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The Musiclover's Handbook, containing 1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical term and 2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
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1Nunsfiddle [Ger., Nonnen-Geige]. Called also Tromba Marina. An instrument with a distant resemblance to a double bass, furnished with one string and a peculiarly constructed bridge. The harmonic sounds only are used. It gets its name from the fact that it was formerly used in Germany and France in the convents to accompany the singing of the nuns.
3Nuovo (It.) (noo-o'-vo), Di nuovo. Over again; repeat.
5Nut [Ger., Sattel, saddle; Fr., sillet, button; It., capo tasto, head-stop]. (1) The ridge at the end of the fingerboard next the peg-box; its purpose is to raise the strings slightly above the fingerboard of instruments of violin and guitar families. (2) [Ger., Frosch, frog; Fr., talon, heel]. The piece at the lower end of violin bow, etc., in which the hair is inserted and tightened or slackened by means of a screw.
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9O (It.). Or; also written od.
10Ob. Abbreviation of oboe and obbligato.
11Obbligato (It.) (ob-blee-gah'-to). An essential instrumental part accompanying a vocal solo.
12Ober (Ger.) (o'-behr). Over; upper.
13Oberwerk. The uppermost manual of an organ.
14Obligé (Fr.) (o-blee-zheh). Obbligato.
15Oblique Motion. When one part is stationary while the other ascends or descends.
16Oboe (It.) (o-bo-eh), plural, oboi (o-bo-ee); (Fr.) Hautbois (ho-boa); (Eng.) Hautboy or Hoboy [from the French word which means, literally, "high-wood"]. A wind instrument with double reed, formerly the leading instrument in the orchestra, filling the place now taken by the violins. A pair are generally employed in the modern orchestra. The oboe is one of the most ancient and widely disseminated of musical instruments. It is the general opinion of students of antiquity that many of the instruments called by the general name "flute" by the Greeks were oboi.
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