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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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1minor, or false) fifth, an interval narrower by a semitone than a perfect fifth. …Augmented (pluperfect, superfluous, or extreme) fifth, one wider by a chromatic semitone than a perfect fifth… Consecutive (or parallel) fifths, see Consecutive…Covered (concealed or hidden) fifths, see Octave…Circle of fifths, see Temperament.
3Fifty. Having the second harmonic (fifth above the octave of the generator) specially prominent.
5Figur' (Ger.) See Figure 2.
7Figu'ra mu'ta (Lat. and It.) A rest.
9Figu'ra obli'qua (Lat.) The "oblique figure" of Plain chant and mensurable music was a simple ligature formed by uniting 2 notes; (a) in Plain chant, it was written in 2 ways:
11I. 2.
13sung
15(b) in mensurable notation thus:
17sung: one of two readings
19in all cases the ends of the figure marked the seats of the 2 notes. In the midst of a ligature it possessed no special significance; but at the termination it denoted the imperfection of the final note. one of two readings
20sung: ; in all cases the ends of the figure marked the seats of the 2 notes. In the midst of a ligature it possessed no special significance; but at the termination it denoted the imperfection of the final note. one of two readings
22Fig'ural. See Figurate…Figural'ge-sang (Ger.), cantus figuralis…Figural'-musik, unequal or figurate counterpoint.
24Figurate. (Ger. figuriert'; Fr. figure; It. figura'to.) Having, or consisting of, figurations. (Also Figurative.)
26Figuration. 1. In counterpoint, the introduction of comparatively rapid figures or phrases, containing passing and changing-notes, into the counterpoint. -2. The variation of a theme by accompanying it with florid runs and passages, or by substituting for its own melody-notes more or less florid variations.—3. The writing-out of a figured bass.
28Figure. 1. (Ger. Figur'; Fr. figure; It. figura.) A distinct group of notes, a motive.—2. (Ger. Ziffer; Fr. chiffre; It. ci'fra.) A numeral, as used in thorough-bass.
30Figured. 1. (Ger. bezif'fert; Fr. chiffre'(e); It. cifra'to.) Provided with figures, as a bass (see Thorough-bass).—2. Figurate.
32Fil (Fr.) Thread (of a violin-string).
34Filar' il tuo'no, la voce (It.) In the Italian method of singing, to produce an even, sustained tone, without crescendo or diminuendo. (Also affilar' il tuono; Fr. filer un son, la voix.)
36Fil'pen (Ger.) See Fistulieren.
38Fi'ulum (Lat.) Stem (of a note).
40Fin (Fr.) End, close.
42Final. In Gregorian music, that tone (in any mode) on which the melody must end (equiv. to key-note or tonic); in the authentic modes it was the lowest tone; in the plagal modes, the 4th tone from below. Irregular final tones were called confinals…Final close, closing cadence.
44Fina'le (It.) 1. A final.—2. The concluding movement of a sonata, symphony, etc., or the closing number of an act in an opera. An operatic finale is generally an ensemble for soloists and chorus, and intended to have a highly dramatic or otherwise striking effect.
46Fina'lis (Lat.) See Accentus.
48Fi'ne (It.) End, close; indicates either the end of a repeated section (after the da capo or dal segno), or the end of a piece in several divisions.
50Fing'er (Ger.) Finger…Fing'erbildner, ("finger-developer"), see Dactylion. An apparatus of this name was also invented by Seeber, and consists of a separate attachment for each finger, whereby the bad habit of bending the last joint inwards is corrected…Fing'-erfertigkeit, "finger-dexterity", agility and readiness of the fingers…Fing'er-leiter, see Chiroplast…Fing'ersatz, Fing'ersetzung, fingering; eng'er F., close fingering; gedehn'ter F., spread fingering, stretches…Fing'erwechsel, change of fingers.
52Fingerboard. 1. (Ger. Griff'brett; Fr. touche, manche: It. tastie'ra.) In the violin, guitar, etc., the thin, narrow strip of wood glued upon the neck, above which the strings are stretched, and on which they are stopped with the fingers of the left hand.—2. See Keyboard.
54Finger-cymbals. Very small cymbals, held in pairs on the thumb and forefinger of both hands…Finger-hole (Ger. Ton'loch), in the flute, clarinet, etc., a hole in the tube, to be closed by
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