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The Musiclover's Handbook, containing 1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical term and 2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
27 lines. Read by computer on 7 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 170. See the scan on archive.org.
1DICTIONARY OF TERMS one of two readings
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4Tamburo (It.). Drum; side drum.
5Tamburone (It.) (tam-boor'-neh). The great drum.
6Tam-tam. Gong.
7Tändelnd (Ger.) (tehn-delnd). Playful.
8Tangent. The brass pin in the action of the clavichord that was forced against the string when the key was struck.
9Tantino (tan-tee-no), very little.
10Tanto (It.). So much; as much. Allegro non tanto, not so fast; lit., "fast, not too much."
11Tanz (Ger.) (tants). Dance.
12Tanzlieder. Songs to accompany dancing. See Ballad.
13Tanzstücke. Dancing pieces.
14Tanzweisen. Dancing tunes.
15Tarantella (It.), Tarantelle (Fr.). A rapid dance in 6/8 time; the name is derived from tarantula (the poisonous spider). The dance is popularly believed to be a remedy for the bite of this insect.
16Tardamente (It.) (tar-dah-men'-teh). Slowly.
17Tardando (It.) (tar-dan'-do). Slowing; retarding.
18Tardato (It.) (tar-dah'-to). Made slower.
19Tardo (It.) (tar'-do). Slow; dragging.
20Tartini Tone. An undertone produced by the simultaneous vibration of two strings, etc., first observed by Tartini, the violinist. Called also a differential tone.
21Tastatur (Ger.) (tas-tah-toor). Tastatura (It.) (tas-tah-too'-ra). Keyboard.
22Taste (Ger.) (tas'-teh). A pianoforte or organ key; pedal key.
23Tastenbrett (Ger.), Tastenleiter. Keyboard.
24Tastiera (It.) (tas-tee-eh'-ra). Fingerboard of violin, guitar, etc. Sulla Tastiera, a direction in violin music to play with the bow near the fingerboard—the opposite of Sul ponticello, q. v.
25Tasto (It.). A "touch." (1) A key. (2) A fret. (3) Touch. (4) Fingerboard. The preceding words from Tastatur are all derived from Tasto.
26Tasto Solo. Literally, "key alone," i. e., one key or note at a time. A direction in figured bass that the notes are to be played without chords, i. e., unison or octaves.
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