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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8 terms in this part of Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms.

Imitation

A device in counterpoint; a musical phrase being given by one voite is immediately repeated by another voice. There are many varieties of…

Improvvisatore (It.)

Improvvisatrice (It.) (im - prov-vi-sa-treecheh). An improviser (female). In alt (It.). The notes in the first octave above the treble…

Immer (Ger.) – Inner Pedal

Major and minor thirds and sixths. A sustained note in an inner part.

Instrument

Any mechanical contrivance for the production of musical sounds. Instruments are classified as follows: String instruments, wind…

Interval

The difference in pitch between two sounds. The name of an interval is determined by the number of letters it includes (counting the one it…

Intonation

(I) The correctness or incorrectness of the pitch of sounds produced by the voice or by an instrument. (2) The notes which precede the…

Introit

A short anthem sung before the administration of the communion in the Protestant Episcopal Church; in the Roman Catholic Church before the…

Inversion

(I) Of intervals. See Interval. (2) Of chords, when any member of the chord but the root is used as a bass. (3) Of themes. See Imitation…

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