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Pronouncing and Defing Dictionary of Music, 1896
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1chestra. The lower tones are strong and rough, but the middle rich and pleasing.
2Bassoonist. A performer on the bassoon.
3Bassoon stop. A reed-stop in the organ which imitates the tones of the bassoon.
4Basso ostinato (bäs'sō ōs-tī-nā'tō), It. A constantly recurring bass theme, forming the foundation of a polyphonic composition (chaconne, passacaglia, etc.).
5Basso primo (bäs'sō prē'mo), It. The first bass.
6Basso ripieno (bäs'sō rī-pī-ā'nō), It. A bass part only intended to be played in the full or tutti passages.
7Basso rivoltato (bäs'sō rī-vōl-tā'tō), It. An inverted bass.
8Basso secondo (bäs'sō sē-kōn'dō), It. The second bass. The lower bass.
9Basso tenuto (bäs'sō tē-noo'tō), It. Continued bass.
10Basso violino (bäs'sō vē-ō-lē'nō), It. A small bass viol.
11Basspfeife (bäs pfi-fě), Ger. Basspipe, bassoon.
12Basspommer (bäs'pō-m'm'r), Ger. The lowest member of the pommer family. See Pommer.
13Bassposaune (bäs'pō-zou-ně), Ger. Bass trombone, sackbut.
14Basssaite (bäs'sī-tě), Ger. Bass string.
15Bassschlüssel (bäs'shlüss-s'l), Ger. The bass clef.
16Bass staff. The staff marked with the bass clef.
17Bassstimme (bäs'stīm-mě), Ger. Bass voice, bass part.
18Bass string. The string of any instrument upon which the lowest note is sounded.
19Bass trombone. A trombone having a compass from the great c to the one-lined e, and noted in the F clef.
20Bass tuba (bäs too-bä), Lat. See Tuba.
21Bass viol. An old name for the viol da gamba, now often given to the violoncello.
22Bass viol, double. A stringed instrument, the largest and deepest toned of its class.
23Bass voice. The lowest or deepest of male voices.
24Basszeichen (bäs'tsī-kh'n), Ger. The bass clef.
25Basta (bäs'tā),
26Bastante (bäs-tän'tě), It. Enough, sufficient; proceed no further unless directed by the conductor.
27Bastardilla (bäs-tär-dēl'yā), Sp. A species of flute.
28Batillus (bā-tīl'loos), Lat. An instrument used by the Armenians in their church service in the place of bells. A board struck with a hammer.
29Battement (băt-mōnh'), Fr. An old name for that kind of short shake called a beat.
30Battimento (băt-tī-měn'tō), It. Written. Played.
31Battere (băt'tē-rē), It. The down stroke in beating time.
32Batterie (băt-trē), Fr. The roll of the drum; also, a particular way of playing the guitar by striking the strings instead of pulling them.
33Baton (bă-tōnh'),
34Baton de mesure (bă-tōnh'dīh mě-zūr), Fr. The stick used by the conductor in beating time.
35Battre (bătr), Fr. To beat.
36Battre la caisse (bătr lā kāss),
37Battre le tambour (bătr lūh tāmboor), Fr. To beat the drums.
38Battre la mesure (bătr lā mě-zūr'), Fr. To beat time; to mark the time by beating with the hand or with a stick.
39Bau (bou), Ger. The structure, the fabric, the construction of musical instruments.
40Bäuerisch (by'ěr-ish), Ger. Rustic, coarse.
41Bauernflöte (bou'ěrn-flě-tě), Ger. Rustic flute, a stopped register in an organ.
42Bauernlied (bou'ěrn-lēd), Ger. A rustic ballad.
43B cancellatum (B kăn-tsēl-lă'toom), Lat. The old name for a sharp (#).
44B, double. The b below G gamut; the twelfth below the bass-clef note.
45B-dur (Bā-door), Ger. The key of B♭ major.
46B durum (B doo'room), Lat. B hard or B major.
47Bearbeitet (bě-är'bī-tět), Ger. Adapted, arranged.
48Bearbeitung (bě-är'bī-toong), Ger. Adaptation.
49Bearing notes. In tuning instruments those erroneous, or falsely tempered fifths, on which "the wolf" is said to be thrown.
50Bearpipe. See Bärpfeife.
51Beat. The rise or fall of the hand or baton in marking the divisions of time in music. These motions, in the different varieties of measure, take the following directions: Double, down, up; Triple, down, left, up; Quadruple, down, left, right, up; Sextuple, down, down, left, right, up, up. An important musical embellishment, consisting of the principal note and the note below it, resembling a short trill; also the pulsation arising from the interferences of two series of vibrations slightly differing in pitch. The number of beats per second will be equal to the number of vibrations in which one series exceeds the other.
52Beatings. Regular pulsations produced in an organ by pipes of the same key when they are not exactly in unison.
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