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The musiclover's handbook, containing (1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical terms and (2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
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1Concertstück (Ger.) (steek). Concert piece; concerto.
2Concitato (It.) (con-chee-tah'-to). Agitated.
3Concord. Agreeing. Literally, chording with.
4Concordant. (1) Agreeing with. (2, Fr.) The baritone voice.
5Conductor. The director or leader of a chorus or orchestra.
6Cone Gamba. An organ-stop with bell-shaped top.
7Conjunct (Lat., con-junctus). Joined together. Adjacent sounds in the scale.
8Conjunct Motion. Moving by steps.
9Consecutive. Two or more of the same intervals in succession.
10Consecutive Fifths. Two voices or parts moving together a fifth apart.
11Consecutive Octaves. Two voices or parts moving together an octave apart. Consecutive fifths and octaves are forbidden by the laws of composition, but the prohibition is frequently disregarded by the best writers.
12Consequent. The answer to a fugue subject; comes.
13Consolante (It.) (con-so-lan'-teh). Soothing.
14Consonance. Literally, sounding together. Those intervals that enter into the composition of the common chord and its inversions, viz., major and minor 3d and 6th, perfect 4th and 5th, and octave. The major and minor 3d and 6th are called imperfect consonances, being equally consonant, whether major or minor. The perfect 4th, 5th, and 8th are called perfect because any alteration of them produces a dissonance; i.e., an interval that requires resolution. N. B.—This definition of consonance applies only to the modern tempered scale.
15Con sordini (It.) (sor-dee'-nee). With the mute. (1) In piano music, with soft pedal. (2) Instruments of the violin family: a direction to fasten on the bridge a small implement of wood or metal which has the effect of deadening the tone. (3) Brass instruments: a direction to place a cone-shaped piece of wood covered with leather in the bell, which has the same effect.
16Consort. A chest of viols.
17Contra (It.). Against (it); in compound words, means an octave below, as contra-bass, contra-fagotto.
18Contra danza (It.). Country dance.
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