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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1soon, which is a bombard with the tube doubled upon itself, and thus shortened by half. The bombard'ne or contra-bombard (Ger. Bass'bomhart) was the deepest, followed by the bass bombard (Bomhart), the tenor or basset-bombard (Bassett'bomhart), and the alto or bombard'do pic'colo.
3Bombarde (Fr.) 1. Bombard.—2. Posaune 2.
5Bombar'don. 1. A large instr. of the trumpet family, used as a bass in military music, and belonging, in its modern forms, to the saxhorn group; the usual sizes are in B♭, F, C, and contra-B♭; but the bombardon proper, old model, is in F, having 3 valves and a compass from contra-F to d1: 8va
6It is non-transposing.—2. The bass of the saxhorns.—3. A deep-toned reed-stop in the organ.
8Bom'bo (It.) A figure in repeated notes.
10Bom'byx (Gk.) An ancient Greek wind-instr., presumably with a reed.
12Bon (Fr.) Good…Bon temps de la mesure, strong beat.
14Bonang. A Javanese instr. consisting of gongs mounted on a frame.
16Bones. A set of 4 pieces of bone, wood, or ivory, held pairwise between the fingers, and used to mark time as a rattling accompaniment to a dance, song, or instrumental performance.
18Book. 1. (Ger. Heft; Fr. cahier; It. li'bro.) A part of a series of songs, exercises, etc., under a separate paper cover.—2. The words (libretto) of an opera, oratorio, etc.
20Boot. The foot of a reed-pipe (organ).
22Bordun' (Ger.) Bourdon. (The 2 free strings on either side of the fingerboard of the hurdy-gurdy, that kept up a continual humming, were called Bordune; bordunus occurs as the name of the bass strings stretched beside the fingerboard of the ancient viella.)
24Bouche (Fr.) Mouth; à bouche fermée, with closed mouth (comp. Brumm-stimmen).
26Bouché(e) (Fr.) Muted (of wind-instr.s); stopped (of organ-pipes).
28Bouffe (Fr.) Same as Buffo…Opéra bouffe, comic opera.
30Bourdon. (Fr.) 1. A drone bass.—2. An organ-stop of 16 or 32-foot pitch, having stopped wooden pipes, sometimes with metallic tops; tone usually hollow or "fluty," i.e. deficient in harmonics. The French also have open bourdons of 8 and 4-foot pitch (bourdons de huit, de quatre ouverts).—3. In French usage, the lowest string of the 'cello and double-bass;—also, a great bell, as the bourdon of Notre-Dame…Faux-bourdon, see Faburden.
32Bourrée (Fr.) 1. A dance of either French or Spanish origin, from Auvergne or Biscaya, in rapid tempo, consisting of 2 parts of 8 measures each and in 4-4 or 2-4 time.—2. A movement in the earlier Suites, in alla breve time.
34Boutade (Fr.) 1. A short ballet performed, as it were, impromptu.—2. An instrumental impromptu or fantasia.—3. An old French spectacular dance.
36Bow. (Ger. Bo'gen; Fr. archet; It. ar'co.) An implement originally curved outward, though now slightly inward, consisting of an elastic wooden rod (the stick), and of from 175 to 250 horse-hairs [GROVE] (the hair) attached to the bent point or head, and drawn into proper tension by the sliding nut, which is actuated by the screw. (Schuster & Otto, Markneukirchen, have recently [1893] manufactured bows with fine gut threads in lieu of hairs.) After rubbing the hair with rosin, the bow is drawn across the strings (of the violin, bow-zither, etc.), setting them in vibration; the vibration is communicated to the resonance-box, which latter reinforces the weak tone of the strings…Bow-arm or -hand, the right arm or hand…Bow-guitar (It. chitar'ra coll' arco), a species of violin with a guitar-shaped body…Bow-clavier, Bow-harpsichord, see Piano-violin…Bow-instrument, one played with the aid of a bow, as the violin or bow-zither…Bow-zither, see Zither.
38Bow (verb.) 1. To execute with a bow.—2. To mark (a passage or piece) with signs indicating the bowing.
40Bowing. 1. (Ger. Bo'genführung.) The art of handling the bow; the style or method of a player,—"his bowing as shown in his management of the bow."—2. (Ger. Strich'art.) The method of, and signs for, executing any given passage; "the bowing of the passage."
42Boyau (Fr.) Gut; hence, gut string.
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