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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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1Chest Tone. The lowest register of the voice—male or female.
3Chevalet (Fr.) (she-va-leh). Bridge of string instruments.
5Chiara (It.) (ke-ah-rah). Clear, pure.
7Chiaramente (It.) (ke-ah-rah-men'-teh). Clearly, distinctly.
9Chiarezza (It.) (ke-ah-ret'-za), con. With clearness.
11Chiarina (It.) (ke-ah-ree'-na). Clarion.
13Chiave (It.) (ke-ah'-veh). Key or clef.
15Chica (Sp.) (chee-ka). Old Spanish dance. The original of Giga, Jigue, and Jig.
17Chiesa (It.) (ke-eh'-sa). Church. Concerto da chiesa, a church concert. Sonata da chiesa, a church sonata.
19Chime. A set of bells, generally five to ten. To chime; to play a set of bells by striking them with hammers or by swinging their clappers. Chime Ringing is to swing the bells themselves.
21Chirogymnast, Chiroplast. Obsolete machines for strengthening the fingers of pianists and keeping them in position.
23Chitarra (It.) (kit-tah'-rah). Guitar.
25Choeur (Fr.) (koor). Chorus, choir.
27Choir. (1) A company of church singers. (2) The part of the church appropriated to the singers. In English churches (Anglican) the choir is divided into two parts, called the decani, or choir on the dean's side, and cantori, or choir on the cantor's side. When chanting, they generally sing antiphonally, joining in the "gloria." In anthems the words decani and cantoris are printed to indicate which side is to sing a given part.
29Choir Organ. One of the divisions of the organ, the manual for which is generally the lowest. Was originally called chair organ; called in France prestant.
31Chor (Ger.) (kore). Chorus, choir; a number of instruments of the same kind.
33Choragus (Gk.). (1) Leader of a chorus. (2) A musical official at Oxford College, England.
35Choral. (1) For a chorus. (2) An old form of psalm-tune.
37Choral Service. A service of which singing is the most prominent part.
39Chord, Akkord (Ger.), Accord (Fr.), Accord (It.). A combination of three or more sounds—common or perfect chord, or triad. Consists of any sound with its third and fifth; it is called major when the interval from one (or root) to three contains two whole tones; minor, when it contains a tone and a half; diminished, if there are three whole tones from one to five; augmented, if there are four whole tones from one to five. A chord is inverted when its root is not at the bass; chords with more than three letters are dissonant chords, called chords of the seventh if they contain four letters, chords of ninth if they contain five letters, etc., etc. Chords bear the name of the degree of the scale upon which they are written: First, tonic; second, supertonic; third, mediant; fourth, subdominant; fifth, dominant; sixth, submediant; seventh, leading note or diminished chord.
41Chorister. A chorus- or choir-singer; a precentor.
43Chorus. (1) A company of singers. (2) The refrain of a song. (3) A composition for a company of singers. (4) The mixture-stops in an organ.
45Chromatic, Chromatisch (Ger.), Chromatique (Fr.), Cromatico (It.). (1) Sounds foreign to the key. (2) A scale, consisting of half-tones. Chromatic chord, one including foreign sounds. Foreign to the key; chromatic interval, one not found in the major scale; chromatic half-tone, changing the pitch without changing the letter, as C, C#.
47Church Modes. The scales derived from the Greek, in which Gregorian music or plain songs are written.
49Cimbal. A dulcimer; harpsichord.
51Cimbali (It.) (chim-ba-lee). Cymbals.
53Cimbalo (It.) (chim'-ba-lo). See Cembalo. Also a tambourine.
55Cimbel (Ger.) (tsim-bel). A mixture-stop in the organ.
57Cink (Ger.) (tsink), Cinq (Fr.) (sank). A small reed-stop in the organ.
59Cinque pace (Fr.) (sank pace). An old French dance. In old English, sink a pace.
61Circular Canon. One which ends a half-tone higher than it begins, consequently will, if repeated often enough, go through all the keys.
63Chappell, Wm. Historian; England. B. 1809.
65Cherubini, Maria Luigi C. S. (keh-roo-bee-nee). Composer and theorist; Italy. B. 1760; d. 1842.
67Chevé, Emile J. M. (sheh-veh). Inventor of simplified system of music; France. B. 1804; d. 1864.
69Chickering, Jonas. Piano maker; U. S. A. B. 1798; d. 1853.
71Chopin, Frederick F. (sho-pang). Composer and pianist; Poland. B. 1809; d. 1849.
73Chorley, Henry F. Critic; England. B. 1808; d. 1872.
75Chwatal, Franz X. (shvah'-tal). Composer; Bohemia. B. 1808; d. 1879.
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