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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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1is to be repeated; when the dots are after the double bar, it shows that the following strain is to be repeated; a double bar with dots both sides indicates that both the preceding and following strains are to be repeated.
2Double. The old name for a variation; used by Handel, Scarlatti, and others.
3Double A, or AA. In England the term double is applied to all those bass notes from G to F inclusive. In Germany the rule is different. See Double G.
4Double action harp. A harp with pedals, by which each string can be raised two semitones.
5Double after-note. Written. Played.
6Two after notes, taking their time from the previous note.
7Double appoggiatura. A union of two short appoggiaturas.
8Double B, or BB. See Double G.
9Double bar, Two thick strokes drawn down through the staff, to divide one strain or movement from another.
10Double bass. The largest and deepest toned of all bow instruments.
11Double basson. A large basson, the sounds of which are an octave deeper than the basson; also, a 16 or 32 feet organ reed stop, of smaller scale and softer tone than the double trumpet.
12Double bemol, Fr. (bā-mōl.) Double flat.
13Double C, or CC. See Double G.
14Double chant. A simple harmonized melody in four strains or phrases, and extending to two verses of a psalm or canticle.
15Double chorde, Fr. (doobl kōrd.) Playing one and the same note, on the violin, upon two strings at once.
16Double counterpoint. A counterpart which admits of the parts being inverted.
17Double croche, Fr. (doobl krōsh.) Double hooked; a semiquaver.
18Double curtail. A wind instrument similar to to a bassoon.
19Doubled. A term applied when one of the notes of a chord is repeated in a different part of the same chord.
20Double D, or DD. See Double G.
21Double-demisemiquaver. A note equal in duration to one-half of a demisemiquaver; a sixty-fourth note. It is written thus:
22Double-descant. Where the treble or any high part can be converted into the bass, and vice versa.
23Double dipason. An organ stop tuned an octave below the diapasons. It is called a 16 feet stop on the manuels; on the pedals it is a 32 feet stop.
24Double diese, Fr. (doobl di-āz.) A double sharp, ##, or ×.
25Doubled letters. Capital letters doubled, indicating that the tone is an octave lower than where the letters stand single.
26Double drum. A large drum used in military bands and beaten at both ends.
27Double dulciana. An organ stop of small 16 feet scale and delicate tone.
28Double E, or EE. See Double G.
30Double F, or FF. See Double G.
31Double flageolet. A flageolet consisting of two tubes, blown in through one mouthpiece, and producing two sounds at one time.
32Double flat. A character (bb) which, placed before a note, signifies that it is lowered two semitones.
33Double flute. A flute so constructed that two tones may be produced from it at the same time; a stop in an organ. See Doppel Flöte.
34Double fugue. A fugue on two subjects.
35Double G. The octave below G gamut; the lowest G on the pianoforte. In England the term double is applied to all those bass notes from G to F inclusive.
36Double grand pianoforte. An instrument with a set of keys at each end, invented by James Pierson, of New York.
37Double hautboy. A 16 feet reed organ stop of small scale.
38Double lyre. The Lyria Doppia, an old instrument of the viol kind.
39Double note. A breve; a note twice the length of a whole note.
40Double octave. An interval of two octaves; a fifteenth; the bis-diapason of the ancient Greeks.
41Double quartet. A composition written for eight instruments or voices.
42Double reed. The mouthpiece of the hautboy, bassoon, etc., formed of two pieces of cane joined together.
43Double-reed melodeon. A melodeon containing two sets of reeds.
44Doubles. An old term for variations. See Double.
45Double shake. Two notes shaken simultaneously; they must form sixths or thirds.
46Double sharp. A character which, when placed before a note, raises that note two semitones. It is usually written as follows: ##, or ×.
47Double sonata. A sonata composed for two instruments concertante; as, the pianoforte and violincello.
48Double stopped-diapason. An organ stop of 16 feet tone on the manuels; the pipes are stopped or covered at the top.
49Double suspension. A suspension that retards two notes and requires a double preparation and resolution.
50Double tierce. An organ stop tuned a tenth above the diapasons, or a major third above the principal.
51Double time. A time in which every measure is composed in two equal parts. It is marked by letting the hand fall and rise alternately.
52Double tongueing. A method of articulating quick notes used by flute players.
53Double trill. See Double Shake.
54Double triplet. The union of two triplets; a sextole, thus:
56Double trumpet. A organ stop of 16 feet scale; sometimes the lowest octave of pipes is omitted, and it is then called the Tenoroon trumpet.
57Double twelfth. An organ stop, sounding the fifth above the foundation stops; it is generally composed of stopped pipes.
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