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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1Halb (Ger.) Half; also, "smaller"… Hal'be Applikatur', half-shift… Halb'-bass, a double-bass of smaller size than usual… Halb'cello, a small 'cello… Halb'gedeckte Stim'me, see Stimme 3. … Halb'instrument, see Ganzinstrument… Halb'kadenz, half-cadence… Halb'mond, crescent… Hal'be Note, half-note… Hal'be Or'gel, an organ lacking, even on the pedal, a stop lower than 8-foot pitch… Hal'be Pau'se, half-rest… Halb'prinzipal, an organ-stop of 4-foot pitch (disused)… Halb'schluss, half-close… Hal'be Stim'me, a half-stop or partial stop… Hal'be Takt'note, half-note… Halb'ton, hal'ber Ton, semitone… Halb'violine, three-quarter violin (for children)… Halb'violon [PAUL], see Halbbass, Deutscher Bass… Halb'werk, see Halbe Orgel.
3Half-cadence, -note, -rest, -shift, -step, -stop, -tone, see the nouns.
5Hallelujah. See Allelujah.
7Hals (Ger.) 1. Neck (of the violin, etc.) —2. Throat (of a singer).—3. Stem (of a note).
9Halt (Ger.) A hold (𝄐); usually Ferm'at'te.
11Hammer. 1. (Ger. Ham'mer; Fr. marteau; It. martel'lo.) That part of the pfte.-action which strikes the strings and evokes the tone.—2. A mallet, used in playing the dulcimer… Ham'-merclavier, -klavier (Ger.), early name for the pianoforte (opp. to Federklavier).
13Hanac'ca. A Moravian dance in 3-4 time, resembling the Polonaise in the shifting of the accent, but in more rapid tempo. (Ger. Han'a'kisch.)—Alla h., in the style of this dance.
15Hand, harmonic. See Guidonian Hand.
17Hand'bassl (Ger.) An obsolete bow-instr., intermediate in size between the viola and 'cello; employed as a bass-instr… Hand'bildner, Hand'leiter, a chiroplast… Hand'stücke, short and easy exercises or practice-pieces… Hand'trommel, tambourine.
19Hand-harmonica. Accordion.
21Handle-piano. A mechanical pfte. on the principle of the barrel-organ; the studs on the barrel catch levers connected with the hammers, causing the latter to strike the strings, a spring forcing the hammer to recoil instantly. The older instr.s have few or no dampers; more recent ones show an improvement in this regard.
23Hand-note. Stopped tone (on the horn).
25Hand-organ. A portable barrel-organ.
27Hard. (Of tones, touch, execution.) Coarse, rough, harsh; cold, unsympathetic, lacking expression or feeling.
29Hardiment (Fr.) Boldly, vigorously, dashingly.—Also, Avec hardiesse.
31Har'fe (Ger.) Harp… Har'fenbass, Albertinian bass… Harfenett', see Spitzharfe… Har'feninstrumente, stringed instr.s whose strings are plucked either with the fingers or a plectrum… Har'-fenlaute, dital harp.
33Harmoni'a (Gk. and Lat.) Harmony.
35Harmon'ic. 1 (adjective.) (Ger. harmonisch; Fr. harmonique; It. armonico.) Pertaining to chords (either consonant or dissonant), and to the theory and practice of harmony; opp. to melodic… H. curve, the curved figure described by a vibrating string… H. figuration, broken chords… H. flute, see H. stop… H. hand, see Guidonian Hand… H. mark, in music for the violin, etc., a sign (º) over a note, calling for an harmonic tone… H. note, see H. tone… H. reed, see H. stop… H. scale, see Harmonic 2… H. stop, an organ-stop having pipes double the ordinary length, and pierced midway, so that a 16-foot pipe yields an 8-foot tone. Various solo stops are thus constructed: An harmonic flute is a flute-stop, an harmonic reed a reed-stop, made on this principle… H. tone, also flageolet-tone, see Harmonic 2 (b)… H. triad, a major triad.
37Harmonic. 2 (noun). (a) (Ger. O'berton; Fr. son harmonique; It. suono armonico.) One of the series of tones sounding with, but higher in pitch and less intense than, its generator (see Acoustics).—(b) (Ger. Flageolet'-ton, Harmo'nikaton; Fr. son harmonique; It. suono armonico.) A tone obtained, on any stringed instr. which is stopped (violin, guitar, zither, etc.), and also on the harp, by lightly touching with the finger-tip a nodal point of a string; the string, when set in vibration, can then not vibrate as a whole, but only in independent sections, each section corresponding in length to the division of the string cut off by the finger, and each producing one and the same tone—the harmonic. Thus,
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