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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Clangtint

A term introduced by Tyndal to designate the quality of sounds (translation of Ger. Klangfarbe); means much the same thing as the French word timbre.

Claque bois (Fr.) (clack boa). The xylophone; in German, Strohfiedel; straw fiddle. Italian, Organo di legno. Graduated strips of hard wood laid on supports made of straw, played by striking with small hammers held in the hands.

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