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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1basset-horn
2long keys worked by the thumb of the right hand, which on ordinary clarinet is used only to support the instrument. For convenience of handling this instrument has been made in a variety of curved shapes, the curve coming either between the right and left hands or just below the mouthpiece, it had a curved and bell shaped metal end. Music for it is the bass and treble clefs a fifth higher than the real sound. In spite of its fine tone and the ease with which it may be played this instrument has never been much used.
3bassetto (bäs-set'-tō) It. n.
41. Formerly a small bass viol furnished with only three strings.
52. Rarely used as a name for the tenor violin.
63. When the bass is silent, the term applied to the lowest part of the harmony.
74. An organ stop composed of pipes fitted with reeds for producing the sound. The lowest tone is two or three octaves below middle C.
8Bassflöte (bäs'-flā-tě) Ger. n.
9See bass flute.
10Bassgeige (bäs'-gī-khě) Ger. n.
11Violoncello, bass viol. See also violoncello.
12bassi (bäs'-sē) It.
13A term designating the entrance of the brass instruments.
14Bassist (bäs'-sīst) Ger. n.
15bassista (bäs-sīs'-tā) It. n.
16One who sings bass.
17Bassklausel (bäs'-klow-zěl) Ger. n.
18Bass movement. At the close of certain compositions the rhythmic change of the bass from the form built on the dominant, or fifth note of the scale to that built on the tonic, or first note.
19Basslade (bäs'-lä-dě) Ger. n.
20The sounding-board of an instrument.
21Basslaute (bäs'-lōw-tě) Ger. n.
22See theorbo.
23basso (bäs'-sō) It. n.
24The bass part. See also bass.
25basso concertante (bäs'-sō kôn-chēr-tän'-tě) It.
26The principal bass accompanying solos and recitatives; also, lighter and more delicate parts played by bassoon and violoncello.
27basso continuo (bäs'-sō kôn-tī-noo'-ō) It.
28An instrumental bass part running throughout the composition and accompanied by figures indicating the general harmony. The equivalent of continued bass, basse continue, basse chiffrée, basso figurato, basso numerato, figured bass and thorough bass. Abbr. B. C., Bass Con.
29basso contra (bäs'-sō kôn'-trā) It.
301. The lowest and most serious part of a composition.
312. A double-bass viol.
32basso da camera (bäs-sō dā kä'-mě-rā) It.
33A chamber bass-viol: a small double-bass viol, such as is used for solo performance.
34basso numerato (bäs'-sō noo-mě-rä'-tō) It.
35The bass part of a composition to which the other parts are indicated by Arabic numerals written under and over the bass notes on the staff. The equivalent of basso continuo, basso figurato, basse continue, basse chiffrée, thorough bass, continued bass and figured bass.
36basso, oboe (ō-bō-ā' bäs'-sō) It.
37See oboe basso.
38basso ostinato (bäs'sō ôs-tī-nä'-tō) It.
39Obstinate bass: a bass part consisting of a few simple notes repeated over and over again, while at each repetition the other parts vary the melody. The bass part upon which rests the construction of the whole composition.
40basso profundo clef
41The F clef on the fifth line of the staff, used prior to the Eighteenth Century.
42basso recitante (bäs'-sō rä-chē-tän'-tě) It.
43The bass part of a small chorus.
44basso ripieno (bäs'-sō rē-pē-ā'-nō) It.
45Full or filling bass: a bass part intended to be played only in the parts where all the voices or instruments are used.
46basso tenuto (bäs'-sō tě-noo'-tō) It.
47Holding or following bass: that bass part which continues throughout the composition, with numerals above and below each bass note to indicate the notes which form the other parts.
48basson quinte (bās-sōñ-kănt) Fr.
49A tenor bassoon, at interval of a fifth higher in pitch than the ordinary bassoon. It had a compass of F on the first space below the bass clef to F on the top line of the treble clef. It is now entirely out of use.
50basson russe (bās-sōñ rūs) Fr.
51A variety of bass horn having no
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