Foot
(I) A poetic measure or meter. (2) A drone bass. (3) The unit used in determining the pitch of organ pipes, the standard being 8-foot C, the lowest note on the manuals of the modern organ. An open pipe must be eight feet long to produce this sound, if closed it must be four feet long. Applied to other instruments it signifies that their pitch corresponds with that of the organ diapasons, that is, it is the same as the written note. All the violin family are of 8-foot pitch, except the double bass, which is of 16-foot pitch, that is, the notes sound an octave lower than written.
The flute, hautboy, clarionet, and bassoon are also of 8-foot pitch. Of brass instruments, the cornets, trumpets, and trombones are of 8-foot pitch. The high horn in C is 8-foot, but the low horn in C is 16-foot pitch.
Forlana (It.), Fourlane (Fr.) (foor-lan). A dance somewhat similiar to the tarantella.
Foote, Arthur. 1853.
Composer; U. S. A. B.
Forkel, Johann N. Organist; Germany. B. 1749; d. 1818.
Formes, Karl (for-mehs). Basso; Germany, B. 1810; d. 1889.
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