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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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1Bizzarro (I.) Odd, droll.
2Blanche (F.) A minim. [Bianca.], Blanche pointée (F.) A dotted minim.
3Blasebalg (G.) The bellows of an organ. Saxon, Bles-belg, a wind-bag.
4Blasinstrument (G.) Wind instrument, Flute, oboe, bassoon, cornet, trumpet, trombone, &c.
5Blasmusik (G.) Music for wind instruments.
6Blatt (G.) A vibrating tongue or blade. [Reed.]
7Blechinstrumente (G.) Metal wind instruments.
8B moll (G.) The key B♭ minor.
9B molle (L.) The note B♭
10Bobitation or Bocedisation. Solfeggi taught by Huberto Walraent at the end of the sixteenth century for scale practice, which were Bo, Ce, Di, Ga, La, Mi, Ni. [Bebisation.]
11Bocal (F.) The mouthpiece of the horn, serpent, trombone, &c.
12Bocca (I.) The mouth. Con bocca chiusa, with closed mouth, humming. — ridente (I.) Smiling mouth, the position of the mouth needful for the production of pleasing tone.
13Bocchino (I.) A mouthpiece of wind instruments.
14Bockpfeife (G.) Bagpipe.
15Bockstriller (G.) A goat-like tremolo upon one note; a bad shake. [Vibrato.]
16Boden (G.) [Body.]
17Body. The resonance-box of a string instrument. That part of a wind instrument which remains after the removal of mouthpiece, crooks, and bell.
18Bogen (G.) Bow.
19Bogenclavier (G.) [Tetrachordon.]
20Bogenführung (G.) The art of playing with a bow upon stringed instruments.
21Bogenstrich (G.) The stroke of a bow.
22Bolero (S.) A Spanish dance in triple measure, accompanied with singing and castanets. [Chica.]
23Bombard. A bass reed-stop on the organ, of 16-ft. tone.
24Bombarde (F.) A small bombard.
25Bombardo (I.) A mediæval wind instrument, the precursor of the oboe.
26Bombardon (F. and G.) A brass instrument, in tone not unlike an ophicleide.
27Bombaulius (Gk.) A facetious name for a bagpiper.
28Bombyx (Gk.) A Greek flute, a reed instrument of powerful tone.
29Bonded notes. [Ligaturæ.]
30Bon temps de la mesure (F.) The accented portion of the bar.
31Bones. Four pieces of the ribs of horses or oxen, held in the hands by twos and struck together for the purpose of marking time, in accompaniment to the voice or an instrument.
32Bordone (I.) [Bourdon.] [Viola di bordone.]
33Bouche fermée, à (F.) With closed mouth; humming; con bocca chiusa.
34Boulou. A harp used by the negroes of Senegambia and Guinea.
35Bourdon (F.) (1) A drone-bass, a burden such as that produced by a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. [Burden.] (2) An organ-stop, consisting of stopped wooden pipes, generally of 16-ft. tone.
36Bourrée (F.) A dance-tune in common time, said by Hawkins to come from Auvergne.
37Boutade (F.) (1) A dance which was supposed to be impromptu. (2) An old caprice, or fantasia.
38Bow. An instrument of wood and horsehair, employed to set the strings of the violin, &c., in vibration. It was originally arched like a bow.
39Bowing. The art of managing the bow, so as not only to bring out the best tone the instrument is capable of, but also so to phrase the passages played that the best possible character may be imparted to the music.
40Boyau (F.) Catgut strings.
41B quadratum (L.) B natural. The name of B quadratum or B square was given by reason of its shape, which was originally that of a gothic B. [B cancellatum.]
42B quadro (I.) The sign 4
43Brabançonne. The Belgian patriotic song.
44Brace. (1) The accolade connecting two or more staves together. (2) The leather slides upon the cords of a drum.
45Bransle, Branle (F.) [Brawl.]
46Bratsche (G.) The tenor violin, alto, or viola. So called from the viola da braccio, or viola held on the arm, as distinguished from the viola da gamba, or viola held between the legs, the precursor of the violoncello. [Viola.]
47Brautlied (G.) Bridal hymn or song.
48Bravour (G.) Dash, brilliancy.
49Bravura (I.) Dash, brilliancy. [Aria di bravura.]
50Brawl. An old round dance in which the performers joined hands in a circle. A country dance.
51Break. (1) The point of junction in the quality of tenor, soprano, and alto voices. (2) In the clarinet the break in the tone occurs between B flat and B natural. (3) Break, in an organ-stop, is the sudden alteration of the proper scale-series of the pipes by returning to those of an octave lower in pitch.
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