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Pronouncing dictionary of musical terms, giving the meaning, derivation, and pronunciation … of Italian, German, French, and other words; the names with date of birth and death and nationality of the leading musicians of the last two centuries; English vocabulary, with equivalents in Italian, Germ, 1896
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1the old sign for Imperfect time, viz., a broken circle, and originally meant two beats in the measure. Three beats was called Perfect time; the sign was O. With the exception of the times with 4 for the upper figure, all the compound times are multiples of the ternary unit, as 6/2, 6/4, 6/8—12/4, 12/8, 12/16, etc., Compound Common; 9/4, 9/8, 9/16, Compound Triple. The accents in compound times are determined by the number of units in the measure. The first is the strongest, third next, the second is weak, the fourth weaker.
3In Compound Triple, the second and third are both weak.
5Timidezza (It.) (tee-mee-det'-za), con. With timidity.
6Timorosamente (It.) (tee-mo-ro-sa-men'-teh). Timorously.
7Timoroso (It.) (tee-mo-ro'-so). Timorous; hesitating.
8Timpani (It.) (tim'-pa-nee). Kettle-drums. Abbreviated Timp.
9Timpanista (It.). Player on the kettle-drums.
10Tirade (Fr.) (tee-rad'). A rapid run or scale passage.
11Tirasse (Fr.) (tee-rass). A pedal keyboard that "draws down" the manual keys.
12Tirata (It.) (tee-rah'-tah). See Tirade.
13Tirato (It.), Tiré (Fr.) (tee-reh). "Drawn" bow, i.e., down bow.
14Toccata (It.) (tok kah'-tah) [touched, from toccare, to touch]. (1) A prelude or overture. (2) A brilliant composition resembling somewhat the modern "Étude" for piano or organ.
15Toccatina (It.) (tok-kah-tee'-nah). A little toccata.
16Toccato (It.). A bass trumpet part.
17Todtenmarsch (Ger.) (tote'-ten marsh). Funeral march.
18Ton (Ger.), Ton (Fr.). Tone; sound; pitch; key; scale.
19Tonal Fugue. A fugue in which the answer is slightly changed to avoid modulation.
21Tonality. Pertaining to the key.
22Tonart. Key.
23Tonbildung. Tone production.
24Tondichter. Tone poet.
25Tondichtung. Tone poem.
26Tone. (1) Sound. (2) Quality of sound. (3) Interval of major second. (4) A Gregorian chant.
27Tongue. (1) See Reed. (2) (verb) To interrupt the sound of a wind instrument by raising and lowering the tip of the tongue, as in the act of pronouncing the letter T. Double-tonguing is produced by a like action of the tip and the middle of the tongue; Triple-tonguing, by the tip, the middle, and the tip.
28Tonkunst. Tone art; music.
29Tonkünstler. Composer; artist in tone.
30Tonic. The keynote of a scale, whether major or minor.
31Tonic Chord. The common chord of which the tonic is the root.
32Tonic Section. That part of the sonata or rondo that is the principal key; the first theme.
33Tonic Sol Fa. A system of musical notation in which the syllables doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, with certain modifications, are used in place of notes, staff, clefs, and all the ordinary characters of musical notation. The Tonic Sol Fa is based on the assumption, amply proved by experience, that the mental association between a succession of sounds and a succession of syllables helps materially to fix the former in the memory (see Hexachord). The principle of the Tonic Sol Fa system is as old as the time of Guido; the modern development of it originated with Miss Sarah Ann Glover, of Norwich, England, in 1812, and was perfected by the Rev. John Curwen about thirty years later.
34Tonleiter. Tone ladder; scale.
35Tonsetzer. Composer; tone setter.
36Tonstück. Tone piece; composition.
37Tonstufe. Tone step; a degree in the scale.
38Tostamente (It.) (tos-tah-men'-teh). Quickly.
39Tostissimo (It.) (tos-tis'-see-mo), Tostissamamente (tos-tis-sah-mah-men'-teh). Fast as possible.
40Tosto (It.). Quick. Piu tosto, faster.
41Touch. (1) The resistance of the keys of the pianoforte or organ. (2) The manner in which a player strikes the keys.
42Touche (Fr.) (toosh). Digital; key; fret; fingerboard.
44Tomaschek, W. Composer, pianist; Bohemia. B. 1774; d. 1850.
45Tosti, F. P. (tos-tee). Composer; Italy. B. 1846.
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