Scan 61
Dictionary of Music, Pronouncing and Defining, 1925
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1Beating time. Marking the divisions of the bar by means of the hand, foot, or baton.
3Beben (bā'b'n), Ger. To tremble, to shake, to vibrate.
5Bebende Stimme (bā'běn-dě stim'mě), Ger. A trembling voice.
7Bebung (bā'boong), Ger. A shaking, a vibration. On the clavier, a tremolo made by vibrating the finger upon the key. (Impracticable upon the pianoforte.) Also, a German organ-stop.
9Bec (běk), Fr. The mouthpiece of a clarinet.
11Bécarre (bā-kăr), Fr. The mark called a natural (♮).
13Becco (běk'kō), It. The mouthpiece of a clarinet, flageolet, etc.
15Becco polacco (bāk'kō pō-lāk'kō), It. A species of large bagpipe used in some parts of Italy.
17Becken (běk'n), Ger. A cymbal.
19Bedeckt (bě-děkt), Ger. Covered, stopped. Said of strings, in contradistinction to leer, open. Also of stopped pipes.
21Bedon (bě-dōnh'), Fr. An old name for a tabret, or drum.
23Be (bā), Ger. Flat, B♭.
25Beffroi (běf-frwā'), Fr. The frame that supports the bell in a belfry; a belfry. The tambour.
27Begeisterung (bě-ghis'tě-roong), Ger. Inspiration, animation, enthusiasm.
29Begl. An abbreviation of Begleitung.
31Begleiten (bě-gli't'n), Ger. To accompany.
33Begleitende Stimmen (bě-gli těn-dě stīm-měn), Ger. pl. The accompanying parts.
35Begleitung (bě-gli'toong), Ger. An accompaniment.
37Beharrlich (bě-hārr'līkh), Ger. Perseveringly.
39Beherzt (bě-hārtst'), Ger. Courageous.
41Beisp. An abbreviation of Beispiel.
43Beispiel (bi'spēl), Ger. Example.
45Beisser (bī's's'r), Ger. A mordent.
47Beitöne (bī'tě-ně), Ger. Accessory tones.
49Beizeichen (bī'tsī-kh'n), Ger. An accidental.
51Belfry. A tower in which a bell or bells are hung.
53Belieben (bě-lě'b'n), Ger. Pleasure; at pleasure.
55Beliebig (bě-lě'bīg), Ger. To one's liking, or pleasure.
57Béliere (bā-lī-ār'), Fr. The tongue of a bell.
59Bell. A vessel, or hollow body, of cast metal, used for making sounds. It consists of a barrel, or hollow body, enlarged or expanded at one end, an ear, or cannon, by which it is hung to a beam, and a clapper inside. (2) A hollow body of metal, perforated, and containing a solid ball to give sounds when shaken. (3) The wide, circular opening at the end of a trumpet, horn, and similar instruments.
61Bella (běl'lā), Sax. A bell.
63Bell-chamber. That portion of the tower or steeple in which the bell hangs; the belfry.
65Bell diapason (dī-ā-pā'sōn). An organ diapason stop of clear and sonorous voice.
67Bellezza (běl-lět'sā), It. Beauty of tone and expression.
69Bellezza della voce (běl-lět'sā děl'lā vō'tshě), It. Beauty or sweetness of voice.
71Bell gamba. A gamba stop in an organ, the top of each pipe spreading out like a bell.
73Bell harp. An old instrument, probably the lyra or cithera of the ancients. (2) A stringed instrument, so named from its being swung like a bell when played.
75Bellicosamente (běl-lī-kō-zā-měn'tě), It. } In Bellicoso (běl-lī-kō-zō), } a martial and warlike style.
77Beliicum (běl'li-koom), Lat. The sound of a trumpet calling to battle.
79Bell metronome. A metronome with a small bell that strikes at the beginning of each bar.
81Bellows. A pneumatic appendage for supplying organ-pipes with air.
83Bellows, exhaust. A kind of bellows used on organs and other reed instruments; the air, when the chamber is exhausted, being drawn in through the reeds.
85Bell-ringers. Performers who, with bells of different sizes, ranging from smallest to largest, are able to produce very pleasing and effective music.
87Bell-scale. A diapason with which bell-founders measure the size, thickness, weight, and tone of their bells.
89Belly. The soundboard of an instrument, that part over which the strings are distended.
91Bel metallo di voce (běl mě-tāl'lō dě vō'tshě), It. A clear and brilliant voice.
93Bemerkbar (bě-mārk'bär), Ger. Observable, marked; to be played in a prominent manner.
95Bémol (bā-mōl), Fr. } The mark called a Bemolle (bā-mōl'lě), It. } flat (♭).
97Bemolise (bā-mō-lēz), Fr. Marked with a flat.
99Bemolisée (bě-mō-lī-zā'), Fr. A note preceded by a flat.
101Bemoliser (bě-mō-lī-zā'), Fr. } To flat-
102Bemollizzare (bě-mō'lī-tsā'rē), It. } ten notes; to lower the pitch by putting a flat before them.
104Ben (bān), It. } Well, good.
105Bene (bā'nē), It. } one of two readings
106Bene (bā'ně), It. } one of two readings
108Benedicite (běn-ě-dī'tsī-tě), Lat. A canticle used at morning prayer, in the church, after the first lesson.
110Benedictus (běn'ě-dīc'toos), Lat. "Blessed is He that cometh." Second part of the Sanctus, which forms the fourth part of the Mass.
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