Scan 130
Dictionary of Music (Pronouncing and Defining), 1896
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1H. This letter is used by the Germans for B-natural, which note is called by the French and Italians si. Abbreviation for Hand.
3Habanera (hä-bä'ně-rä), Sp. A slow Spanish dance in 3-4 time; a dance.
5Haberrohr (hä'běr-rōr), Ger. Shepherd's flute.
7Hackbrett (hāk'brět), Ger. The dulcimer.
9Halb (hālb), Ger. Half.
11Halbcadence (hālb-kā-děn'tsě), Ger. Half-cadence.
13Halbgédackt (hālb'gě-dākt), Ger. Half-covered. Applied to the rohrflöte and clarinet-flute stops in organs.
15Halbnote (hālb-nō'tě), Ger. A minim, or half-note.
17Halbprincipal (hālb'prīn-tsī-pāl'), Ger. An organ-stop of four-feet pitch, and consequently an octave higher than the pitch of the open diapason.
19Halbton (hālb'tōn), Ger. Half-tone, semitone.
21Half-cadence. An imperfect cadence, a close on the dominant.
23Half-note. A minim.
25Half-note rest. A pause equal in duration to a half-note.
27Half-shift. The first shift on a violin; that on the fifth line.
29Half-step. The smallest interval used in music.
31Hall (häll), Ger. Sound, clangor, clang.
33Halle (hāl'lě), Ger. Hall.
35Hallelujah (hāl-lě-loo'yah), Heb. "Praise ye the Lord"; a song of thanksgiving.
37Hallelujah meter. A stanza in six lines of iambic measure, the syllables of each being in number and order as follows: 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8.
39Hallen (hāl'l'n), Ger. To sound, to clang.
41Halltrompete (hāll'trōm-pě'tě), Ger. A powerful trumpet.
43Halmpfeife (hālm-pfī'fě), Ger. Shepherd's pipe.
45Hals (hāls), Ger. Neck of a violin, viola, etc.
47Halt (hālt), Ger. A pause; a hold.
49Hammer. That part of the action or mechanism of a pianoforte which strikes the strings and thus produces the sound.
51Hammer, tuning. An instrument by which pianos and harps are tuned, by tightening or loosening the strings.
53Hammerklavier (hām'měr-klā-fěr'), Ger. The modern piano.
55Hanakische (hä-na'kī-shě), Ger. A hanacca. A Moravian dance in 3-4 measure, somewhat resembling a polonaise, but quicker.
57Hände (hān'dě), Ger. Hands.
59Handlage (hānd-lā'gě), Ger. The position of the hand.
61Handleiter (hānd-li'těr), Ger. Handguide. See Guide.
63Hand organ. A portable instrument consisting of a cylinder, on which by means of wires, pins, and staples are set the tunes, the revolution of the cylinder causing the pins, etc., to act on the keys and also to give admission to the wind.
65Handstücke (hānd'stū-kě), Ger. Hand pieces, exercises for training the fingers in piano-playing.
67Hardiment (hār-dě-mānh), Fr. Boldly, firmly.
69Harfe (hār'fě), Ger. A harp.
71Harfen (hār'fěn), Ger. To play on the harp.
73Harfenbass (hār'fěn-bāss), Ger. A bass like a harp; broken chords.
75Harfensaiten (hār'fěn-sā'i'tě), Ger. Harp-string.
77Harfenspieler (hār'fěn-spě'lěr), Ger. Harp-player.
79Harmonia (hār-mō'ni-ā), Lat. A daughter of Mars and Venus. Her name was first used to indicate music in general.
81Harmonic. Concordant, musical.
83Harmonica. A musical instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin, consisting of glasses, sometimes globular and sometimes flat. The tone is produced by rubbing the edge of the globular glasses with a moistened finger, or striking the flat ones with small hammers. The name is also applied to an organ-stop of delicate tone.
85Harmonica-ätherisch (hār-mō'ni-kā-ä'těr-īsh), Ger. A mixture stop of very delicate scale in German organs.
87Harmonical trumpet. An instrument very much like a trumpet, except that it is longer and consists of more branches; the sackbut.
89Harmonic figuration. The progression from one tone to another of the same chord by means of passing tones, thence passing in the same manner through successive different chords.
91Harmonic flute. An open metal organ-stop, of 8- or 4-feet pitch; the pipes are of double length, that is, 16 or 8 feet, and the bodies have a hole bored in them midway between the foot and the top; the tone is exceedingly full, fluty, and powerful.
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