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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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1Choir organ. The part of a complete organ, intended for the accompaniment of voices, and containing stops of a delicate and subdued quality of tone.
2Chor (G.) Chorus. Choir of a church or concert-room.
3Choragus (L.) (1) The leader of the chorus in the ancient Greek drama. (2) The title of a musical official at Oxford University.
4Choral. (1) Of or belonging to the choir, concert, or chorus. Choral service, a service with music. (2) A hymn or psalm tune.
5Choräle (G.) Hymn-tunes.
6Choraleon. [Æolomelodicon.]
7Choraliter }
8Choralmässig } (G.) In a choral form.
9Choral music. Vocal music in parts, as opposed to instrumental.
10—— vicars. [Vicar choral.]
11Choramt (G.) Choral service. Cathedral service.
12Choraules (Gk.) (1) A player on the flute in the Greek theatre. (2) A flute-player who played with the chorus.
13Chord. (1) A combination of musical sounds, consonant or dissonant. [Harmony.] (2) A string.
14Chorda characteristic. A chord of the 7th in which a leading note appears.
15Chordae essentiales (late L.) The tonic and its 3rd and 5th. The key-chord.
16Chordaulodion. A self-acting musical instrument, invented by Kauffmann, of Dresden, in 1812.
17Chordienst (G.) [Choramt.]
18Chordometer. A gauge for measuring the thickness of strings.
19Chords étouffés. (1) Chords played on the pianoforte with the sordino pedal held down. (2) Chords on the harp, lute, guitar, or dulcimer, damped by placing the hand gently on the strings.
20Choriambus. A metrical foot consisting of two short between two long syllables.
21Chorist (G.) }
22Choriste (F.) }
23Chorister. A member of a choir or chorus.
24Chorstimmen (G.) Chorus parts.
25Chorton (G.) (1) The ancient ecclesiastical pitch in Germany. (2) The melody of a hymn or psalm tune.
26Chorus. (1) A band of singers and dancers employed on certain occasions in the ancient Greek theatres, and other public places. (2) An ancient musical instrument variously described by different writers. (3) A composition for a number of singers with or without accompaniment. (4) The union of a number of voices for the joint performance of a composition. (5) The refrain or burden of a song whether sung by one or by many voices. (6) The name given to the mixture and compound stops in an organ.
27Choutarah. [Tamboura.]
28Christe eleison (Gk.) A portion of the Kyrie in the Mass.
29Chroma (Gk.) The name of one of the modifications of the Greek musical scale.
30—— (L.) A quaver; a sharp.
31—— duplex (L.) (1) A semiquaver. (2) A double sharp.
32Chromatic. That which includes notes not belonging to a diatonic scale. A chromatic scale is one which consists of a succession of semitones.
33Chromatique (F.) }
34Chromatisch (G.) } Chromatic.
35Chrotta. [Crowd.]
36Church modes. The Church modes are formed of the seven natural notes of the scale and their octaves, beginning upon any one of the seven, and extending to its octave, subject to the rule that the fifth and fourth lying between the first and eighth degree must be perfect.
37Ciaccona (I.) [Chaconne.]
38Cicogna (I.) Literally, A stork. The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
39Cicuta (L.) A flute or pan-pipes, made from the stalks of the hemlock plant.
40Cimbales (F.) }
41Cinellen (G.) }
42Cinelli (I.) } Cymbals.
43Cimbalo (I.) (1) Harpsichord. (2) Cimbali, cymbals. (3) A tambourine. (4) A dulcimer.
44Cimbel (G.) A mixture-stop in German organs.
45Cimbelstern (G.) Literally, Cymbal-star. A mechanical contrivance in some German organs, consisting of star-shaped cymbals attached to a wheel which is set in motion by a pedal.
46Cink (G.) A small reed-stop on foreign organs.
47Cinq (F.) } A fifth part in concerted
48Cinque (I.) } music.
49Cinyra (I.) An old term for a harp.
50Cipher. The constant sounding of an organ-pipe, owing to some derangement of the mechanism.
51Circular canon. A canon that closes in the key one semitone above that in which it commences. Hence twelve repetitions would take it through all the known keys.
52Circulus (L.) A circle. One of the time signatures of early music.
53Cis (G.) The note C sharp.
54—— dur (G.) The key of C sharp major.
55—— moll (G.) The key of C sharp minor.
56Ciscis or Cisis (G.) The note C double sharp.
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