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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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1DIRE
2Director. The conductor or manager of a musical performance.
3Directrice, Fr. (dī-rěk-trēs.) A female director or manager.
4Direct turn. A turn consisting of four notes, viz., the note above that over which the sign is placed, the principal note, the note below it, and ending with the principal note.
5Diritto, It. (dē-rět-tō.) Directed, conducted.
6Direttore, It. (dē-rět-tō-rē.) A director: see directeur.
7Direttrice, It. (dē-rět-trē-tshē.) See directrice.
8Direttore della musica, It. (dē-rět-tō-rē dāl-lā moo-zē-kā.) A musical director.
9Dirge. A musical composition, either vocal or instrumental, designed to be performed at a funeral or in commemoration of the dead.
10Diritta, It. (dē-rět-tā.) Direct; straight on, in ascending or descending intervals.
11Dirizzatore, It. (dē-rět-tsā-tō-rē.) A director.
12Dis, Ger. (dēz.) The note D#.
13Disaccentato, It. (dēz-āt-tshān-tā-tō.) Unaccented.
14Disaccordare, It. (dēz-āk-kōr-dā-rē.) To be out of tune.
15Di salto, It. (dē sāl-tō.) By leaps or by skips; in opposition to di grádo.
16Disarmonía, It. (dēz-ār-mō-nē-ā.) Discord, want of harmony.
17Disarmonichíssimo, It. (dēz-ār-mō-nē-kēs-sē-mō.) Extremely discordant.
18Disarmónico, It. (dēz-ār-mō-nē-kō.) Inharmonious, discordant.
19Discant. The upper part; see also, descant.
20Discant schlüssel, Ger. (dīz-kānt shlū-s'ēl.) The soprano; the C clef placed upon the first line—the note upon that line being called C. It is seldom used now.
21Discantar, Spa. (dēz-kān-tār.) To discant, to sing in parts, to chant.
22Discante, Spa. (dēs-kān-tē.) The upper part; concert of stringed instruments; a small guitar.
23Discant-geige, Ger. (dīs-kānt ghī-ghē.) An obsolete term for the violin.
24Discantist, Ger. (dīs-kān-tīst.) Treble, or soprano singer.
25Discant-saite, Ger. (dīs-kānt sū-tē.) Treble string.
26Discant-sänger, Ger. (dīs-kānt sāng-ēr.) Treble, or soprano singer.
27Discantus, Lat. (dīs-kān-tūs.) Descant; singing in parts; a piece of music in parts.
28Discendere, It. (dē-shān-dā-rē.) To descend.
29Discépola, It. (dē-shā-pō-lā.) A female pupil.
30Discépolo, It. (dē-shā-pō-lō.) Disciple, pupil, scholar.
31Disciolto, It. (dē-shē-ōl-tō.) Skillful, dexterous.
32Disconcórdia, It. (dēs-kōn-kōr-dē-ā.) Discord.
33Discord. A dissonant or inharmonious combination of sounds. In harmony it requires to be resolved into a concord or proceed to a concord in order to satisfy the ear.
34Discordant. A term applied to all discordant or inharmonious sounds.
35Discordánte, It. (dēs-kōr-dān-tē.) Discordant.
37DISS
38Discordantemente, It. (dēs-kōr-dān-tē-mān-tē.) Discordantly.
39Discordánza, It. (dēs-kōr-dān-tsā.) Discord.
40Discordare, It. (dēs-kōr-dā-rē.) To be out of tune.
41Discorder, Fr. (dis-kōr-dā.) Discord.
42Discorde, Fr. (dis-kōr-dē.) Discord.
43Discordia, Lat. (dis-kōr-dī-ā.) Discord.
44Discord, prepared. Where the ear has been prepared for the discordant note in a previous concord.
45Discreto, It. (dēs-krā-to.) Discreetly.
46Discrezione, It. (dēs-krāt-tsē-ō-nē.) Discretion, judgment, moderation.
47Dis-diapason, Gr. (dēz dē-ā-pā-sōn.) A double octave; an interval of two octaves; a fifteenth.
48Dis dur, Ger. (dis door.) The key of D# major.
49Discurs, Fr. pl. (dēz-ūr.) A name formerly given to French itinerant vocalists who recited ballads and romances.
50Disharmonie, Ger. (dis-här-mō-nē.) Disharmony. one of two readings
51Disharmonie, Ger. (dis-hār-mō-nē.) Disharmony. one of two readings
52Disharmonisch, Ger. (dīs-här-mō-nīsh.) Unharmonious. one of two readings
53Disharmonisch, Ger. (dīs-hār-mō-nīsh.) Unharmonious. one of two readings
54Disharmony. Discord, want of harmony.
55Disinvólto, It. (dēz-ēn-vōl-tō.)
56Disinvolturáto, It. (dēz-ēn-vōl-too-rā-tō.) Off hand, bold, not forced, naturally.
57Disjunct. A term applied by the Greeks to those tetrachords where the lowest sound of the upper one was one degree higher than the acutest sound of the one immediately beneath it.
58Disjunct degree. Where two notes form the interval of a third or any greater interval.
59Disjunct succession. A succession of sounds passing from one degree to another, without touching the intermediate degrees.
60Dis moll, Ger. (dīs mōl.) The key of D sharp minor.
61Disonancia, Spa. (dēz-ō-nān-thē-ā.) Disonance.
62Disonanza, It. (dēz-ō-nānt-sā.) Disonance.
63Disonare, It. (dēz-ō-nā-rē.) To sound discordantly.
64Di soppiano, It. (dē sōp-pē-ā-nō.) Low; with a low voice.
65Di sopra, It. (dē sō-prā.) Above.
66Disperáto, It. (dēz-pē-rā-tō.) Despaired of; with desperation.
67Disperazióne, It. (dēz-pē-rāt-sē-ō-nē.) Despair, desperation.
68Dispersed harmony. Harmony in which the notes forming the various chords are separated from each other by wide intervals.
69Dispondee. In Greek and Latin poetry, a double spondee, comprising four long syllables.
70Disposition. The arrangement of the stops in an organ, disposing them according to power, quality of tone, etc.
71Disruption of chords. Harmonic figuration; the progression of a chord from one tone to another of the same chord, thence passing in the same way through successive different chords.
72Dissolution. A term used in ancient Greek music, when a sound in the enharmonic genus is lowered three dieses.
73Dissonance. A discord; an interval or chord displeasing to the ear and requiring to be fol-
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