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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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1Fingerboard. The upper side of the neck of string instruments, generally a thin strip of ebony against which the strings are pressed by the fingers of the left hand.
3Fingering. The art of using the fingers systematically when playing an instrument; the marks or figures that indicate what fingers are to be used.
5Fingersetzung (Ger.). Fingering.
7Finto (It.). A feint; applied to a deceptive cadence.
9Fioretto (It.) (fee-o-ret-to). An ornament.
11Fiorito (It.) (fee-o-ree-to). Florid.
13Fiorituri (It.) (fee-o-ree-too-ree). Embellishments; florid passages.
15Fis (Ger.). F sharp. Fisfis or Fisis, F double sharp.
17Fis dur. F sharp major.
19Fis moll. F sharp minor.
21Fixed Do. Do used as the name of C; movable do is do used as the keynote of any scale.
23Flageolet. A small pipe blown at the end; an organ-stop of 2-foot pitch.
25Flageolet Tones. The harmonic sounds produced by touching lightly the strings of violin, etc.
27Flat. The sign of depression (♭) lowers the letter a half-tone.
29Flautando, flautato (It.). Flute-like; in violin playing, a direction to produce flageolet tones.
31Flautino (It.). (flau-tee-no). A small flute; a piccolo.
33Flue Stops. Organ stops, the pipes of which are constructed on the same principle as the whistle or flageolet.
35Flute, Flauto (It.) (flau-to), Flöte (Ger.) (flateh). (1) One of the most important of orchestral instruments; a cylindrical tube blown at a hole in the side called the embouchure. The modern flute, constructed on the Boehm system, is very much superior to the older instrument in both tone and tune. Its compass is from
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39(2) An organ-stop of 8 or 4-foot pitch; in French organs a general name for flue stops.
41There are many varieties of the flute, the major part of which are now either obsolete or used as names for organ-stops, as flauto traverso, transverse or German flute; flute d’amour, a soft-toned organ-stop: flute harmonique, an overblown flute, the pipe of which is twice the length necessary to produce the sound it is made to give.
43F moll. F minor.
45Foco (It.). Fire. Con foco or fuoco, with fire.
47Focoso. Fiery; ardently.
49Foglietto (It.) (fol-yet'-to). The part used by the leader of the violins in the orchestra, containing cues, etc., of the other instruments, sometimes used by the conductor in place of a score.
51Fois (Fr.) (foa). Time; as, première fois, first time.
53Folia (Sp.), Follia (It.). A Spanish dance. Elaborate variations are called Follias de España, in French, Folies de’Espagne, meaning “follies of Spain” (a pun on the word folia), which has become a proverbial expression for trifles.
55Fonds d’orgue (Fr.) (fond-dorg). The 8-foot flue-stops of the organ. The foundation stops.
57Foot. (1) A poetic measure or meter. (2) A drone bass. (3) The unit used in determining the pitch of organ pipes, the standard being 8-foot C,
59the lowest note on the manuals of the modern organ. An open pipe must be eight feet long to produce this sound, if closed it must be four feet long. Applied to other instruments it signifies that their pitch corresponds with that of the organ diapasons, that is, it is the same as the written note. All the violin family are of 8-foot pitch, except the double bass, which is of 16-foot pitch, that is, the notes sound an octave lower than written. The flute, hautboy, clarionet, and bassoon are also of 8-foot pitch. Of brass instruments, the cornets, trumpets, and trombones are of 8-foot pitch. The high horn in C is 8-foot, but the low horn in C is 16-foot pitch.
61Forlana (It.), Fourlane (Fr.) (foor-lan). A dance somewhat similar to the tarantella. one of two readings
62Forlana (It.), Fourlane (Fr.) (foor-lan). A dance somewhat similiar to the tarantella. one of two readings
64Finck, H. T. Essayist. B. 1854.
65Fioravanti, V. (fee-o-rah-van-tee). Composer; Italy. B. 1770; d. 1837.
66Flotow, F. F. A. Opera composer; Germany. B. 1812; d. 1883.
67Foerster, Adolph M. Composer; Germany. B. 1854.
68Foote, Arthur. Composer; U. S. A. B. 1853.
69Forkel, Johann N. Organist; Germany. B. 1749; d. 1818.
70Formes, Karl (for-mehs). Basso; Germany. B. 1810; d. 1889.
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