Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms

How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.

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Bourdon

(1) A closed organ-stop of 16 or 32-foot tone. (2) In France also 4 and 8foot stops, analogous to the stop diapason, are so called. (3) A drone bass.

The largest bell of a chime. (4)

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