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Pronouncing and Defing Dictionary of Music, 1896
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1Maitre (mětr), Fr. A master, a director.
2Maitre de chapelle (mětr dūh shā-pěll), Fr. Chapelmaster; director of the choir.
3Maitre de musique (mětr dūh mü-zēk), Fr. Musical director.
4Majesta (mä'yěz-tā), It. Majesty, dignity.
5Majesté (mä-zhěs-tā), Fr. Majesty, dignity.
6Majestueux (mä-zhěs-tū-ūh), Fr. Majestic.
7Majeur (mä-zhūr), Fr. Major; major key.
8Major. Greater, in respect to intervals, scales, etc.
9Major diatonic scale. That scale in which the semitones fall between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth tones, both in ascending and descending.
10Major seventh. An interval consisting of five tones and a semitone.
11Major sixth. A sixth composed of four tones and a semitone.
12Major third. An interval containing two whole tones or steps.
13Major tonic. A major scale.
14Major triad. A union of any sound with its major third and perfect fifth.
15Malagueña (mä-lā-gwoo-ān'yā), Sp. A fandango.
16Malanconia (mä-län-kō'nē'ā), Malenconico (mä-lēn-kō'ni-kō), It. Melancholy, sadness.
17Malincolico (mä-līn-kō'li-kō), Malinconia (mä-līn-kō-nē'ā), It. Melancholy.
18Malinconicamente (mä-līn-kō-nī-kä-měn'tē), It. In a melancholy style.
19Malinconico (mä-līn-kō'ni-kō), Malinconioso (mä-līn-kō-nī'ō'zō), It. In a melancholy style.
20Malinconoso (mä-līn-kō-nō'zō), It. In a melancholy style.
21Mama (mä-mā), It. In drum music a term indicating the right hand.
22Manager. One who undertakes the labor of getting up concerts and concer't tours.
23Manca (män'kā), It. The left.
24Mancando (män-kän'dō), It. Decreasing, dying away.
25Manche (män-sh), Fr. The neck of a violin or other instrument.
26Mandola (män-dō'lā), It. A mandoline, or cither, of the size of a large lute.
27Mandoline. An Italian fretted guitar, so called from its almond, or pear, shape. There are several varieties. The Neapolitan, considered the most perfect, has four strings tuned like the violin, G, D, A, E. The Milanese, next in favor, has five double strings, tuned G, C, A, D, E. A plectrum is used by the right hand, and the left is employed in stopping the strings.
28Mandolino (män-dō-lě'nō), It. A mandolin. one of two readings
29Mandolino (män-dō-lē'nō), It. A mandolin. one of two readings
30Mandora. A small kind of lute, or guitar, Mandore. with frets and seven gut strings, three of which are duplicates.
31Manico (mä'nī-kō), It. The neck of the violin, guitar, etc.
32Manichord. Originally an instrument with but one string; subsequently a stringed instrument resembling a spinet, or harpsichord.
33Manichordiendraht (mä-nī-kōr'dī-ěn-drāht), Ger. Wire for the manichord or clavichord.
34Maniera (mä-nī-ā'rā), It. Manner, style.
35Maniere (män-ī-ār'), Fr. Manner, style.
36Maniera affettata (mä-nī-ā'rā af-fět-tā'tā), It. An affected style, or delivery.
37Maniera languida (mä-nī-ā'rā lān'gwī-dā), It. A languid, sleepy style.
38Manieren (mä-nē'r'n), Ger. pl. Graces, embellishments, ornaments.
39Männerchor (män'nēr-kōr), Ger. A choir of male voices.
40Mannerism. Adherence to the same manner; the constant use of an ever-recurring set of phases; adherence to the same style without freedom or variety.
41Männliche Stimme (män'līkh-ě stīm'mě), Ger. A manly voice.
42Mano (mä'nō), It. The hand.
43Mano destra (mä'nō dā'strā), Mano diritta (mä'nō dī-ret'tā), It. The right hand.
44Mano dritta (mä'nō drēt'tā), It. The left hand.
45Manual. The keyboard for the hands.
46Manual (mä-noo-äl'), Ger. Manual.
47Manuale (mä-noo ā'lē), Lat. Manual.
48Manuale (mä-noo-ā'lē), It. Manual.
49Manualiter (mä-noo-ā'lī-těr), Ger. Manually; that is, with the hands alone, without pedals. Organ music.
50Manualkoppel (mä-noo-äl-kōp'p'l), Ger. A coupler, by means of which a key, or a set of keys, is connected with another set.
51Manualmente (mä-noo-äl-měn'tē), It. Manually.
52Manualuntersatz (mä-noo-äl'oon'těr-sātz), Ger. An organ-stop of 32-feet tone, with stopped pipes: the subbourdon.
53Manubrio (mä-noo'bri-ō), It. The handle, or knob, by which a stop is drawn in an organ.
54Marcando (mär-kän'dō), It. Marked, accented, well pronounced.
55Marcato (mär-kä'tō), It. Marked, accented, well pronounced.
56Marcatissimo (mär-kä-tē'sī-mō), It. Very strongly marked.
57Marcato la melodia (mär-kä-tō lā mě-lō'dī-ā), It. The melody in a marked style. one of two readings
58Marcato la melodia (mär-kä-tō lä mě-lō'dī-ā), It. The melody in a marked style. one of two readings
59March. A musical composition intended to accompany marching, more especially of soldiers. There are two kinds of marches—the quick march, or quickstep, and the slow, or processional, march. Slow marches may be divided into festal and funeral marches. These two last-named species are much more solemn and dignified in
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