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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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1Fiorituri (It.) (fee-o-ree-too-ree). Embellishments; florid passages.
2Fis (Ger.). F sharp. Fisfis or Fisis, F double sharp.
3Fis dur. F sharp major.
4Fis moll. F sharp minor.
5Fixed Do. Do used as the name of C; movable do is do used as the keynote of any scale.
6Flageolet. A small pipe blown at the end; an organ-stop of 2-foot pitch.
7Flageolet Tones. The harmonic sounds produced by touching lightly the strings of violin, etc.
8Flat. The sign of depression (b) lowers the letter a half-tone.
9Flautando, flautato (It.). Flute-like; in violin playing, a direction to produce flageolet tones.
10Flautino (It.) (flau-tee-no). A small flute; a piccolo.
11Flue Stops. Organ stops, the pipes of which are constructed on the same principle as the whistle or flageolet.
12Flute, Flauto (It.) (flau-to), Flöte (Ger.) (flateh). (1) One of the most important of orchestral instruments; a cylindrical tube blown at a hole in the side called the embouchure. The modern flute, constructed on the Boehm system, is very much superior to the older instrument in both tone and tune. Its compass is from
14(2) An organ-stop of 8 or 4-foot pitch; in French organs a general name for flue stops. There are many varieties of the flute, the major part of which are now either obsolete or used as names for organ-stops, as flauto traverso, transvere or German flute; flute d'amour, a soft-toned organ-stop; flute harmonique, an overblown flute, the pipe of which is twice the length necessary to produce the sound it is made to give.
15F moll. F minor.
16Foco (It.). Fire. Con foco or fuoco, with fire.
17Focoso. Fiery; ardently.
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