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Scan 74
The musiclover's handbook, containing (1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical terms and (2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
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1Fa bemol (Fr.). F flat.
2Fa burden, Falso bordone (It.), Faux bourdon (Fr.).
3(1) An ancient species of harmonization, consisting of thirds or sixths added to the cantus. (2) A drone bass like a bagpipe.
4Facile (Fr.) (fa-seel), Facile (It.) (fah-chee-leh). Easy.
5Facilment (Fr.) (fa-seel-mong), Facilmente (It.) (fa-cheel-men-teh). Easily; fluently.
6Facilité (Fr.). Made easy; an easy version of a difficult passage.
7Facture (Fr.) (fak-toor), Fattura (It.) (fat-too-rah). Literally, the making. The construction of a piece of music; the scale of organ-pipes.
8Fa dièse (Fr.) (dee-ehs). F sharp.
9Fagotto (It.), Fagott (Ger.). Bassoon (so called from its resemblance to a fagot or bundle of sticks). A double-reed instrument of great utility in the orchestra. Compass, three octaves (and over) from Bb below the bass staff.
10Fagottone (It.) (fag-got-to'-neh). Double bassoon.
11Faible (Fr.) (faybl). Weak. Temps faible, weak beat.
12False Cadence. A deceptive cadence.
13False Fifth. A name for the diminished fifth.
14False Relation. When a note sounded by one voice is given in the next chord, altered by #, b, or h, by another voice, thus:
16Falsetto (It.). The highest register of the voice.
17Fandango (Sp.). A rapid dance in triple time.
18Fanfare (Fr.), Fanfara (It.). A brilliant trumpet call or flourish; a brass band.
19Fantasia (It.), Fantasie (Ger.), Fantaisie (Fr.). A composition that is not in any of the regular forms; often used of pianoforte arrangements of themes from operas.
20Fantasia, Free. The name sometimes given to that part of a sonata that comes after the double bar; the Durchführung or development.
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