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Pronouncing musical dictionary of technical words, phrases and abbreviations : including definitions of musical terms used by the ancient Hebrews…, 1875
79 lines. Read by computer on 9 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1ARIG
3A rigore del tempo, It. (ä rē-gō-rē dēl tēm-pō.) In strict time. one of two readings
4A rigore del tempo, It. (ä rē-gō-rē děl tēm-pō.) In strict time. one of two readings
5Arigot, Fr. (ä-rē-gō.) A fife.
6Arion. An ancient harp player and poet of Greece who lived 616 B. C.
7Ariosa, It. (ä-rē-ō-zā.) In the movement of an aria or tune.
8Ariose cantate, It. pl. (ä-rē-ō-zē kān-tā-tē.) Airs in a style between a song and recitative, introducing frequent changes in time and manner.
9Arioso, It. (ä-rē-ō-zō.) Melodious, graceful; a short piece in the style of an aria, but less symmetrical in construction.
10Arm. A small piece of iron at the end of the roller of an organ.
11Armayon, Spa. (är-mā-yōn.) A bell frame.
12Armer la clef, Fr. (är-mā lä klā.) The signature; or, the flats and sharps placed immediately after the clef.
13Armoneggiare, It. (är-mō-nēd-jē-ä-rē.) To sound in harmony.
14Armonía, It. (är-mō-nē-ä.) Harmony, concord.
15Armoniaco, It. (är-mō-nē-ä-kō.) Harmonized.
16Armoniále, It. (är-mō-nē-ä-lē.) Harmonious, concordant.
17Armoniáto, It. (är-mō-nē-ä-tō.) See Armoniáco.
18Armónica, It. (är-mō-nē-kā.) The earliest form of the accordion; a collection of musical glasses so arranged as to produce exquisite effects.
19Armonica, guida, Il. (är-mō-nē-kā gwē-dā.) A guide to harmony.
20Armonici, It. (är-mō-nē-tshē.) Harmonic.
21Armónico, It. (är-mō-nē-kō.) Harmonious.
22Armoniosamente, It. (är-mō-nē-ō-zā-mān-tē.) Harmoniously.
23Armonioso, It. (är-mō-nē-ō-zō.) Concordant, harmonious.
24Armonista, It. (är-mō-nēs-tā.) One who is acquainted with the principles of harmony.
25Armonizzamento, It. (är-mō-nēt-zā-mān-tō.) Agreement, concord.
26Armonizzante, It. (är-mō-nēt-tsān-tē.) That is harmonious, musical.
27Armonizzare, It. (är-mō-nēt-tsā-rē.) To harmonize, to make harmony.
28Arm viol. The viola, called by the Italians, Viola di Braccio, because it rested on the arm.
29A rovescio, It. (ä rō-vā-shē-ō.) Reversed, in an opposite direction.
30Arpa, It. (är-pā.)
31Arpa, Spa. (är-pā.)
32Arpa, Port. (är-pā.) The harp.
33Arpe, It. (är-pē.)
34Arpa d’Eolo, It. (är-pā d’ā-ō-lo.) An Eolian harp.
35Arpa doppia, It. (är-pā dōp-pē-ā.) The double action harp; it meant formerly a harp with two strings to each note.
36Arpador, Spa. (är-pā-dōr.) A harp player.
37Arpa eolica, It. (är-pā ā-ō-lē-kā.) Eolian harp or lyre.
38Arpanétta, It. (är-pā-nāt-tā.) A small harp or
39Arpinella, It. (är-pē-nāl-lā.) lute.
40Arpeg. An abbreviation of Arpeggio.
41Arpegement, Fr. (är-pāzh-mānh.) An arpeggio.
43ARTI
45Arpeger, Fr. (är-pē-zhā.) To play arpeggios.
46Arpeggi, It. (är-pēd-jē.) Arpeggios.
47Arpeggiamento, It. (är-pād-jē-ā-mān-tō.) In the style of the harp; arpeggio.
48Arpeggiando, It. (är-pād-jē-ān-dō.) Music
49Arpeggiato, It. (är-pād-jē-ā-tō.) played arpeggio, in imitation of the harp; harping, harp music.
50Arpeggiare, It. (är-pād-jē-ā-rē.) To play upon the harp.
51Arpeggiatura, It. (är-pād-jē-ā-too-rā.) Playing arpeggio, or in the style of the harp.
52Arpeggio, It. (är-pād-jē-ō.) Playing the notes of a chord quickly written Played, in the harp style, thus,
54Arpeggio accompaniment. An accompaniment which consists chiefly of chords played in arpeggio style.
55Arpicordo, It. (är-pē-kōr-dō.) A Harpsichord.
56Arpista, Spa. (är-pēs-tā.) A harper, a minstrel.
57Arp’o. An abbreviation of Arpeggio and Arpeggiato.
58Arqueada, Spa. (är-kā-ā-dā.) The stroke of a violin bow.
59Arr. { Abbreviations of arrangement.
60Arrang. { Arrangement. The selection and adaptation of a composition or parts of a composition to instruments for which it was not originally designed, or for some other use for which it was not at first written.
61Arranger, Fr. (är-rānh-zhā.) { To ar-
62Arrangieren, Ger. (är-rānh-zhē-r’n.) { range music for particular voices or instruments; to arrange orchestral music for the pianoforte.
63Arrendajo, Spa. (är-rēn-dā-hō.) A buffoon.
64Arrullo, Spa. (är-rool-yō.) A lullaby.
65Ars canendi, Lat. (ärs kā-nēn-dē.) The art of singing with taste and expression.
66Ars componentis, Lat. (ärs kōm-pō-nēn-tīs.) The art of composing.
67Arsis, Gr. (är-sīs.) The upstroke of the hand in beating time.
68Ars musica, Lat. (ärs mū-sī-kā.) The art of music.
69Art, Ger. (ärt.) Species, kind; quality.
70Art de l’archet, Fr. (ärt dū l’är-shā.) The art of bowing.
71Articolare, It. (är-tē-kō-lā-rē.) To pronounce
72Articuler, Fr. (är-tē-kū-lā.) the words distinctly; to articulate each note.
73Articulate. To utter distinct separate tones; to sing with a distinct and clear enunciation.
74Articulation. A distinct and clear utterance; a clear and exact rendering of every syllable and tone.
75Articolato, It. (är-tē-kō-lā-tō.) Articulated, distinctly enunciated.
76Articolazione, It. (är-tē-kō-lā-tsē-ō-nē.) Exact and distinct pronunciation.
77Artificial. Not natural; a term applied to notes or chords when chromatics are introduced.
78Artificial scale. A scale in which there are chromatic tones. In contradistinction to the natural scale which has neither flats nor sharps.
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