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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Holding Note

A sustained note; a pedal point.

Homophony, Homophonic, Homo'phonous [Gr., homo, one or single; phonos, sound]. Music in which one part (melody) is the most important factor, the remaining parts being entirely subsidiary, that is, simply accompaniment.

Horn [It., Corno; Fr., Cor; Ger., Horn or Waldhorn]. A generic term for instruments of brass or other metal, wood, or animal

← Hohlflöte (Ger.) (hole-fla-teh)Hering, Carl G – Horn Band →