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Double – Dressel, Otto (dreh-zel)

Double

(1) An old name for variation. (2) An octave below the standard pitch, as double bass, double diapason, double bassoon.

Double (Fr.) (doobl)

A variation on a minuet; in Italian, alternativo.

Double Drum

A drum struck at both ends. Double Flat, 22, depresses a letter a whole tone.

Double Main (mang)

Octave-coupler in the organ. Double Sharp, ※, raises a letter a whole tone.

Double Stop

In violin music, playing simultaneously on two strings.

Double Tongueing

Playing repeated staccato notes on the flute, cornet, etc., by a movement of the point of the tongue against the roof of the mouth.

Double Touche (toosh)

A contrivance for regulating the depth of the descent of the keys of the harmonium.

Doublette (Fr.) (doo-blet)

A two-foot organstop, the 15th, or a compound stop of two ranks.

Doucement (Fr.) (doos-mong)

Sweetly, softly.

Down Beat

The first beat in the measure; the principal accent in the measure.

Dragonetti, D. (drah-go-net'-tee)

Double bass player; Italy. B. 1755; d. 1846.

Drammatico (It.), Drammaticamente (Jt.).

Dramatic; in dramatic style.

Dressel, Otto (dreh-zel)

Pianist; Germany.

B. 1826; d. 1890.