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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1other variants are found in German works.
3Hart (Ger.) Hard; major (usually dur); abrupt, unprepared (of a progression or modulation)…Hart vermin'derter Drei'klang, triad with major third and diminished fifth, as B-d#-f.
5Haupt (Ger., "head".) Chief, principal…Haupt'accent, primary accent. …Haupt'akkord, fundamental triad. …Haupt'gesang, leading melody (Haupt'melodie)…Haupt'kadenz, full cadence…Haupt'manual, great-organ manual (abbr. Man. I.)…Haupt'note, (a) principal note; (b) chord-note; (c) accented note; (d) melody-note…Haupt'prinzipal, 8-foot diapason (on manual), 16-foot (on pedal)…Haupt'probe, see Generalprobe…Haupt'satz, principal theme…Haupt'schluss, full cadence…Haupt'septime, dominant 7th…Haupt'stimme, principal part…Haupt'thema, first or principal theme. …Haupt'ton, (a) root (of a chord; in recent theory, the fifth of the minor triad); (b) key-note; (c) see Haupt'note…Haupt'tonart, the principal or ruling key in a composition…Haupt'werk (abbr. H. W.), great organ.
7Hausse (Fr.) Nut (of a bow)…Hausser, to raise (the pitch).
9Haut,-e (Fr.) High, acute…Haute-contre, high tenor…Haut-dessus, high soprano…Haute-taille, high tenor.
11Hautbois (Fr.) Oboe…H. d'amour, see Oboe.
13Hautboist' (Ger.) A player in a military band.
15Haut'boy. Oboe.
17Head. 1. Point (of bow).—2. In the violin, lute, etc., the part above the neck, comprising peg-box and scroll.—3. In the drum, the membrane stretched over one or both ends.—4. In a note, the oval (formerly square or diamond-shaped) part which determines its place on the staff…Head-tones, Head-voice, the vocal tones of the head-register; opp. to chest-tones, etc.
19Heel. (Ger. Stöckchen [des Halses]; Fr. talon [de la manche].) In the violin, etc., the wooden elbow or brace by which the neck is firmly fastened to the body.
21Heer'pauke (Ger.) An old and very large form of kettledrum.
23Hef'tig (Ger.) Vehement, impetuous, passionate (also adverb)…Hef'tigkeit, vehemence, passion.
25Heim'lích (Ger.) Secret, mysterious; furtive, stealthy, clandestine. (Also adverb.)
27Hei'ter (Ger.) Serene, cheerful, glad. (Also adverb.)
29Hel'dentenor (Ger.) See Tenor I.
31Hel'icon. (Ger. Helikon.) 1. An ancient instr. for illustrating the theory of the mus. intervals, consisting of 9 strings stretched across a square resonance-box.—2. A brass wind-instr. of recent invention, used chiefly in military music as a bass; its tube is bent to form a circle, and it is carried over the shoulder. It is constructed in various pitches (F, E, C, B), and of broad scale, so that its lowest natural tone speaks (2 octaves below the notes on the bass-staff 15ma).
33Helper. An octave-pipe set beside and sounding with another of 8-foot pitch, for the sake of brilliancy.
35Hemidemisemiqua'ver. A 64th-note. …H.-rest, a 64th-rest.
37Hemidiapen'te. In Gk. music, a diminished fifth.
39Hemidi'tone. In Gk. music, a minor third.
41Hemio'la, Hemio'lia (Gk.) 1. In ancient music, quintuple rhythm (5-4, 5-8 time).—2. The interval of a fifth (2:3).—3. A triplet (3:2).—4. In mensurable notation, see Notation, §3, Color.
43Hem'iphrase. A half-phrase.
45Hem'itone. In Greek music, the interval of a half-tone (256:243), the modern (diatonic) semitone being 16.15.
47Hep'tachord. In Greek music, a diatonic series of 7 tones, with one semitone-step between the 3rd and 4th.—2. The interval of a major 7th.—3. A 7-stringed instr.—4. The 7-tone scale.
49Hep'tad, Heptadec'ad. See Duodene.
51Herab'strich (Ger.) Down-bow.
53Herauf'strich (Ger.) See Hinaufstrich.
55Heroic. (Ger. hero'isch; Fr. héroique; It. ero'ico,-a.) Grand, imposing, noble, bold, daring (in conception, or construction)…The "Heroic Symphony" (Sinfoni'a ero'ica) by Beethoven is the Third, Op. 55 in E…Heroic verse, (a) in classical poetry, the hexameter; (b) in Engl., Ger., It. poetry, the iambic
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