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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1such as these were very common: Aria con violino obbligato, or flauto obbligato.
3Ober (ō'běr), Ger. Upper, higher.
5Obermanual (ō'běr-mā-noo-āl'), Ger. The upper manual.
7Oberstimme (ō'běr-stīm'mě), Ger. Treble, upper voice part.
9Obertasten (ō'běr-tās't'n), Ger. The black keys.
11Obertheil (ō'běr-til'), Ger. The upper part.
13Oberwerk (ō'běr-wārk), Ger. Upper work, highest row of keys.
15Oblique motion. A relative motion of two voices in which one moves while the other remains stationary.
17Obliquo (ōb-lē'kwō), It. Oblique.
19Oboe (ō'bō-ē), Ger. } A hautboy; also the Oboe (ō-bō-ā'), It. } name of an organ-stop.
20(1) A wood wind instrument with a mouthpiece consisting of a double reed. Its extreme compass extends from b♭ or b♯ to f'''. Music for the oboe is written in the G clef, and written as it sounds. This is the oboe of our orchestras. In military bands are also sometimes to be met with oboes in B♭ and a soprano oboe in E♭, which are, of course, transposing instruments. (2) There are, likewise, organ-stops of the name of oboe, of 8-feet and more rarely of 4-feet pitch. (3) For other kinds of oboe, oboes now obsolete, see the following articles:
22Oboe basso (ō-bō-ā' bās'sō), It. This obsolete instrument stood a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe.
24Oboe da caccia (ō-bō-ā' dā kāt'tshī-ā), It. A larger species of oboe, with the music written in the alto clef. Its natural key was F or E♭.
26Oboe d'amore (ō-bō-ā' dā-mō'rē), It. } A species of oboe, longer than the ordinary oboe, with a thinner bore and lower pitch.
28Oboi (ō-bō-ē'), It. Hautboys.
30Oboist. A performer on the oboe or hautboy.
32Oboista (ō-bō-ē's'tā), It. An oboist.
34Octachord. An instrument or system comprising eight sounds or seven degrees.
36Octaphonic. Composed of eight voices.
38Octava alta (ōk-tā'vā āl'tā), It. Play the passage an octave higher.
40Octava grave (ōk-tā'vā grā'vā), Sp. Octave below.
42Octave. The interval from any tone to the eighth above or below in the same scale. The octave above any tone is produced by exactly twice as rapid a vibration frequency, and the octave below by exactly half as many vibrations. The most fundamental principle in harmony is that octaves are equivalent and may be interchanged in any chord without changing its harmonic character.
44Octave clarion. A two-feet reed-stop in an organ.
46Octave flute. A small flute an octave higher than the German or ordinary flute; a piccolo.
48Octave hautboy. A 4-feet organ reed-stop; the pipes are of the hautboy species.
50Octave, large. The third octave, indicated in the German tablature by capital letters.
52Octave, large, once-marked. The second octave, indicated by capital letters having a single line below.
54Octave, large, twice-marked. The first octave, indicated by capital letters having two lines below them.
56Octaves, consecutive. Two parts moving in unison or octaves with each other.
58Octaves, covered. Certain apparent consecutive octaves which occur in harmony, in passing by similar motion to a perfect concord.
60Octave, small. The fourth octave, so called because indicated by small letters in the German tablature.
62Octave, small, five-times marked. The ninth octave, represented by small letters with five lines above them.
64Octave, small, four-times marked. The eighth octave, represented by small letters with four lines above them.
66Octave, small, once-marked. The fifth octave, indicated by small letters with one line above them.
68Octave, small, six-times marked. The tenth octave, indicated by small letters with six lines above them.
70Octave, small, thrice-marked. The seventh octave, indicated by small letters with three lines above them.
72Octave, small, twice-marked. The sixth octave, indicated by small letters with two lines above them.
74Octaves, short. Those lower octaves of an organ the extreme keys of which, on account of the omission of some of the intermediate notes, lie nearer to each other than those of the full octave.
76Octave staff. A system of notation introduced by a Mr. Adams, of New Jersey, which consists of three groups of lines combined, comprising three octaves of ordinary vocal music, dispensing with flats and sharps, and giving to each tone its own position.
78Octave stop. An organ-stop of four-feet pitch, hence an octave above the diapason; the position of fingers for stopping the interval of an octave upon the fingerboard; a mechanical stop in reed-organs, coupling the keys an octave above, or borrowing within the instrument in such a manner that octaves result.
80Octavflötchen (ōk-tā'flō'tkh'n), Ger. An octave flute; a flageolet.
82Octavflöte (ōk-tā'flō'tě), Ger. Octave flute, flageolet; also an organ-stop of four-feet scale.
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