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dictionary of music, 1896
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1Chiaroscuro (kē-ä-rōs'koo-rō), It. Light and shade; the modifications of piano and forte.
3Chiave (kē-ä'vē), It. A clef, or key.
5Chiave maestro (kē-ä'vē mā-ā's'trō), It. The fundamental key or note. one of two readings
6Chiave maestro (kē-ä'vē mā-ā'strō), It. The fundamental key or note. one of two readings
8Chickera (kē'kē-rā), Hin. An instrument used in India, having four or five strings and played with a bow.
10Chiesa (kē-ä'zā), It. A church.
12Chiffres (shēfr), Fr. Figures used in harmony and thorough bass.
14Chifla (tshē'flā), Chifladera (tshē-flā'dē-rā), Sp. A whistle.
16Chifladura (tshē-flā-doo'rā), Sp. Whistling.
18Chiflar (tshē-flär'), Sp. To whistle.
20Chime. A set of bells tuned to a musical scale; the sound of bells in harmony; a correspondence of sound.
22Chime-barrel. The cylindrical portion of the mechanism sometimes used for ringing a chime of bells.
24Chimney. In an organ, a small tube passing through the cap of a stopped pipe.
26Chinese flute. An instrument used by the Chinese, made of bamboo.
28Chinese musical scale. A scale consisting of five notes without semitones, the music being written on five lines in perpendicular columns, and the elevation and depression of tones indicated by distinctive names.
30Chinnor (also Kinnor) (kēn-nōr), Heb. An instrument of the harp or psaltery species, supposed to have been used by the ancient Hebrews. See Kinnor.
32Chirimia (tshē-rē'mī-ā), Sp. The hautboy.
34Chirogymnast (kē'rō-ghīm'nāst), Gr. A Chirogymnaste (kē'rō-gīm-nās'tē), It square board, on which are placed various mechanical contrivances for exercising the fingers of a pianist.
36Chiroplast (kē'rō-plāst), Gr. A small machine invented by Logier, to keep the hands and fingers of young pianoforte-players in the right position.
38Chitarone (kē-tār-rō'nē), It. A large, or double, guitar.
40Chitarra (kē-tār'rā), It. A guitar, a cithara.
42Chitarrista (kē-tār-rē's'tā), It. One who plays on the guitar.
44Chittarra coll' arco (kē-tār'rā kōl lār-kō), It. A species of guitar played with a bow like a violin.
46Chittarrina (kē-tar-rē'nā), It. The small Chittarrino (kē-tār-rē'nō), Neapolitan guitar.
48Chiuso (kē-oo'zō), It. Close.
50Cho. Abbreviation of Chorus.
52Chœur (kūr), Fr. The choir or chorus.
54Choice notes. Notes placed on different degrees in same measure, either or all of which may be sung.
56Choir. That part of a cathedral or church set apart for the singers. (2) The singers themselves, taken collectively.
58Choir, boy. A choir formed of boys from eight to fourteen years of age. These choirs are confined mostly to the Episcopal Church.
60Choir, grand. In organ-playing, the union of all the reed-stops.
62Choir organ. In a large organ, the lowest row of keys is called the choir organ, which contains some of the softer and more delicate stops, and is used for accompanying solos, duets, etc.
64Chor (kōr), Ger. (pl. Chöre.) Choir, chorus choir of a church.
66Choragus (kō-rā'goos), Lat. The leader of the chorus in the Greek and Roman drama.
68Choral. Belonging to the choir; full, or for many voices.
70Choral (kō-räl'), Ger. Psalm or hymn tune; choral song or tune.
72Choral anthem. An anthem in a simple, measured style, in the manner of a choral.
74Choral-book. A collection of choral melodies either with or without a prescribed harmonic accompaniment.
76Choralbuch (kō-räl'bookh), Ger. Choral-book; a book of hymn tunes.
78Choräle (kō-rā'lē), Ger. pl. Hymn tunes.
80Choral hymn. A hymn to be sung by a chorus.
82Choralist. Chorister, choir singer.
84Choraliter (kō-räl'ī-tēr), Choralmässig (kō-räl'mās-sīg), Ger. In the style or measure of a psalm tune or choral.
86Choral service. A form of religious service in which the priest sings in response to the choir, and the entire liturgy is intoned or chanted instead of being read.
88Choraltar (kōr'äl-tär'), Ger. The high, or great, altar.
90Choramt (kōr'äm't), Ger. Cathedral service, choral service.
92Chorautus (kō-rou'toos), Lat. The name given by the ancient Romans to the bagpipe.
94Chord. Two or more tones sounding together harmonically. With reference to their musical quality, chords are divided into harmony, or natural chords (all the tones of which are partials of the fundamental), and combination chords (imitations of the former but composed of elements belonging to different fundamentals). To the former belong the major triad and the chord of the dominant seventh. In the key of C, these:
96Combination chords are of e
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