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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1Maitre (mětr), Fr. A master, a director.
2Maitre de chapelle (mětr dúh shǎ-pěll), Fr. Chapelmaster; director of the choir.
3Maitre de musique (mětr dúh 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'nī-kō), It. Melancholy, sadness.
17Malincolico (mä-līn-kō'lī-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'nī-kō), Malinconioso (mä-līn-kō-nī-ō'zō), It. Melancholy style.
20Malinconoso (mä-līn-kō-nō'zō), It. Melancholy style. one of two readings
21Malinconoso (mä-līn-kō-nō'zō), melancholy style. one of two readings
22Mama (mä-mā), It. In drum music a term indicating the right hand.
23Manager. One who undertakes the labor of getting up concerts and concert tours.
24Manca (män'kä), It. The left. one of two readings
25Manca (män'kā), It. The left. one of two readings
26Mancando (män-kän'dō), It. Decreasing, dying away.
27Manche (män-hsh), Fr. The neck of a violin or other instrument.
28Mandola (män-dō'lā), It. A mandoline, or cither, of the size of a large lute.
29Mandoline. 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.
30Mandolino (män-dō-lē'nō), It. A mandolin.
31Mandora. A small kind of lute, or guitar, Mandore. with frets and seven gut strings, three of which are duplicates.
32Manico (mä'nī-kō), It. The neck of the violin, guitar, etc.
33Manichord. Originally an instrument with but one string; subsequently a stringed instrument resembling a spinet, or harpsichord.
34Manichordiendraht (mä-nī-kōr'dī-ěn-drāht), Ger. Wire for the manichord or clavichord.
35Maniera (mä-nī-ā'rā), It. Manner, style.
36Maniere (män-ī-ār'), Fr. Manner, style.
37Maniera affettata (mä-nī-ā'rā af-fět-tā'tā), It. An affected style, or delivery.
38Maniera languida (mä-nī-ā'rā lān'gwī-dā), It. A languid, sleepy style.
39Manieren (mä-nē'r'n), Ger. pl. Graces, embellishments, ornaments.
40Männerchor (män'nēr-kōr), Ger. A choir of male voices.
41Mannerism. Adherence to the same manner; the constant use of an ever-recurring set of phases; adherence to the same style without freedom or variety.
42Männliche Stimme (män'líkh-ě stīm'mě), Ger. A manly voice.
43Mano (mä'nō), It. The hand.
44Mano destra (mä'nō dā'strā), Mano diritta (mä'nō dī-rět'tā), It. The right hand.
45Mano dritta (mä'nō drět'tā), It. The left hand. one of two readings
46Mano dritta (mä'nō drět'tā), Mano sinistra (mä'nō sī-něs'trā), It. The left hand. one of two readings
47Manual. The keyboard for the hands.
48Manual (mä-noo-ā'l'), Ger. Manual.
49Manuale (mä-noo ā'lě), Lat. Manual.
50Manuale (mä-noo-ā'lě), It. Manual. one of two readings
51Manuale (mä-noo-ā'lě), It. one of two readings
52Manualiter (mä-noo-ā'lī-těr), Ger. Manually; that is, with the hands alone, without pedals. Organ music.
53Manualkoppel (mä-noo-āl-kōp'p'l), Ger. A coupler, by means of which a key, or a set of keys, is connected with another set.
54Manualmente (mä-noo-āl-měn'tě), It. Manually.
55Manualuntersatz (mä-noo-āl'oon'těr-sātz), Ger. An organ-stop of 32-feet tone, with stopped pipes: the subbourdon.
56Manubrio (mä-noo'bri-ō), It. The handle, or knob, by which a stop is drawn in an organ.
57Marcando (mär-kän'dō), It. Marked, accentuated, well pronounced.
58Marcato (mär-kā'tō), It. Marked, accentuated, well pronounced.
59Marcatissimo (mär-kā-tē's'sī-mō), It. Very strongly marked.
60Marcato la melodia (mär-kā-tō là mě-lō'dī-ā), It. The melody in a marked style.
61March. 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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