Scan 66
Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1chestra. The lower tones are strong and rough, but the middle rich and pleasing.
3Bassoonist. A performer on the bassoon.
5Bassoon stop. A reed-stop in the organ which imitates the tones of the bassoon.
7Basso ostinato (bäs'sō ōs-ti-nā'tō), It. A constantly recurring bass theme, forming the foundation of a polyphonic composition (chacoune, passacaglia, etc.).
9Basso primo (bäs'sō prē'mo), It. The first bass.
11Basso ripieno (bäs'sō rī-pī-ā'nō), It. A bass part only intended to be played in the full or tutti passages.
13Basso rivoltato (bäs'sō rī-vōl-tā'tō), It. An inverted bass.
15Basso secondo (bäs'sō sē-kōn'dō), It. The second bass. The lower bass.
17Basso tenuto (bäs'sō tē-noo'tō), It. Continued bass.
19Basso violino (bäs'sō vē-ō-lē'nō), It. A small bass viol.
21Basspfeife (bäss pfī-fě), Ger. Basspipe, bassoon.
23Basspommer (bäss'pōm-m'r), Ger. The lowest member of the pommer family. See Pommer.
25Bassposaune (bäss'pō-zōu-ně), Ger. Bass trombone, sackbut.
27Basssaite (bäss'si-tē), Ger. Bass string.
29Bassschlüssel (bäss'shlüss-s'l), Ger. The bass clef.
31Bass staff. The staff marked with the bass clef.
33Bassstimme (bäss'stim-mě), Ger. Bass voice, bass part.
35Bass string. The string of any instrument upon which the lowest note is sounded.
37Bass trombone. A trombone having a compass from the great c to the one-lined e, and noted in the F clef.
39Bass tuba (bäss too-bä), Lat. See Tuba.
41Bass viol. An old name for the viol da gamba, now often given to the violoncello.
43Bass viol, double. A stringed instrument, the largest and deepest toned of its class.
45Bass voice. The lowest or deepest of male voices.
47Basszeichen (bäss'tsī-kh'n), Ger. The bass clef.
49Basta (bäs'tā), It. Enough, sufficient; Bastante (bäs-tän'tē), It. proceed no further unless directed by the conductor.
51Bastardilla (bäs-tär-dēl'yā), Sp. A species of flute.
53Batillus (bä-tīl'loos), Lat. An instrument used by the Armenians in their church service in the place of bells. A board struck with a hammer.
55Battement (băt-mōnh'), Fr. An old name of short shake called a beat.
57Battere (bät'tē-rē), It. The down stroke in beating time.
59Batterie (bät-trē), Fr. The roll of the drum; also, a particular way of playing the guitar by striking the strings instead of pulling them.
61Baton (bă-tōnh'),
62Baton de mesure (bă-tōnh' dūh mē-zūr), Fr. The stick used by the conductor in beating time.
64Battre (bătr), Fr. To beat.
66Battre la caisse (bătr lā kāss),
67Battre le tambour (bătr lūh tāmboor), Fr. To beat the drums.
69Battre la mesure (bătr lā mē-zūr'), Fr. To beat time; to mark the time by beating with the hand or with a stick.
71Bau (bou), Ger. The structure, the fabric, the construction of musical instruments.
73Bäuerisch (by'ēr-ish), Ger. Rustic, coarse.
75Bauernflöte (bou'ern-flē-tē), Ger. Rustic flute; a stopped register in an organ.
77Bauernlied (bou'ern-lēd), Ger. A rustic ballad.
79B cancellatum (B kăn-tsēl-lā'toom), Lat. The old name for a sharp (♯).
81B, double. The b below G gamut; the twelfth below the bass-clef note.
83B=dur (Bā-door), Ger. The key of Eb major.
85B durum (B doo'room), Lat. B hard or B major.
87Bearbeitet (bě-är'bī-tět), Ger. Adapted, arranged.
89Bearbeitung (bě-är'bī-toong), Ger. Adaptation.
91Bearing notes. In tuning instruments those erroneous, or falsely tempered fifths, on which "the wolf" is said to be thrown.
93Bearpipe. See Bärpfeife.
95Beat. 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.
97Beatings. Regular pulsations produced in an organ by pipes of the same key when they are not exactly in unison.
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