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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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1Nacaire (Fr.) (nah-kehr'). A large drum.
2Nacchera (It.) (nak-keh'-rah). Military drum.
3Nach (Ger.). After; according to; resembling.
4Nach Belieben. At pleasure; ad libitum.
5Nach und nach. By degrees; poco a poco.
6Nachahmung. Imitation.
7Nachdruck. Emphasis.
8Nachlassend. Retarding.
9Nachsatz. Closing theme; coda.
10Nachspiel. Postlude.
11Nachthorn (Ger.). Night-horn. An organ-stop; large-scale closed pipes, generally 8-foot tone.
12Naïf (Fr.), masc. (nah-if), fem. Naïve (nah-eve). Simple; natural; unaffected.
13Naiv (Ger.) (nah-if). See Naïf.
14Naïvement (Fr.) (na-eve-mong). Artless.
15Naïveté (Fr.) (na-eve-teh). Simplicity.
16Naker. A drum. (Obsolete.)
17Narrante (It.) (nar-ran-teh). Narrating. A style of singing in which especial attention is given to distinctness of enunciation, rather than to musical effect.
18Nasard, Nazard, or Nassat. An organ-stop tuned a twelfth above the diapason.
19Nason Flute. A soft, closed stop, 4-foot pitch.
20Natural. A sign which restores a letter to its place in the natural scale. In the ancient system of music the only changeable note in the scale was B. The sign for that sound was 2, the old form of the letter; it signified the sound we call B flat and was called B rotundum, i.e., round B. When it was to be raised a half tone a line was drawn downward at the right side, thus 2, and it was called B quadratum, i.e., square B. In our modern music these have been retained as the signs for flat and natural.
21Natural Horn or Trumpet. Those without valves or slides. The sounds produced are called natural harmonics, and are the same as may be produced by touching lightly a vibrating string at any point that will cause it to divide into equal parts, as 2, 3, 4, etc.
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24Natural Major Scale. The scale of C major.
25Natural Minor Scale. A-minor; also any minor scale with unchanged 6th and 7th.
26Natural Pitch. The sounds produced by flute, clarionet, etc., without overblowing. The flute, oboe, and bassoon overblow at the octave above their fundamental. The clarionet at the 12th.
27Naturale (It.) (nah-too-rah'-leh), Naturel (Fr.) (nah too-rel'). Natural; unaffected.
28Neapolitan Sixth. A name given to a chord consisting of the subdominant with minor 3d and minor 6th, as F, A2, D2; used in both major and minor keys.
29Neben (Ger.) (neh'-ben). Subordinate; accessory.
30Neben-Dominant (Ger.). The dominant of the dominant.
31Neben – Gedanken (Ger.). Accessory themes.
32Nebensatz (Ger.). An auxiliary theme in sonata, etc.
33Nebenwerk. The second manual of the organ.
34Neck [Ger., Hals; Fr., manche (mongsh)]. The "handle" of violin, guitar, etc.; on its top is the fingerboard; at its end, the peg-box.
35Negli (It.) (nehl-yee'), Nei, Nel, Nell, Nella, Nelle, Nello. In the manner of.
36Negligente (It.) (neg-lee-gen'-teh). Careless.
37Negligentemente (It.) (neg-lee-gen-te-men-teh). Carelessly.
38Negligenza (neg-lee-gent-sa), con. With carelessness.
39Nel battere (It.) (bat-teh-reh). At the beat.
40Nel stilo antico. In the antique style.
41Nenia or Nænia (Lat.). A funeral dirge.
42Nettamente (It.) (nett-a-men-teh). Neatly; clearly.
43Netto (It.). Neat; exact.
44Neuma, Neumes. Signs used in mediæval notation.
45Nineteenth. An organ-stop; two octaves and a fifth above the diapason.
47Nägeli, J. G. (nay'-ge-lee). Composer, writer; Switzerland. B. 1768; d. 1836.
48Naumann, Emil (now-mann). Composer, writer; Germany. B. 1827; d. 1888.
49Neefe, Ch. G. (neh'-feh). Organist, composer; Saxony. B. 1748; d. 1798.
50Néruda, J. B. G. (neh-roo'-da). Composer, violinist; Bohemia. B. 1707; d. 1780.
51Néruda, Wilhelmina (Norman). Violinist; Austria; B. 1840.
52Neukomm, S. Chev. (noy'-kom). Composer, pianist; Austria. B. 1778; d. 1858.
53Nicode, J. L. (nee – ko – day). Composer; Polish Silesia. B. 1853.
54Nicolai, Otto (nee-ko-lie). Composer, organist; Germany. B. 1810; d. 1849.
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