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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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1DIAP
2Diapente, Gr. (dē-ă-pěn-tě.) A perfect fifth; also, an organ stop.
3Diapente col ditono, Gr. (dē-ă-pěn-tě kōl dī-tō-nō.) A major seventh.
4Diapente col semiditono, Gr. (dē-ă-pěn-tě kōl sěm-ĭ-dī-tō-nō.) A minor seventh.
5Diapentisare, Gr. (dē-ă-pěn-tī-să-rē.) To descant, or modulate in fifths.
6Diaphonie. (dē-ăf-ō-nē.) Clear, transparent;
7Diaphony. (dē-ăf-ō-ny.) two sounds heard together.
8Diaphonics, Gr. (dē-ă-fŏn-ĭks.) The science of refracted sounds.
9Diaschisma, Gr. (dē-ăs-kĭs-mă.) An interval forming the half of a minor semitone.
10Diastaltic, Gr. (dē-ăs-tăl-tĭk.) Dilating; a term applied by the ancient Greeks to the major third, major sixth, and major seventh because they are extended or dilated intervals.
11Diastema, Gr. (dē-ăs-tě-mă.) An interval, a space.
12Diastolik, Gr. (dē-ăs-tŏl-ĭk.) The system of musical division and periods.
13Diatessaron, Gr. (dē-ă-tĕs-să-rŏn.) A perfect fourth.
14Diatonic, Gr. (dē-ă-tŏn-ĭk.) Naturally; proceeding in the order of the degrees of the natural scale, including tones and semitones.
15Diatonic flute. A flute capable of producing the various shades or differences of pitch of the major and minor scales.
16Diatonic melody. A melody in which no tones foreign to the key are used.
17Diatónico, It. (dē-ă-tŏn-e-kō.)
18Diatonique, Fr. (dē-ă-tŏnh-nēk.) Diatonic.
19Diatonisch, Ger. (dī-ă-tŏn-ĭsh.) Diatonically.
20Diatonic scale. The different gradations of tone of the scale or gamut arranged in proper order in conformity to some particular key.
21Diatonic scale, major. Where the semitones fall between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth both in ascending and descending.
22Diatonic scale, minor. That in which the semitones occur between the second and third, and seventh and eighth ascending, and between the fifth and sixth and second and third descending.
23Diatoni, Lat. pl. (dē-ă-tŏ-nĭ.) The natural or diatonic series of notes; the diatonic scale.
24Diatonum intensum, Lat. (dē-ă-tŏ-nŭm īntĕn-sŭm.) The name given to the proportions of musical intervals in Ptolemy's system.
25Diazeutic, Gr. (dē-ă-zoo-tĭk.) In the ancient Greek system, a tone located between two fourths, and which being joined to either forms a fifth.
26Diazieuxis, Gr. (dē-ă-zoox-ĭs.) Division; a name given by the ancients to the tone which separates two tetrachords.
27Dibattitojo, It. (dē-băt-tē-tō-yō.) A cither or lute.
28Di bel nuóvo, It. (dē-běl noo-ō-vō.) Again.
29Di bravúra, It. (dē bră-voo-ră.) In a brilliant, florid style.
30Dicélie, It. (dē-tshă-lē-ĕ.) Farces.
31Dicht, Dut. (dĭkt.) A ditty, a little song.
33DIEW
34Di chiáro, It. (dē kē-ă-rō.) Clearly.
35Dichord, Ger. (dī-kŏrd.) Two stringed lyre: see Bichord.
36Dichten, Ger. (dīhk-t'ŏn.) To compose metrically.
37Dichter, Ger. (dīhk-tĕr.) A poet, a minstrel.
38Di cólto, It. (dē kōl-tō.) At once, instantly, suddenly.
39Didactic. That which is calculated to instruct.
40Didactic exercises. Scale exercises and compositions designed to give a correct knowledge of musical execution.
41Die vierte, Ger. (dē fēr-tě.) The subdominant.
42Die erste violine, Ger. (dē ārs-tě fĭ-ō-lĕ-nē.) The first violin. one of two readings
43Die erste violine, Ger. (dē ārs-tě fĭ-ō-lē-nē.) The first violin. one of two readings
44Die gesammten stimmen, Ger. (dē-ghĕ-sām-t'ŏn stĭm-m'ŏn) The chorus.
45Die grosse bassgeige, Ger. (dē grōs-sĕ băss-ghĭ-ghĕ.) The double bass.
46Die grosse sechste, Ger. (dē grōs-sĕ sĕx-tĕ.) The major sixth.
47Die grosse terze, Ger. (dē grōs-sĕ tār-tsĕ.) The major third.
48Die kleine bassgeige, Ger. (dē klĭ-nĕ băss-ghĭ-ghĕ.) The violincello.
49Die kleine sechste, Ger. (dē klĭ-nĕ sĕx-tĕ.) The minor sixth.
50Die kleine terze, Ger. (dē klĭ-nĕ tār-tsĕ.) The minor third.
51Die note hervorgehoben, Ger. (dē nō-tĕ hăr-fŏr-ghĕ-hō-b'n.) The note must be accented.
52Diesáre, It. (dē-ă-ză-rē.) To raise the pitch
53Dieser, Fr. (dī-ă-ză.) of a note, either at the signature or in the course of a composition by means of a sharp.
54Diese, Fr. (dī-ăz.) A sharp, (#).
55Diesi, Spa. (dĭ-ă-zĕ.) The smallest division of a tone.
56Dies irae, Lat. (dĭ-ăz ē-rā.) A principal movement in a requiem.
57Diésis, Gr. and It. (dē-ă-sĭs.) A quarter of a tone; half a semitone; a small interval used in the mathematical computation of intervals. The ancient Greeks applied it to the smallest interval used in their music. In modern music it means a sharp.
58Diesis chromatica, Gr. (dī-ă-sĭs krō-măt-ĭ-kă.) The third part or fraction of a whole tone.
59Diesis enharmonica, Gr. (dī-ă-sĭs ĕn-hăr-mŏn-ĭ-kă.) A quarter tone. As an illustration, the difference between G# and A♭, or between D# and Eb, on the violin.
60Diesis magna, Gr. (dī-ă-sĭs măg-nă.) A semitone.
61Dies, music. Steel punches for the purpose of stamping music plates.
62Die stimme einer geige, Ger. (dē stĭm-mĕ ī-ner ghĭ-ghĕ.) Sounding post of a violin.
63Die stimmen ausschreiben, Ger. (dē stĭm-m'ŏn ous-shrĭ-b'n.) To copy the parts.
64Diestra, Spa. (dē-ăs-tră.) The right hand.
65Die tiefe weiberstimme, Ger. (dē tē-fĕ vĭ-bĕr-stĭm-mĕ.) Counter tenor. Alto.
66Der ton-abstand, Ger. (dēr tōn-ăb-ständ.) To be played staccato.
67Die walze, Ger. (dē văl-tsĕ.) The barrel of a hand organ.
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