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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1DICTIONARY
3clausula
4musical phrase; a cadence or musical ornament which ends a composition or part of a composition.
5clausula affinalio (klaw'-zū-lā āf-fī-nā'-lī-ō) Lat.
6A cadence or musical flourish at the end of a composition which is in a key nearly related to the original key in which the composition is written.
7clausula dissecta (klaw'-zū-lā dis-sēk'-tā) Lat.
8A half cadence.
9clausula dominans (klaw'-zū-lā dōm'-ī-nāns) Lat.
10The dominant cadence: the cadence built upon the little note of the scale.
11clausula falsa (klaw-sū-lā fāl'-sā) Lat.
12A false close; a deceptive cadence, that is, one which surprises the ear by terminating with a chord foreign to the harmony of the keynote.
13clausula finalis (klaw'-zū-lā fī-nā'-līs) Lat.
14See clausula principalis.
15clausula peregrina (klaw'-zū-lā pēr-ē-gri'-nā) Lat.
16A cadence, or musical ornament at the end of a composition or a part of a composition, in a key whose key note is not in the scale of the key in which the composition is written. Also, a cadence in any key.
17clausula primaria (klaw'-zū-lā pri-ma'-rī-ā) Lat.
18See clausula principalis.
19clausula principalis (klaw'-zū-lā prin-ci-pā'-līs) Lat.
20A final cadence or musical flourish at the end of a composition and is written in the same key as the rest of the composition.
21clave (klā'-vē) Lat. n.
22A key or clef: the character at the beginning of the staff which shows the pitch and name of the notes thereon.
23clavecin (klāv-sān') Fr. n.
241. The French name for harpsichord. An early development of instruments of the piano family.
252. The keys by which the bells forming the carillon are played.
26clavecin accoustique (klāv-sān' ā-koos-tēk') Fr.
27An obsolete instrument of the piano family. A French instrument of the Eighteenth Century which imitated several string and wind instruments.
29clavichord
30claveciniste (klāv-sā-nēst'-) Fr. n.
31A clavicin-player, also, a clavicin-maker.
32claves (klā'-vēz) Eng. n. from Lat.
33An obsolete word, meaning clefs.
34claves signatae (klā'-vēz sig'-nā-tē) Lat.
35A term used by Guido for colored lines which before the invention of clefs marked the position or pitch of the above notes.
36Claviatur (klā-fi-ā-toor') Ger. n.
37The keys of a piano or similar instrument.
38clavicembalo (klā-vi-chām'-bā-lō) It.
39From clavis, a key, and cembalo, a dulcimer or psaltery. The Italian name for a harpsichord.
40clavichord
41A keyboard stringed instrument developed from the monochord, the direct ancestor of the piano, and the simplest of the group of related keyboard instruments of which the harpsichord, virginal and spinet were developed from the psaltery. The simplicity of its structure points to the clavichord as the earliest of this class of instruments. It has an oblong case varying in length, according to the time it was built, from four to five feet, less than two feet wide, and from five to seven inches deep. This rested upon legs or a stand, and contained all the mechanism. The keyboard was in front and the keys extended beneath the sounding-board to the back of the case, each being balanced against a wire pin, and kept from rattling against its neighbor by a small piece of whalebone projecting from the key sheathed in a groove behind. Nearly at the back of each key was placed the small brass wedge called tangent, which rose when the key was pressed down and set the strings in vibration. By the same motion the tangents marked off the strings into two unequal portions and damped the vibrations of the shorter length by means of bands of cloth interlaced in the strings. The vibrations of the longer part of the strings were damped as soon as the key was released. The tone obtained by this means was delicate and tremulous and had a certain quaint charm, but unlike the harpsichord and spinet, it was capable of increase and decrease of volume. This made the clavichord the most expressive of keyboard stringed instruments.
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