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NOTES |
Musical tones |
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CANTILLATE |
To chant; to recite with musical tones. |
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INTONATION |
The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. |
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INTONATE |
To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice
the sol-fa. |
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MARIMBA |
A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars
yielding musical tones when struck. |
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DYNAMICS |
That department of musical science which relates to, or
treats of, the power of tones. |
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HARMONIZE |
To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a
concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly. |
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MELODICS |
The department of musical science which treats of the
pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody. |
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HARMONICA |
A musical instrument, consisting of a series of
hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened
finger, give forth the tones. |
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PYROPHONE |
A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by
flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different
sizes and lengths. |
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KING |
A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones
or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood,
and struck with a hammer. |
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ENHARMONICAL |
Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of
musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the
ancient Greeks, which cons... |
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MELODY |
...for the
most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a
musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a music... |
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HARMONIUM |
A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and
especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced
by forcing air by mean... |
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AIR |
A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in
consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced
whole, which may be sun... |
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SIREN |
An instrument for producing musical tones and for
ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which
produce a note of a giv... |
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MUSIC |
The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e.,
sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous
vibrations, as... |
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DO |
...r diatonic
scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of
the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical t... |