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75 terms in this part of Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms, A to Z.
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- Cabaletta (It.)
- Cabinet Organ
- Cabinet Piano – Cantore (It.)
- Cabinet-d'orgue (Fr.) (ca-bee-neh-d'org) – Camporese, Violante (cam-po-reh-seh)
- Cachucha (Sp.) (ca-chool-cha)
- Cadenza (It.)
- Calamus (Lat.)
- Campanet'ta (It.)
- Canada – Carmagnole (Fr.) (car-man-yole)
- Canaries
- Canon (Gk.)
- Cantata
- Canticle (Lat.)
- Canto (It.)
- Cantoris (Lat.)
- Canzona (It.) (cant-so-na)
- Capella (It.)
- Capo (It.) – Chevalet (Fr.) (she-va-leh)
- Capodastro (It.)
- Carol – Chadwick, Geo. W
- Cassatio (It.) (cas-sa-shio)
- Catch
- Catgut
- Ces (Ger.) (tsehs)
- Chair Organ – Chest Tone
- Change of Voice
- Changing Chord
- Chant
- Characterstimme (Ger.)
- Characterstücke (Ger.) (ka-rak'-ter-stee-ke)
- Chest of Viols
- Chevé, Emile J. M. (sheh-veh)
- Chiara (It.) (ke-ah-rah) – Chwatal, Franz X. (shvah'-tal)
- Chiarina (It.) (ke-ah-ree'-na) – Clarabella
- Chime
- Choir
- Choral Service
- Chorus
- Cimarosa, Dominico (chee-mah-ro-sah) – Commodamente, Commodet'ta (It.)
- Cimbel (Ger.) (tsim-bel)
- Circular Canon
- Circulus (Lat.)
- Clangtint
- Clapisson, Antonie L. (clah-pee-song)
- Clarabel Flute – Concertstück (Ger.) (steek)
- Clarichord
- Clavichord
- Clavier (Fr.) (klah-vee-eh)
- Clavierauszug (Ger.) (klah-feer-ows-tsoog)
- Close Harmony
- Co
- Coda (It.)
- Codetta (It.)
- Common Chord
- Common Time
- Compass – Cone Gamba
- Complement
- Composition Pedal or Knob
- Compound Times
- Concert (Fr.) (con-sehr)
- Conjunct Motion – Cracovienne (Fr.)
- Consecutive Octaves
- Consecutive – Cornopean
- Consonance
- Corda (It.)
- Corno (It.)
- Corrente (It.) (cor-ren'-teh) – Crescentini, Girolamo (creshen-tee'-nee)
- Count
- Coupler
- Cremona (Soft ft reed organ stop)
- Crivelli, Domenico (cree-vel-lee) – Cuvette (Fr.) (koo-vet')
- Cuzzoni, Francesca (cootzo-nee) – Czimbel (chim-bel)
- Cymbals (Becken, Ger., Piatti, It.)
- Czerny, Karl (chur-neh)
- Czimken (chim-ken)
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