Scan 83
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Bardiet
2Bardiet (bär-dēt') Ger. n.
3An ancient battle song. This word was coined by Klopstock from barditus or baritus, meaning battle song.
4bardone (bär-dō'-nē) It. n.
51. One name for the baritone, a bowed instrument dating from the Seventeenth Century. It was a large instrument resembling the violoncello in size and was furnished with six or seven gut strings and a varying number of brass or steel strings which were not touched with the bow, but vibrated sympathetically with the others.
62. An occasional spelling of bourdon, the name of an organ stop composed of wooden pipes covered at the top, and consequently having a hollow or fluty tone. The pitch is very deep, the lowest tones being either three or four octaves below middle C.
7bardus (bär'-dūs) Celt. n.
8A singer: one who recites with accompaniment.
9bare
10See naked.
11Barem (bā'-rām) Ger. n.
12An obsolete name for an organ stop otherwise known as Stillgedackt. The pipes are covered at the top, making the tone very soft.
13Bärentanz (bär'-ěn-tānts) Ger. n.
14Bear dance. An imitation of primitive peasant music with drum and shrill piccolo.
15bargaret (bär-zhā-rā') Fr. n.
16barginet (bär-zhē-nā') Fr. n.
17An old name for a rustic song to accompany dances. Shepherds' or pastoral songs.
18baribasso (bā-ri-bās'-sō) It. n.
19A bass-barytone or very deep barytone voice.
20bariolage (bā-rē-ō-lāzh') Fr. n.
21A medley. In playing violin or similar instruments, an ornamental part of the composition, which is played mostly on the open strings; that is, played on the strings without pressing them with the fingers.
22baripicni (bā-ri-pīk'-nī or bā-rē-pēk'-nē) Grk. adj.
23An ancient Greek term, meaning low tones in general.
24baripicini suoni (bā-ri-pēk'-nē) Grk.; soo-ō'-nē It.)
25Fixed sounds.
26baritenore (bā'-rī-tā-nō'-rē) It. n.
27A low tenor voice, almost barytone.
28baritone
29See barytone.
30barrel, chime
31baritono (bā-rē-tō'-nō) It. n.
32See barytone.
33barocco (bā-rōk'-kō) It. adj.
34barock (bā'-rōk) Ger. adj.
35baroque (bā-rōk') Fr. adj.
36An adjective used to describe music which sounds confused and eccentric, and in which the tone sequence departs from simple and natural arrangement.
37Bärpfefe (bär'-pfī-fē) Ger. n. one of two readings
38Bärpfeife (bär'-pfī-fē) Ger. n. one of two readings
39Literally, bear pipe. The name of an obsolete stop composed of pipes covered at the top with caps of a peculiar shape. The lowest tone of which they were capable was two or three octaves below middle C. The tone was rather humming and had a growling quality.
40barra (bār'-rā) It. n.
41A bar: a line drawn perpendicularly across the staff or five lines upon which music is written, thus dividing the notes into groups called measures, which form musical units.
42barrage (bār-rāzh') Fr. n.
43In guitar and lute playing the placing of the left fore-finger on some of the strings, thus shortening the strings and consequently raising the pitch.
44barre (bār) Fr. n.
45A bar or perpendicular line drawn across the staff to divide the notes into groups, thus regulating the time and air of the composition.
46barré (bār-rā) Fr. v.
47Same as stopping. Equivalent of barrage.
48barre de luth (bār dū lūt) Fr.
49The bridge or small arched piece of wood on the face of the lute over which the strings pass to the screws on which they are stretched.
50barred C
51C with a bar through it, the sign for alla breve time, meaning that the notes which follow are to be sounded twice as fast as in common time. It usually stands at the beginning of a piece, instead of 2-2, but is also used to indicate two-one or four-two time.
52barrel
53The cylinder studded with pins which in the barrel organ opens the key-valves, and in the music box sets in vibration the teeth of a steel comb by which the sound is produced.
54barrel, chime
55The revolving cylinder in a mechanical apparatus for playing chimes.
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