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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Down Bow

In instruments of the viclin family, the motion of the bow from the nut to the point. The sign is or A. In French the word tirez (tee-reh), draw.

Doxology [from Greek doxa, praise; lege, to proclaim]. A short ascription of praise to the Trinity, metrical or otherwise. 9: one with four strings tuned: 9:

The pitch is an octave below the written notes.

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