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1Double bassoon. This instrument is an octave lower in pitch than the bassoon. Its extreme compass extends from the double contra B♭ to the small F (B♭♭ to f). The compass of a double bassoon designed by Dr. W. H. Stone, and made by Haseneir, of Coblenz, extends from C, to c'. Also a 16- or 32-feet organ reed-stop, of smaller scale and softer tone than the double trumpet.
3Double bemol (bā-mōl), Fr. Double flat.
5Double C, or, CC. See Double G.
7Double chant. A simple harmonized melody in four strains or phrases, and extending to two verses of a psalm or canticle.
9Double chorde (doobl kord), Fr. Playing one and the same note on the violin upon two strings at once.
11Double counterpoint. A counterpoint which admits of the parts being inverted.
13Double croche (doobl krōsh), Fr. Double-hooked; a semiquaver.
15Doubled. A term applied when one of the notes of a chord is repeated in a different part of the same chord.
17Double D, or, DD. See Double G.
19Double demisemiquaver. A note equal in duration to one half of a demisemiquaver; a sixty-fourth note. It is written thus:
21Double descant. Where the treble or any high part can be converted into the bass, and vice versa.
23Double diapason. An organ-stop tuned an octave below the diapasons. It is called a 16-feet stop on the manuals; on the pedals it is a 32-feet stop.
25Double diese (doobl dī-āz), Fr. A double sharp (## or ×).
27Doubled letters. Capital letters doubled, indicating that the tone is an octave lower than where the letters stand single.
29Double drum. A large drum used in military bands and beaten at both ends.
31Double dulciana. An organ-stop of small 16-feet scale and delicate tone.
33Double E, or, EE. See Double G.
35Double F, or FF. See Double G.
37Double flageolet. A flageolet consisting of two tubes, blown through one mouthpiece, and producing two sounds at one time.
39Double flat. A character (♭♭) which, placed upon a staff degree, indicates a depression of a whole step.
41Double flute. A flute so constructed that two tones may be produced from it at the same time; a stop in an organ. See Doppelflöte.
43Double fugue. A fugue on two subjects.
45Double G. The octave below G gamut; the lowest G on the pianoforte. In England the term Double is applied to all those bass notes from G to F inclusive.
47Double grand pianoforte. An instrument with a set of keys at each end, invented by James Pierson, of New York.
49Double hautboy. A 16-feet reed-organ stop of small scale.
51Double lyre. The lyria doppia, an old instrument of the viol kind.
53Double note. A breve; a note twice the length of a whole note.
55Double octave. An interval of two octaves; a fifteenth; the bisdiapason of the ancient Greeks.
57Double quartet. A composition written for eight instruments or voices; eight singers.
59Double reed. The mouthpiece of the hautboy, bassoon, etc., formed of two pieces of cane joined together.
61Double shake. Two notes shaken simultaneously; they must form sixths or thirds.
63Double sharp. A character which, when placed upon a staff degree, indicates an elevation of a whole step. It is usually written as follows: ## or ×.
65Double-stopping. In violin-playing, two tones at once.
67Double-stopped diapason. An organ-stop of 16-feet tone on the manuals; the pipes are stopped or covered at the top.
69Double suspension. A suspension that retards two notes and requires a double preparation and resolution.
71Double tierce. An organ-stop tuned a tenth above the diapasons, or a major third above the octave.
73Double time. Inelegant for Double Measure. A movement in which every measure is composed in two equal parts. It is marked by letting the hand fall and rise alternately.
75Double-tongueing. A method of articulating quick notes used by flute-players.
77Double trill. See Double shake.
79Double triplet. The union of two triplets; a sextole, thus:
81Double trumpet. An organ-stop of 16-feet scale; sometimes the lowest octave of pipes is omitted, and it is then called the Tenoroon trumpet.
83Double twelfth. An organ-stop sounding the fifth above the foundation stops; it is generally composed of stopped pipes.
85Doublotte (doob-lēt'), Fr. An organ-stop tuned an octave above the principal; in England it is called the fifteenth. A mixture of two ranks.
87Doucet (doo-sā'), Fr. Sweet, soft, gentle.
89Doucement (doos'mānh), Fr. Sweetly, softly, pleasingly.
91Douleur (doo-lūr'), Fr. Grief, sorrow, pathos.
93Douloureusement (doo-loor-ūs-mānh), Fr. Plaintively, sorrowfully.
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