Scan 64
Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1Bizzarria (bēt-sär-rē'ā), It. Written in a capricious, fantastic style; sudden, unexpected modulations.
2Bizzarro (bēt-sar'ro), It. Whimsical, odd, fantastical.
3Blanche (blänsh), Fr. A minim, or half note.
4Blanche pointée (blänsh pwänh-tā'), Fr. A dotted half note.
5Blasebälge (blä'sē-bälg), Ger. The bellows of an organ.
6Blasehorn (blä'zē-hōrn), Ger. Bugle horn. hunter's horn.
7Blasemusik (blä'zē-moo'zēk'), Ger. Music for wind instruments.
8Blasen (blä'z'n), Ger. To blow; to sound.
9Bläser (blä'z'r), Ger. A blower; an instrument for blowing.
10Blasinstrument (bläz'lu-stroo-měnt'), Ger. A wind instrument.
11Blast. The sudden blowing of a trumpet or other instrument of a similar character.
12Blatant. Bleating, bellowing.
13Blatt (blätt), Ger. A leaf; a reed. The single reed of the clarinet and of the bassett horn.
14Blechinstrumente (blěkh'ln-stroo-měn'tē), Ger. The brass instruments, as trumpets, trombones, etc.
15Blockflöte (blōk'flē-tē), Ger. An organ-stop, composed of large scale-pipes, the tone of which is full and broad.
16Blower, organ. One who works the bellows of an organ.
17Bluette. A short, brilliant piece.
18B-mol (bā-mōl), Fr. The character called a flat (b). See Bemol.
19B-moll (bē-mōl), Gcr. The key of B♭ minor.
20Board. A term applied to several different members among musical instruments, as, Fingerboard, upon which the fingers act; Soundboard, which vibrates in the piano-forte, or upon which the pipes are placed in the organ; Keyboard, the keys, etc.
21Boat-songs. Gondolier-songs.
22Bocal (bō'kāl), Fr. The mouthpiece of a Bocca (bōk'kā), It. horn, trumpet, trombone, and similar instruments.
23Bocca ridente (bōk'kā rī-děn'tē), It. "Smiling mouth." A term in singing, applied to a peculiar opening of the mouth, approaching to a smile, believed to be conducive to the production of a pure tone.
24Bocchino (bōk-kē'nō), It. Mouthpiece of a horn.
25Bocina (bō-thē'nā), Sp. A species of large trumpet; a bugle horn.
26Bocina de cazador (bō-thē'nā dě kä-thä-dōr'), Sp. A huntsman's horn.
27Bockpfeife (bōk'pfī-fē), Ger. A bagpipe.
28Bockstriller (bōks'trīl-lēr), Ger. A bad shake, with false intonation.
29Boden (bō'd'n), Ger. The back of a violin, viola, etc.
30Boehm Flöte. A flute of improved mechanism, invented in 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The improvement consists of a series of keys by means of which the fingering is simplified and the different tonalities are more nearly equal in facility. The same system has also been applied to the oboes and clarinets.
31Bogen (bō'g'n), Ger. The bow of a violin, etc.
32Bogenführung (bō'g'n-fü-roong). Gcr. The management of the bow; the act of bowing.
33Bogeninstrumente (bō'g'n-in-stroo-měn'tē), Ger. Bow instruments; instruments played with a bow.
34Bogenstrich (bō'g'n-strīkh), Ger. A stroke of the bow.
35Bolero (bō-lā'rō), Sp. A lively Spanish dance, in 3-4 time, with castanets.
36Bomb. A stroke upon a bell; to sound.
37Bombarde (bōnh-bārd'), Fr. A powerful Bombardo (bōm-bār'dō), It. reed-stop in an organ of 16-feet scale; also an old wind instrument of the hautboy species.
38Bombardon (bōm-bār'dōn), Ger. A large bass wind instrument of brass, with valves something like the ophicleide. The bombardon was originally a very deep bassoon, now obsolete. The name is also applied to an organ-stop, a 16-feet reed.
39Bombix (bōm'bīx), Gr. An ancient Greek instrument, formed of a long reed or tube.
40Bonang (bō-năng'), Jav. A Javanese instrument, consisting of a series of gongs placed in two lines on a frame.
41Bones. A name sometimes given to castanets; castanets made of bone.
42Bons temps de la mesure (bōnh tōnh dūh lä mē-sūr'), Fr. The accented parts of a measure.
43Bora (bō'rā), Tur. A tin trumpet used by the Turkish military.
44Bordone (bōr-dō'nē), It. An organ-stop, Bourdon (boor-dōnh), Fr. the pipes of which are stopped or covered, and produce the 16-feet, and sometimes the 32-feet tone; also a drone bass. A stopped diapason.
45Bordun. See Bourdon.
46Bordone falso (bōr-dōr'nē fāl-zō), It. A term formerly used for harmony having a drone bass, or one of the other parts continuing in the same pitch.
47Bordun Flöte (bōr'doon flō'tē), Gcr. An organ-stop. See Bordone.
48Bourdon de cornemuse (boor-dōnh dūh körn-müz), Fr. The drone of a bagpipe.
49Bourdon de musette (boor-dōnh dūh mü-zēt) Fr. The drone of a bagpipe.
50Boudoir piano (boo-dwär). An upright piano.
51Bouffe (boof), Fr. A buffoon.
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