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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1the upper stem belongs to a quarter-note, supposed to be concealed behind the half-note, and belonging to the voice having the chords above. Such a note is held its longer value, but the chord or other notes belonging to the quarter-note stem enter after one beat.
3Noten (nō't'n), Ger. pl. Notes. Used in composition with other words.
5Notenblatt (nō't'n-blät), Ger. A sheet of music.
7Notenbuch (nō't'n-bookh), Ger. Music-book, notebook.
9Notenschrift (nō't'n-shrift), Ger. Musical manuscript.
11Notensystem (nō't'n-sis-tām'), Ger. The staff.
13Note of modulation. A note which introduces a new key, usually applied to the leading note or sharp seventh.
15Note, open. A note produced on the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., when not pressed by the finger.
17Note, pedal. A note held by the pedal while the harmony forming the remaining parts is allowed to proceed.
19Note, quarter. A crotchet.
21Noter (nō-tā), Fr. To write out a tune or air.
23Note, reciting. The note in a chord upon which the voice dwells until it comes to a cadence.
25Note scolte (nō'tē skōl'tē), It. Staccato note.
27Notes coulees (nōt koo-lā), Fr. Slurred notes.
29Notes de gout (nōt dūh goo), Fr. Notes of embellishment.
31Note, sensible (nōt sānh-sēbl), Fr. The leading note of the scale; the seventh of the scale.
33Note, sixteenth. A semiquaver.
35Note, sixty-fourth. A hemidemisemiquaver.
37Notes liees (nōt lē-ā), Fr. Tied notes.
39Notes syncopees (nōt sēn-kō-pā), Fr. Syncopated notes.
41Note, thirty-second. A demisemiquaver.
43Note, triple-dotted. A note whose value is increased seven eighths by three dots after it.
45Note, whole. A semibreve,
47Notturni (nōt-toor'nī), It. Nocturnes.
49Notturno (nōt-toor'nō), It. A nocturne; a light, elegant composition suitable for an evening performance; a serenade.
51Nourrir le son (noo-rēr lūh sōnh), Fr. To commence, or attack, a note in singing, forcibly, and sustain it.
53Nourrissons (noor – rēs – sōnh), Fr. Bards, poets.
55Nouvelle methode (noo-vāl' mā-tōd), Fr. A new method.
57Nova (nō'vā), It. A species of small flute or pipe.
59Novemole. A group of nine notes, to be performed in the same time as six of equal value.
61Novice (nōv-īs). A beginner; one unskilled.
63Nuances (nū – ānh – s'), Fr. pl. Lights and shades of expression, variety of intonation. A system of notation.
65Numerical notation. A system of notation first introduced by Rousseau, in which numerals were substituted as names of scale tones, 1, 2, 3, etc. The numerals were written upon a line for the standard octave, above the line for the octave above, and below the line for the octave below. A similar notation had a local currency in Massachusetts about 1851; it was called Day & Beal's "One-Line System." The measure was represented in nearly the usual manner. In France a similar system is in use among the Orpheonists. It was invented or improved by M. Paris, the inventor of the "time-names."
67Nuovo (noo-ō'vō), It. New; di nuovo, newly, again.
69Nuptial = songs. Wedding-songs, marriage-songs.
71Nut. The small bridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a guitar, over which the strings pass to the pegs or screws.
73O, It. Or. Violino o flauto, violin or flute.
75O (ō) before a consonant, It. } Or, as, either.
76Od (ōd) before a vowel,
78Obbligato (ōb-blī gā'tō), It. } Indispensable, necessary;
79Obbligati (ōb-bli-gā'tē), It. pl. } a part or parts
80Obligé (ōb-lī-zhā'), Fr. } which can not
81Obligat (ōb-lī-gā't), Ger. } be omitted, being indispensably necessary
83to the idea. Generally speaking, every independent part is obbligato. The expression "organ obbligato," for instance, indicates that the organ is not simply a reinforcement of the other parts, but has something of its own to say. The obbligato instrumental part frequently to be met with in the arias of older operas, oratorios, etc., vied, concerted, with the vocal part. Titles
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