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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1cross flute
2cross flute
3A transverse flute: a flute held across or in an almost horizontal position and blown at the side.
4cross relation
5When a note that has appeared in one chord is found in the following chord, sharped or flatted, but in a different part of the chord, this produces a very harsh and unpleasant combination which is at its worst, perhaps, when the note is in a major chord, or chord containing an interval of two and a half degrees, and is followed by a minor chord, or one containing an interval of two degrees.
6crotal (krō-tāl) Eng. n. from Grk.
7A kind of jingling ornament, worn formerly on clerical vestments.
8crotale (krō-tāl) Fr. n.
9crotalistria (krō-tā-lis'-tri-ä)
10A woman who plays upon the crotalon. A female minstrel.
11crotalo (krō'-tā-lō) Eng. n. from Grk.
12Literally, a rattle: a turkish musical instrument, resembling the cymbalum, the ancient form of cymbals.
13crotchet
14A quarter-note. ♭ or ♯
15crotchet rest
16A rest equal in duration to a crotchet or quarter-note, written
17crowd
18Old English form of the name of the Welsh crwth, which see.
19crowder, Old Eng. n.
20An old English term for one who played upon the crowd; afterward applied to a common fiddler.
21crowie
22An old English instrument of the bassoon type.
23crowle Old Eng. n.
24An old English name for the crwth and derived from the Latin form of the name chrotta. The instrument doubtless derived the latter name from its rounded or protuberant form, this being identical with the Welsh name, crwth, meaning a hump or bulge. See also crwth.
25crowned note
26A note with a crown or hold above it, for example: The sign signifies that the note is to be sustained for a longer time than its value indicates, for the sake of expression.
27crowth Old Eng. n.
28Old English form of the name of the Welsh crwth, which see.
29csardas
30csardas (tsär-däs) Magyar n.
31A national Hungarian dance consisting of a slow and a fast movement, both of which are in the same key and in common four-four or two-four time. The music of the csardas (from Csarda inn on the heath) is distinguished by its wild passionate character and is always performed by gypsies. The dance begins with slow
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