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SA Dictionary Of Music, 1904
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1Sforzando, Sforzarto. (Ital.) Sfor-tsan-doa, and sfor-tzaa-toa—with force or emphasis. The contraction sf. or sfz. is more frequently used, as to single notes and chords.
3Shake or Trill. A musical ornament, consisting of the rapid reiteration of a note with the next note above it in the scale, and the sign of which is tr. It is the chief and the most used of musical graces. There are three points needing the student's attention concerning the Shake: (1) There is in a Shake of any length a preparatory sort of reiteration of the two notes; (2) a quickening from the preceding leads to a rapid and even reiteration; and (3) the Shake is rounded off by a Turn. There is difference of opinion as to whether the note itself or the one above it should be heard first, but, unless it is indicated otherwise, the note above is advised as the first note.
5No definite number of notes is demanded for the Shake, but a rapid and even reiteration is what is wanted. A short Shake is rendered thus:—
7Shank. The straight and detachable piece of tubing on some brass instruments, as the Cornet, one end of which is inserted in the beginning of the main tubing of the instrument, and in the other the mouthpiece is placed. Different lengths are used for changing the pitch of the instrument as a whole, the Bb shank, for instance, is such as to make this note in the notation for the instrument sound Bb concert pitch, just one tone lower, while the A shank, which is longer than the Bb, makes the same note sound as A♭ concert pitch, just a minor third lower. Other shanks were formerly in use, but the Bb and the A♭ shanks are those only in general use at the present time.
9Sharp. The sign ♯. Besides being used for Key Signatures it is employed in the music itself before a note which is required a half tone higher than the natural note, and the word Sharp is then added to the alphabetical name of the note, as when C natural is changed by the sign to C sharp, as
11The word sharp is also used when, in making a comparison of a voice or an instrument with another taken as a standard, it is found to be more or less higher in pitch than the one used as a test. Certain people are apt to sing, and others are apt to play on a brass instrument, above the correct pitch, and increasing heat is also apt to sharpen wind instruments, so that a Leader or Bandmaster, besides having the duty to establish a pitch, or to tune his Band, must exercise a keen ear to adjust the pitch when deviations occur such as have been referred to.
13Shift.—In connection with playing the Violin, each position of the hand upon the neck of the instrument is called a Shift. There are reckoned seven positions, and the first is when the hand is near the Nut, or head of the Violin;
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