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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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1Pronunziato (It.) (pro-nuntz-ee-ah'-to), Prononcé (Fr.) (pro-nong-seh). Pronounced; emphatic. Ben pronunziato (It.), Bien prononcé (Fr.), well marked; strongly accented.
2Prova (It.). Rehearsal.
3Psaltery, Psalterium (Lat.), Salterio (It.), Psalterion (Fr.), Psalter (Ger.) [from Gr., psaltein, to harp]. Ancient instrument, consisting of a square, oblong, or triangular flat box, with wire strings stretched across it, played by the fingers, each of which is armed with a ring with a short projecting plectrum. The same instrument is called a dulcimer when played by two small hammers, held one in each hand.
4Pulsatile. Instruments played by drumsticks or by clashing them together; as drums, cymbals, etc. [From Lat., pulsare, to beat.]
5Pulse. A beat.
6Punkt (Ger.) (poonkt). Dot; point.
7Punta (It.) (poon'-tah). The point. Colla punta d'arco, with the point of the bow.
8Puntato (It.) (poon-tah'-to). Pointed; staccato.
9Purfling. The thin strips of wood (a white strip between two black) around the border of the back and belly of the violin, etc.
10Pyramidon. An organ-stop with pipes shaped like an inverted pyramid, closed at top. From its peculiar shape a pipe not three feet long will produce 16-foot C.
11Pyrophone [from Gr., pur, fire, phone, sound]. An instrument the sounds of which are produced by gas jets burning just inside of the lower end of glass tubes open at both ends. Invented by Kastner.
13Q
14Quadrato, B quadratum, i.e., B squared. Old name for B𝄪—retained as the sign for a𝄫.
15Quadratum (Lat.). A breve □.
16Quadrible or Quatrible. An ancient species of counterpoint, consisting of a succession of 4ths over a cantus.
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