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A dictionary of musical terms : containing upwards of 9,000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases … with a supplement containing an English-Italian vocabulary for composers, 1904
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1pistons, etc., for slightly modifying the pitch.
3Bizzarramen'te (It.) Bizarrely, whimsically, fantastically…Bizzarri'a, a freak, whim, fancy, extravagance…Bizzar'ro,-a, bizarre, fantastic, etc.
5Blanche (Fr., "white".) A half-note.
7Blä'ser (Ger., "blower.") A player on any wind-instr.
9Blas'instrument (or Bla'seinstrument) (Ger.) Wind-instrument…Bla'sebalg, bellows.
11Blatt (Ger.) Reed (of a wind-instr.; also Rohr'blatt)…Dop'pelblatt, double reed.
13Blech'instrument (Ger.) Brass instrument, metal wind-instr.
15Blind (Ger.) "Blind"…Blinde Pfeife, dummy pipe (organ)…Blinder Doppeltriller, a simulated or imperfect double etc. trill; e.g.
17Bloch'flöte, Block'flöte (Ger.) 1. A small kind of flute à bec, in vogue in the 16th century.—2. An organ-stop having pyramid-shaped flue-pipes of 2, 4, 8, or 16-foot pitch, and sometimes stopped.
19Block. In violins, etc., the blocks are small pieces of wood within the body, glued vertically to the ribs between belly and back to strengthen the instr.
21Blower. (Ger. Bal'gentreter, Kalkant'; Fr. souffleur; It. tiraman'tici.) A person working the bellows of an organ.
23B molle. See B.
25Boat-song. 1. A song intended to be sung in a boat, especially in time with the oars.—2 A vocal or instrumental composition imitative of 1. (Barcarole, Gondoliera.)
27Bob. A term in change-ringing applied to the various sets of changes which may be rung on 6 bells (bob minor), 8 bells (bob major), 10 bells (bob royal), or 12 bells (bob maximus).
29Bobisa'tion. A collective term for the various methods proposed, during the 16th and 17th centuries, for naming the tones of the scale by syllables. (See Solmisation.)
31Bocal (Fr.) Mouthpiece of the horn, trombone, serpent, etc.—Also, the crook of the bassoon.
33Boc'ca (It.) Mouth…Con bocca chiu'sa, with closed mouth (comp. Brumm-stimmen)…Bocca riden'te, "smiling mouth," the position necessary for the production of beautiful tones.
35Bocchi'no (It.) Mouthpiece of a wind-instr.
37Bocedisa'tion. See Solmisation.
39Bock (Ger.; also pol'nischer Bock, Gross-Bock.) The bagpipe.
41Bocks'triller (Ger., "goat's-trill"; Fr. chevrotement; It. tril'lo capri'no.) A trill like a goat's bleat; the repeated interruption of one tone instead of the alternation of two.
43Bo'den (Ger.) Back (of violin, etc.)
45Body. 1. (Ger. Cor'pus, Schall'kasten; Fr. coffre, corps; It. cor'po.) The resonance-box of a stringed instr.—2. That part of a wind-instr. remaining after removing the mouthpiece, crooks, and bell.—3. The tube of an organ-pipe above its mouth.—4. A tone is said to have "body" when it is full and sonorous; the resonance of a tone is also called the body.
47Boehm Flute. See Flute.
49Bo'gen (Ger.) 1. A bow.—2. A slur or tie (Hal'tebogen, Lega'tobogen, Bin'-debogen)…Bo'genflügel, piano-violin (Bo'genhammerklavier, Bo'genklavier)…Bo'genführung, see Bowing 1…Bo'genstrich, stroke of the bow.
51Bois (Fr.) Wood…Les bois (pl.), woodwind.
53Boîte (Fr.) Box; swell-box (boîte d'expression)…Ouvrez la boîte, or boîte ouverte, open swell; fermez la boîte, close swell.
55Bole'ro (Span.) 1. A Spanish national dance in 3-4 time and lively tempo (allegretto), in which the dancer accompanies his steps with castanets; also called Cachucha. The castanet-rhythm runs as follows: alternating with the melody-rhythm:
56—2. A composition in the style of a bolero.
58Bom'bard. (Ger. Bom'hart, Bom'mert, Pom'mer; Fr. bombarde; It. bombar'do.) A wind-instr. of the oboe family, with a wooden tube and double reed; properly, the bass instr. of the shawms, though sometimes made as a smaller instr. The unwieldy length of the larger sizes led to the invention of the bas-
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