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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1F
2of A flat major, because each key requires the use of flats, A flat, B flat, D flat, and E flat, in order to obtain the succession of tones and semitones required to make a complete diatonic scale.
34. The abbreviation F stands for forte (loud); ff or fff, fortissimo (very loud).
4F clef
5A character, evolved from the letter F, placed at the head of the staff to indicate the position of f, that is, the F five tones below middle C. The two dots following it are on each side of the line which represents F. The F clef is now placed only on the fourth line of the staff and is called the bass clef. Prior to the Eighteenth Century it was also written on the third and fifth lines, and was known as the barytone, and basso profundo clef, respectively.
6F double flat
7F lowered two half-steps by means of a double flat; same tone as E flat.
8F double sharp
9F raised two semitones by means of a double sharp; the same tone as G.
10F dur (door) Ger.
11The key of F major. See also F.
12F flat
13The note F lowered a semitone by means of a flat (b).
14F holes
15The two f-shaped sounding-holes cut on each side of the strings in instruments of the violin family.
16F in alt
17F in the first octave above the treble staff.
18F in altissimo
19F in the highest or second octave above the staff.
20F Löcher (f läkh'-ër) Ger. n.
21The f-shaped holes in the belly of the violin and like instruments, so-called from their shape.
22F major
23The major key whose signature is one flat.
24F minor
25The minor key whose signature is four flats, relative to A flat major. See also F.
26F moll (ěf-môl) Ger.
27The key of F minor.
28fa minore
29F Schlüssel (ěf shlūs'-sēl) Ger. n.
30The F or bass clef. See also F clef.
31F sharp
32The note F raised a semitone by means of a sharp (♯).
33F sharp double
34F raised two semitones by means of a double sharp; the same tone as G.
35F sharp major
36The major key whose signature is six sharps.
37F sharp minor
38The minor key whose signature is three sharps; relative to the key of A major.
39fa (fā) It. and Fr. n.
40The name applied to the tone F in France and Italy. The fourth of the syllables used in naming the tones of the scale in the Aretinian system. In the fixed do system it always stands for F. In the movable do system it is the fourth tone of any major scale. Spelled fah in the Tonic Sol-fa system. Formerly fa was applied to any flatted note.
41fa bémol (fā bā-môl') Fr.
42F flat.
43fa bemolle (fā bā-môl'-lē) It.
44The note F flat.
45fa dièse (fā dē-ěz') Fr.
46F sharp.
47fa diesis (fā dē-ā'-sīs) It.
48The note F sharp.
49fa fictum (fā-fīk'-tūm) Lat.
50fa finto (fā fēn'-tō) It.
51A term used formerly to designate a flatted note.
52fa la
531. The air, chorus or refrain of many old songs, very much used in the Seventeenth Century.
542. A dance.
55fa maggiore (fā mād-jō'-rē) It.
56The key of F major. See also F.
57fa majeur (fā mǎ-zhūr') Fr.
58The key of F major. See also F.
59fa mi
60Syllables in the musical language of all countries which designate a descent of half a tone. Formerly limited to the descent of half a tone from F to E, now any descent.
61fa mineur (fā mē-nūr') Fr.
62The key of F minor. See also F.
63fa minore (fā mē-nō'-rē) It.
64The key of F minor. See also F.
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