Scan 179
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1demande
2demande (dü-mänd') Fr. n.
3Literally, question, request, demand: in musical theory, the leading subject of a fugue, sometimes called the question or proposition.
4demi-baton (dü-mē-bă-tōn') Fr. n.
5A rest of two measures, indicated by a short vertical bar placed between and terminated by two lines of the staff.
6demi-cadence (dü-mē-kā-dāns') Fr. n.
7A half cadence; a cadence ceasing with the chord of the dominant.
8demi-croche (dü-mē-krōsh') Fr. n.
9A half crotchet: a semi-quaver or sixteenth note.
10demi-ditonus (dēm'-l-dīt'-ō-nūs) Lat. n.
11A minor or small third.
12demi-jeu (dü-mē-zhū') Fr. n.
13Half power; equivalent to mezzo forte. A term used chiefly in music for harmonium or organ, directing the use of half the power of the instrument.
14demi-legato
15See mezzo legato.
16demi-legato touch
17See mezzo legato.
18demi-mesure (dü-mē-mū-zūr') Fr. n.
19Half measure: a rest of the duration of a minim or half note.
20demi-pause (dü-mē-pōz') Fr. n.
21Same as demi-mesure.
22demi-quart de soupire (dü-mē-kār dü soo-pēr') Fr.
23Literally, half of a fourth of a crotchet rest: a rest equivalent to a thirty-second note.
24demi-quaver
25A half quaver; a sixteenth note.
26demisemiquaver
27A thirty-second note.
28demi-soupire (dü-mē-soo-pēr') Fr. n.
29Literally, a half sigh; a crotchet rest; a rest equivalent to a quarter note.
30demi-staccato (dü-mē stāk-kā'-tō) Fr. n.
31Half staccato: a light staccato.
32demi-temps (dü-mā-tān') Fr. n.
33A half beat.
34demi-ton (dü-mē-tōn') Fr. n.
35A half tone: a semitone.
36demitone
37A semitone. (Rare).
38demoiselle (dēm-wā-zēl') Fr. n.
39A tracker; part of the mechanism of the organ. See also tracker.
40Désaccordé
41dénouement (dā-noo-māñ') Fr. n.
42The conclusion of the plot of a drama: the catastrophe, said of a tragedy.
43dependent
44Demanding resolution. A chord or harmony is called dependent when it is discordant, unpleasant to the ear, and must be changed into a harmonious chord before it is capable of imparting a sense of musical completeness to the ear of the hearer.
45dépressio (dā-prās'-sī-ō) It. n.
46Lowering: used of the downward movement of the hand in beating time.
47depression
48The lowering of a tone, as by a flat or double flat.
49derbouka (dēr-boo'-kā) Arab. n.
50A kind of Arabian drum. It is usually made of some earthen ware and consists of a long hollow tube, over one end of which is stretched a piece of skin; the performer beats upon this with the fingers of both hands. See also darabooka, darabukkeh and tarabouk.
51dergleichen (dār-glíkh'-ēn) Ger. adj.
52Such, such as, of a similar kind, of the same kind.
53derivative
54The root of a chord, that is, the note upon which the chord is built. The root notes of a chord in its natural position are the first, fourth and fifth notes of the scale called the tonic, subdominant and dominant, respectively.
55derivative chord
56A chord derived from a fundamental chord by inversion; i.e., a chord consisting of the same tones as its original, but in a different order.
57dérivé (dā-rē-vā') Fr. part., adj. or n.
581. (adj.). Derived, derivative, inverted.
592. (n.). An inversion.
60deriner fois (dērn-yā fwa') Fr.
61The last time.
62dernière (dērn-yār') Fr. adj.
63Last.
64dervishes, Mohammedan
65See Mohammedan dervishes.
66Des (dās) Ger. n.
67D flat.
68Des dur (dās-door) Ger. n.
69The key of D flat major.
70Des moll (dās mōl) Ger. n.
71The key of D flat minor.
72Désaccordé (dā-zāk-kōr-dā') Fr. part. and adj.
73Out of tune: untuned.
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