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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Daina or Dainos – Demi-semi-quaver

Daina or Dainos

A Lithuanian love-song.

Darabookka

An Arabian drum.

Daumen (Ger.) (dow-men)

The thumb.

D dur (Ger.). D major.

Deciso (It.) (deh-chee'-so)

Decided; energetically.

Declamando (It.) (deh-cla-man'-do)

In declamatory style.

Defective

The diminished 5th is sometimes so called.

Deliberatamente (It)

Deliberately.

Deliberato (It.) (deh-lee-beh-rah'-to), con.

With deliberation.

Delicatissimo (It.)

Exceedingly delicate.

Delicato (It.) (deh-lee-cah-to)

Delicate.

Demi-croche (Fr.) (crosh)

A sixteenthnote.

Demi-pause (Fr.)

A half-rest.

Demi-semi-quaver

Thirty-second note.

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