. or 16-ft. pitch.
11Barginet, Berginet, Bargaret, or Bergeret. Shepherd's songs, to accompany dances; songs relating to pastoral matters.
12Baribasso. A deep bass voice.
13Bariolage (F.) A medley; a cadenza, or series of cadenzas, whose appearance forms a design upon the music paper, "a waistcoat pattern" as it is called by performers.
14Baritenor. A deep tenor.
15Bariton or Baryton. [Viola di bordone.]
16Bariton clarinet. An instrument used in military bands, the tone of which is between the clarinet and bassoon.
17Bariton (F.) } The baritone voice.
18Baritono (I.) }
19Baritone. A brass instrument of deep tone.
20Baritone clef. The F clef placed upon the third line of the stave: obsolete.
21Baritone voice. [Barytone voice.]
22Barocco (I.) } Unusual, singular, eccentric, whimsical, irregular.
23Barock (G.) }
24Baroque (F.) Applied to a composition with over-chromatic harmonies, or un-rhythmical melodic phrasing.
25Barquarde (F.) An obsolete term for barcarolle, q.v.
26Barré (F.) In guitar or lute playing, the pressing of the forefinger of the left hand across all the strings, so as to alter temporarily the pitch of the instrument.
27Barre de luth (F.) The bridge of the lute.
28Barre de mesure (F.) [Bar.]
29Barre de répétition (F.) A double bar with points, marking a repeat.
30Barrel-organ. An organ in which a wooden cylinder furnished with pegs or staples, when turned round, opens a series of valves to admit a current of air to a set of pipes, producing a tune either in melody or harmony.
31Barypycni (med. L.) (1) Lowest strings of tetrachords in the chromatic or enharmonic scale. (2) In ecclesiastical music, those modes which have the pycnon or semitone at the bottom of the tetrachord.
32Barytenor. A deep tenor.
33Barytone voice. A voice of fuller quality than a tenor and lighter than a bass, having a compass partly included in both, namely:—
35[Musical notation]
37Baryton, Barytone. [Viola di bordone]
38Bas-dessus (F.) Mezzo-soprano, or second treble.
39Base. Old form of the word bass.
40Bass. Low; as bass trombone, bass viol, bass voice, &c.
41— flute. The lowest in pitch of instruments of the flute family: now obsolete. It was a flûte-à-bec.
42— horn. English bass horn, cornobasso; a brass instrument, the precursor of the ophicleide, but smaller. Also the B♭ basso horn of the orchestra.
43— lute. [Theorbo.]
44— trumpet. An old instrument, now superseded by the trombone.
45— tuba. A brass instrument, a species of bombardon, having a compass of three octaves from FFF.
46— viol. (1) A familiar name for the violoncello. (2) The largest and deepest in tone among a chest of viols, which had five and sometimes six strings, and a fretted finger-board.
47— voice. The lowest register of the human voice, having a compass ranging between two octaves from lower D:—
49[Musical notation]
51Bass-bar. A piece of wood fixed inside the belly of violins, &c., to support the pressure of the left foot of the bridge.
52Bassa ottava (I.) At the lower octave.
53Basse (F.) Bass.
54— chantante (F.) A barytone voice.
55— chiffrée } (F.) A figured bass, a
56— continue } bass part, the accompanying harmonies of which are expressed by numbers.
57— contrainte (F.) [Ground bass.]
58— contre (F.) A deep bass voice also the double bass.
59— de cremone (F.) The bassoon.
60— d'harmonie (F.) The ophicleide.
61— de hautbois (F.) Corno inglese.
62— de viole (F.) The violoncello.
63— de violon (F.) Double-bass.
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