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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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1guished by its passionate character and changing tempo.
3Czimbal (Hung.) A dulcimer.
5(no line here) one of two readings
6Czimken (Pol.) A dance similar to the country-dance. [STAINER AND BARRATT.]
8D.
10D. 1. (Ger. D; Fr. ré; It. re.) The 2nd tone and degree in the typical diatonic scale of C-major. (Comp. Alphabetical notation, and Solmisation.)—2. Abbr. of Da (D. C.=da capo), and Dal (D. S.=dal segno).
12Da (It) By, for, from, of… Da ca'po, (a) from the beginning; (b) as an exclamation, "encore!"… D. C. al fi'ne, (repeat) from the beginning to the end (i.e. to the word Fine, or to a hold (𝄐)). ..D. C. al se'gno, (repeat) from the beginning to the sign (𝄐; 𝅘𝅥; 𝅘𝅥́)… D. C. al segno, poi (se'gue) la coda, (repeat) from the beginning to the sign, then (follows) the coda… D. C. dal segno, repeat from the sign… D. C. sen'za re'plica (or senza ripetizio'ne), play through from the beginning without noticing the repeats… Da eseguir'si, to be executed. ..Da tirar'si ("for drawing out"), means "with slide"; as tromba da tirarsi, slide-trumpet.
14D'accord (Fr.) In tune.
16Dach (Ger., "roof.") The belly of a violin (usually Decke)… Dach'schweller, see Crescendozug 2.
18Dac'tyl(e). (Lat. dac'tylus, a finger.) A metrical foot of 3 syllables arranged like the finger-joints, one long and two short, with the ictus on the first (𝄐 𝅘𝅥 𝅘𝅥́).
20Dactyl'ion. An apparatus inv. by Henri Herz in 1835, consisting of 10 rings hanging over the keyboard and attached to steel springs; used by pianists for finger-gymnastics.
22Daddy-mammy. A familiar name for the roll on the side-drum.
24Da'gli, dai, dal, dall', dal'la, dal'le, dal'lo (It.) To the, by the, for the, from the, etc.
26Dal se'gno (It.) See Segno.
28Damenisa'tion. (See Solmisation.) Graun's system of sol-faing with the syllables da, me, ni, po, tu, la, be, which are not (like do, re, mi, etc.) attached to special scale-degrees, but simply repeated over and over in the above order, whatever may be the notes sung.
30Damper. 1. (Ger. Däm'pfer; Fr. étouffoir; It. sordi'no.) A mechanical device for checking the vibration of a pfte.-string (see Pianoforte)… Damper-pedal, the right or loud pedal of the pfte.—2. The mute of a brass instr., e. g. a horn.
32Däm'pfer (Ger.) A damper or mute… Däm'pfung ("damping"), the damping-mechanism of the pfte.
34Dance. (Ger. Tanz; Fr. danse; It. dan'za.) A succession of rhythmical steps, skips, or leaps, accompanied by varying movements of the body, and generally timed by music (in primitive nations, simply by beating on a drum or the like).
36Darm'saite (Ger.) Gut string.
38Dash. 1. A staccato-mark (♩ or ♪).—2. In thorough-bass, a stroke through a figure, indicating the raising of the interval by a semitone (𝄫, etc.)—3. Same as Coulé 2.
40Dasian'-Notie'rung (Ger.) Hucbald's system of noting a scale of 18 tones by twisting and turning the letter F into 14 different positions and shapes, with 4 additional signs.
42Dau'men (Ger.) Thumb… Dau'menauf-satz, thumb-positions (in 'cello-playing).
44Dead-march. A funeral march.
46De'bile, De'bole (It.) Feeble, weak.
48Début (Fr.) A first appearance… Débutant(e), a male (female) performer or singer appearing for the first time.
50Dec'achord. (Fr. décacorde.) 1. A 10-stringed instr., an ancient species of harp or lyre.—2. An obsolete French instr. of the guitar kind, having 10 strings.
52Dec'ad(e). See Duodene.
54Deca'ni. Comp. Cantoris.
56Decem (Ger.) See Decima 2.
58Déchant (Fr.) Discant.
60Décidé (Fr.) See Deciso.
62De'cima (Lat. and It.) 1. The interval of a tenth.—2. An organ-stop pitched a tenth higher than the 8-foot stops; also called Tenth, or Double tierce.
64De'cime. See Dezime.
66Decimo'le (Ger.) See Decuplet.
68Deci'so (It.) Decided, energetic, with decision.
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