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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Do

(1) The first note in the natural scale in Italy; this syllable was substituted for ut, the first of the Guidonian syllables; ut is still retained in France. (2) In the " movable do " system of singing, the keynote of every scale is called do.

← DittyDolzflöte (Ger.) (dolts-fla-teh) →