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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Facilité (Fr.)

Made easy; an easy version of a difficult passage.

Facture (Fr.) (fak-toor), Fattura (It.) (fattoo-rah). Literally, the making. The construction of a piece of music; the scale of organ-pipes.

Fa dièse (Fr.) (dee-ehs). F sharp.

Fagotto (It.), Fagott (Ger.). Bassoon (so called from its resemblance to a fagot or bundle of sticks). A double-reed instrument of great utility in the orchestra. Compass, three octaves (and over) from B2 below the bass staff.

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