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Dictionary Of Music, 1896
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1with the side-drum in what are called drum-and-fife bands.
2Fifer. One who plays on the fife.
3Piffaro (fi-fa-ro), It. A fife.
4Fifre (feir), Fr. A fife, also a fifer; the name is also applied to one of the stops in a harmonium.
5Fifteenth. An interval of two octaves; also the name of an organ-stop, tuned two octaves above the diapasons.
6Fifth. The interval from any tone of the scale to the fifth above or below, the extreme tones themselves being counted.
7Fifth, augmented. An interval containing four whole steps.
8Fifth, diminished. An interval containing two whole steps and two half-steps.
9Fifth, perfect. An interval containing three whole steps and one half-step.
10Fifths, consecutive. Two or more perfect fifths immediately following one another in two parallel parts of the score.
11Fifth, sharp. An interval consisting of eight semitones.
12Figur (fi-goor'), Ger. A musical figure, phrase, or idea.
13Figura (fe-goo-ra'), It. Note employed as an ornament.
14Figuralgesang (fi-goo-ra'gh-e-sang'), Ger. Varied and ornamented chant, as opposed to plain chant.
15Figurantes (fe-gu-ranht'), Fr. Those dancers in a ballet who do not dance singly, but in groups and many together. In the drama, people who figure without having anything to say.
16Figuration. An ornamental treatment of a passage, by introducing passing tones, appogiaturas, etc., in one or more of the voices.
17Figurato (fe-goo-ra'to), It. Figured, florid, Figuré (fi-gu-ra'), Fr. embellished.
18Figured. Free, florid; a term applied to an air which, instead of moving note by note with the bass, consists of a free and florid melody. It also means indicated or noted by figures.
19Figured bass. A shorthand system of noting harmonies. It consists of a bass part with figures which indicate the principal intervals of the intended chords. In the case of triads, unless they are inverted, the bass is generally left without figures. Accidentals affect the corresponding intervals of the figures beside which they stand. An accidental standing by itself affects the third above the bass note. A stroke through a figure shows that the interval is sharpened a semitone. An oblique stroke under or above a bass note indicates that not the note thus marked, but the following one, is the basis of the harmony to be taken; horizontal lines indicate that a harmony has to be continued whilst the bass proceeds, and the words fusto solo or the sign o indicate that nothing but the bass notes is to be played.
20Figures of diminution. Numerical characters which diminish the duration of the notes over which they are placed. The notes with a figure three are called triplets, where there are two triplets a figure six is used.
21Filar la voce (fe lär lä voh'tshë). It. To spin out, to prolong the tone, gradually augmenting and diminishing the sound of the voice.
22Filarmonico (fe-lär-mo'ni-kö), It. Philharmonic, music-loving.
23Filer (fi-lä), Fr. To spin, to draw out.
24Filer le son (fi-lä luh sönh), Fr. See Filar la voce.
25Filet de voix (fi-lä düh vwä), Fr. A very thin voice.
26Filleur (fi-lür), Fr. A spinner; a stringmaker.
27Filum (fe-loom), Lat. A name formerly given to the stem of a note.
28Fin (fahn), Fr. The end.
29Fin al (fên ál), It. End at; play as far as.
30Final. The final is in the church modes what the tonic is in our modern musical system. In the authentic modes the final is on the first degree, in the plagal modes on the fourth degree of the scale. Besides these regular finals (i.e., "concluding notes") there are also irregular ones (confinals), which occur frequently in the endings of the Psalms and in the sections of the Responsories, Graduals, and Tracts.
31Final close. Final cadence.
32Finale (fe-nä/le), It. (1) The concluding movement of a sonata, symphony, etc., and the concluding divisions of the acts of an opera. This latter kind of finale is a culminating ensemble piece, many-membered in movement and matter, and generally with chorus. (2) A final (q. v.).
33F in alt. The seventh above G in alt; the seventh note in alt.
34F in altissimo. The octave above F in alt the seventh note in altissimo.
35Fin a qui (fên a kwë), It. To this place.
36Fine (fe'në), It. The end, the termination.
37Fine del aria (fe'në dël ä'ri-ä), It. The end of the air.
38Fine del atto (fe'në dël ät'to), It. The end of the act.
39Finement (fahn-mahn'), Fr. Finely, acutely.
40Fingerboard. That part of a stringed instrument on which the fingers press; the keyboard, or manual, of a pianoforte, organ, etc.
41Fingered. A term applied to piano music, signifying that figures or other characters are applied to the notes to show the method of fingering.
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