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SA Dictionary Of Music, 1904
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1Veloce, con. (Ital.) Koan veloa·chai—with rapidity.
3Vibrato. (Ital.) Veebra·toa—an effect in singing and playing akin to the TREMOLO. On string instruments the effect is obtained by a swaying to and fro of the finger without actually changing the place of contact of the top of the finger and the fingerboard.
5Viola. (Ital.) Veeoa·laa—the Tenor Violin, the strings of which are tuned to C, G, D, and A, just five notes lower than the VIOLIN. The ALTO CLEF is used for it, and the four notes of its open strings are represented thus in this Clef:—
7Violin. One of the most important and most popular of musical instruments, and the chief among string instruments. It has four strings, numbered from left to right, and they are tuned thus:—
9The VIOLIN is played with a Bow held between the top joints of the fingers of the right hand, while the thumb and instrument bone by the fingers of the left hand, and the strings are stopped by the same. In String Band and Orchestral Music, there are almost always 1st and 2nd Violin parts, and the 1st Violin is considered the leading instrument of an orchestra.
11Violoncello. (Ital.) Veevalontshel·loa—the smaller of the string Bass instruments of the Violin family. The name is often contracted to 'CELLO—tshel·loa. It has four strings which are tuned an octave below those of the VIOLA, and on the F Clef are represented thus:—
13Music for this instrument is not confined to one CLEF, as the extensive, so that the BASS, TENOR, ALTO, CLEFS may all be found in 'CELLO music.
15Violone. (Ital.) Veealoa·nai—the DOUBLE largest member of the Violin family of instruments. Some have three, while others have four strings, tuned thus in each case:—
178 string D. Bass. 4 string D. Bass.
19an octave lower than the instrument which the 'CELLO part doubles below, and thus the
21Bass or the strings being written, so that often plays from it in the octave English name.
23Vivace. (Ital.) Veevaa·chai—with vivacity.
25Vivo. (Ital.) Vee·voa—with life and animation.
27Vocal Score. The name given to the full set of voice parts, in SCORE form, of a vocal composition, and with these the orchestral parts arranged for the Organ or Piano when the composition is one for voices and orchestra.
29Voce. (Ital.) Voa·chai—the voice, as Mezza-Voce—med·dzaa voa·chai—in an undertone, or with half the usual body of sound. one of two readings
30Voce. (Ital.) Voachai—the voice, as Mezza-Voce—med·dzaa voachai—in an undertone, or with half the usual body of sound. one of two readings
32Voice. The singing voice is the result of air being sent from the lungs through the GLOTTIS, the lips of which are called the VOCAL CHORDS, and which the air causes to vibrate. Voices are divided into male and female, and these are again divided into Bass and Tenor, and Alto and Treble; each of these is again divided into 1st Bass or Baritone and 2nd Bass, and 1st Tenor or Light Tenor (Ital. Tenore leggiero) and 2nd Tenor or Robust Tenor (Ital. Tenore robusto); the female voices are grouped thus: Contralto, Mezzo Soprano, and Soprano or Treble. EQUAL VOICES are those of one kind, as male or female. UNEQUAL or MIXED VOICES are male and female voices in combination.
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