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Pronouncing musical dictionary of technical words, phrases and abbreviations : including definitions of musical terms used by the ancient Hebrews…, 1875
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1CAXA
3Caxa, Spa. (käk-ä.) A drum; the wooden case of an organ.
4Caxon, Spa. (käk-ön.) A mould for casting organ pipes.
5C. B. The initials of col basso and contra basso.
6C barré, Fr. (bär-rä.) The character Ç used to indicate alla breve or alla cappella time.
7C clef. The tenor clef. It is called the C clef, because, on whatever line it is placed, it gives to the notes of that line the name and pitch of middle C. Is used also for Sop. and Alt.
8C dur, Ger. (tsä door.) The key of C major.
9Cebell. The name of an old air in common time, characterized by a quick and sudden alternation of high and low notes.
10Ceja, Spa. (thē-hä.) Bridge of a violin or similar instrument.
11Celebrer, Fr. (sā-lē-brā.) To celebrate, to extol, to praise.
12Célere, It. (tshā-lē-rē.) Quick, rapid, with velocity.
13Celeridad, Spa. (thā-lā-rē-däd.) Celerity, velocity.
14Celeritá, It. (thā-lā-rē-tā.) Celerity, rapidity.
15Célérité, Fr. (sā-lā-rē-tā.) Celerity.
16Céleste, Fr. (sā-lēst.) Celestial, heavenly; in some passages it indicates the employment of the pedal which acts on the celestina or soft stop.
17Celestial music. Among the ancients, the harmony of sounds supposed to result from the movements of the heavenly bodies.
18Célestina, It. (tshā-lēs-tē-nā.) An organ stop of small 4 feet scale, producing a very delicate and subdued tone.
19'Célli, It. (tshāl-lē.) An abbreviation of violin-célli.
20'Céllist, It. (tshāl-lēst.) An abbreviation of violincellist.
21'Céllo, It. (tshāl-lō.) An abbreviation of violin-célllo.
22Cemb. An abbreviation of Cémbalo.
23Cembalísta, It. (tshēm-bā-lēz-tā.) A player on the harpsichord; also, a player on the cymbals.
24Cémbalo, It. (tshām-bā-lō.) A harpsichord; Cémbolo, It. (tshām-bō-lō.) also the name for a cymbal.
25Cembanélla, It. (tshēm-bā-nāl-lā.) A bagpipe, a Cemmanélla, It. (tshēm-mā-nāl-lā.) pipe, a Cembanéello, It. (tshēm-bā-nāl-lō.) pipe, a Cennamella, It. (tshēn-nā-māl-lā.) flute, a flageolet.
26Cemmamélla, It. (tshēm-mā-māl-lā.) A cymbal.
27Cencerrear. Spa. (thēn-thā-rē-är.) To play on an untuned guitar.
28Cencerro, Spa. (thēn-thar-rō.) An ill tuned guitar.
29Cenobites. Monks of a religious order who live in a convent and perform the services of the choir.
30Cento, Lat. (sēn-tō.) The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem; a cento.
31Cento. A composition formed by verses and passages from other authors and disposed in a new order.
32Centone, Lat. (sēn-tō-nē.) A cento, or medley of different tunes or melodies.
34CHAM
36Cercár dèlla nóta. It. (tshēr-kär dāl-lā nō-tā.) To seek or feel for the note; a gliding from one note to another, in singing, by anticipating the proper time of the second note.
37Cerdana, Spa. (thār-dā-nā.) A dance in Catalonia.
38Cerđear, Spa. (thār-dě-är.) To emit harsh and discordant sounds.
39Cervalet. An ancient wind instrument resembling in tone the bassoon.
40Ces, Ger. (tsēs.) The note C.flat.
41Ces dur, (tsēs door.) The key of C flat major.
42C. Espr. An abbreviation of Con Espressione.
43Cesura. A pause in verse introduced to aid the recital and render the versification more melodious. See Caesura.
44Cétera, It. (tshā-tē-rā.) A cittern, a guitar.
45Cetérante, It. (tshā-tē-rān-tē.) A player upon the cittern or guitar.
46Ceteráre, It. (tshā-tē-rā-rē.) To play upon the cittern or guitar.
47Ceteratojo, It. (tshā-tē-rā-tō-yō.) A song accompanied upon the cittern.
48Ceteratőre, It. (tshā-tē-rā-tō-rē.) A player upon the cittern or guitar.
49Ceterista, It. (tshā-tē-rēs-tā.) A player upon the cittern or guitar.
50Ceterizzare, It. (tshā-tē-rēt-zā-rē.) To sing with or play upon the cittern.
51Cetra, It. (tshā-trā.) A small harp.
52Cetrarciero, It. (tshēt-rār-tshē-ā-rō.) A harp with the bow and lyre.
53Cetráre, It. (tshēt-rā-rē.) See Ceteráre.
54Ch. An abbreviation of choir and chorus.
55Cha Chi. (kä, kē.) A Chinese instrument similar to the kin, but having the chromatic scale.
56Chabatis. (kā-bā-tis.) The name of the favorite melodies sung by the Arabian singing girls.
57Chacóna, Spa. (tshā-kō-nā.) A chacone, a Spanish movement in 3-4 time, and composed upon a ground bass. It is always in the major key and the first and third beats of each bar are strongly accented.
58Chacoon. A dance like a caraband. See Chacóna.
59Chair organ. Found in old organ music. See choir organ.
60Chal. An abbreviation of Chalumeau.
61Chalil, Heb. (kā-lēl.) An old Hebrew instrument similar to a pipe or flute.
62Chalmey. See Chalumeau.
63Chalotte. A tube of brass made to receive the reed of an organ pipe.
64Chalmeau, Fr. (shāl-mō.) An ancient rustic flute resembling the hautboy, and blown through a calamus, or reed. The term is also applied to some of the low notes of the clarinet.
65Chamade, Fr. (shā-mād.) Beat of drum declaring a surrender or parley.
66Chamber band. A company of musicians whose performances are confined to chamber music.
67Chamber music. Music composed for private performance or for small concerts; such as instrumental duets, trios, quartets, etc.
68Chamberga, Spa. (tshām-bēr-gā.) A Spanish dance accompanied by a song.
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