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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1Fingering, American. The use of the sign (X) to indicate the thumb in pianoforte-playing, in distinction from the German or foreign fingering, in which the thumb is called the first finger.
3Fingering, foreign. A method of finger-piano music which designates the thumb as the first finger.
5Fingerleiter (fing'ër-li'tër), Ger. Finger-guides.
7Fingern (fing'ërn), Ger. To play, to finger.
9Fingersatz (fing'ër-sätz), Ger. Fingering.
11Finished. A term applied to those vocal or instrumental performers who have attained an advanced and artistic execution.
13Finita (fē-nē'tā), It. Finished, ended, concluded.
15Finito (fē-nū'tō), It. Finished, ended, concluded.
17Finite canon. A canon which is not repeated.
19Fino al (fē'nō āl), It. Play as far as, stop at, end at. one of two readings
20Fino al (fē'nō äl), It. Play as far as, stop at, end at. one of two readings
22Fin qui (fēn kwē), It. To this place.
24Fint (fēnt), It. Feigned, false, interrupted, in respect to cadences; a feint, or deceptive, close.
26Fioca (fē-ō'kä), It. Hoarse, faint, feeble.
28Fioco (fē-ō'kō), It. Hoarseness.
30Fioreggiante (fē-ō-rēd-jī-ăn'tē), It. Too ornate, decorated with roulades, cadences, etc.
32Fioretti (fē-ō-rē'ttē), It. Little graces, or ornaments, in vocal music.
34Fioriscente (fē-ō-ri-shēn'tē, It. Florid. Fiorito (fē-ō-rē'tō), abounding with ornaments.
36Fiorita cadenza (fē-ō-rē'tā kä-dēnt'sā), It. A cadenza whose last note but one is divided into many notes.
38Fioritezza (fē-ō-ri-tē'tsā), It. Embellishment, a florid style of performance.
40Fioritura (fē-ō-ri-too'rā), It. Literally, "a flowering." A florid melodic ornament. Fioreggiare, the corresponding verb, signifies to ornament (flower) a melody by solving its principal elements into a multiplicity of shorter notes of varied pitch. Fioritura is the plural of fioritura.
42First. A word applied to the upper part of a duet, trio, quartet, or any other composition, vocal or instrumental; such parts generally express the air.
44First bass. High bass.
46First inversion. A term applied to a chord when the bass takes the third. See Inversion.
48First soprano. The high soprano.
50First tenor. The high tenor.
52Fis (fīs), Ger. The note F#.
54Fis=dur (fīs-door), Ger. The key of F# major.
56Fis=fis (fīs-fīs) Ger. The note F-double-sharp.
58Fis=moll (fīs'moll), Ger. The key of F# minor.
60Fistel (fīs'tel), Ger. Feigned voice; falsetto.
62Fistola (fīs'tō-lā), It. A reed, a pipe.
64Fistula (fīs'too-lā), Lat. A reed, a pipe.
66Fistula dulcis (fīs'too-lā dool'tsīs), Lat. This was once a common flute, and was blown at the end. See Flûte à bec.
68Fistula Germanica (fīs'too-lā gēr-mā'nī-kā), Lat. German flute.
70Fistula Panis (fīs'too-la pä'nīs), Lat. The Pandean pipes; wind instruments of the ancients.
72Fistula pastoralis (fīs'too-lā pās-to-rā'lis), Lat. The Pandean pipes; wind instruments of the ancients.
74Fistula pastorica (fīs'too-lā pās-tō-rī-kā), Lat. Name given by Cicero and other classical writers to the oaten pipe used by the audience in the Roman theaters to express their disapprobation.
76Fistulator (fīs'too-lā'tōr), Lat. A piper, a player on a flute or flageolet.
78Fistulatore (fīs'too-lā-tō're), It. player on a flute or flageolet.
80Fistuliren (fīs-too-lē'r'n), Ger. (1) To sing or speak with the head voice. (2) In speaking of organ-pipes, to overblow, i.e. to sound one of the upper partial notes instead of the fundamental note.
82Fithele. The old English name for the fiddle.
84Fixed syllables. Syllables which do not change with the change of key. The Italians use fixed syllables.
86Flachflöte (flākh-flō'tē), Ger. Shallow flute; flageolet; also an organ-stop of rather thin tone.
88Flageolet (flā-zhē-ō-lā'), Fr. A small flûte à bec, that is, a straight flute, with a plug in the mouthpiece which leaves only a narrow slit for the breath to pass through. (2) An organ-stop. (3) Flageolet tones are those ethereal sounds produced on stringed instruments (violin, harp, etc.) by lightly touching a string in certain places with a finger, and then setting it in vibration by drawing the bow over it or plucking it. (V. Harmonics.)
90Flageolet, double. A flageolet having two tubes.
92Flagioletta (flā-jī-ō-lē'ttā), It. (See Flageolet.)
94Flam. In drum music a grace note or stroke corresponding with the appoggiatura in other compositions. There are two flams, the open and the close. The latter is made as rapidly as possible, so that the two notes are almost together. The open flam is not so close.
96Flaschinett (flāsh-ī-nēt), Ger. The flageolet
98Flat. A character which lowers a note one semitone (♭).
100Flat, double. A character composed of two flats, indicating a depression of two semitones (♭♭).
102Flatter la corde (flāt-tā lä kōrd), Fr. To play the violin, etc., in a soft, expressive manner.
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