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98 terms in this part of Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms, A to Z.
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- Sabot (Fr.)
- Saccade (Fr.) (sac-cad) – Salto (It.)
- Sackpfeife (Ger.) – Schietto (It.) (ske-et'-to)
- Saltato (It.)
- Sambuca
- Sankey, Ira D – Scarlat'ti, Dominico (son of A.)
- Sans (Fr.)
- Sauret, Emile (saw-ray)
- Saxhorn
- Saxophone
- Scale
- Scarlatti, A – Schilling, Gustav
- Scarlatti, G. (son of D.)
- Scherz (Ger.) (sherts)
- Scherzo (It.) (skert'-zo)
- Schleppend (Ger) – Schusterfleck (Ger.)
- Schmidt, Aloys – Schwellen or Anschwellen (Ger.)
- Schneider, J. G
- Schoberlechner (sho'-ber-lech-ner)
- Schottische
- Schwach (Ger.) – Seguidilla (Sp.) (seh-gwee-deel-ya)
- Schwebung (Ger.) (shveh'-boonk)
- Schwer (Ger.) – Seguin, A. E. S
- Schwungvoll (Ger.) (schvoong'-foll)
- Se (It.) (sch)
- Secondo (It.) (seh-con'-do)
- Seguin, Ann Childe (wife of A. E. S.) – Servais, A. François (ser-vay)
- Sehnsucht (Ger.) – Sestetto (It.)
- Sem
- Sempre (It.) (sem'-preh)
- Septole (Ger.)
- Sequence, Melodic
- Servais, Joseph (ser-vay) – Sivori, E. C. (see'-vo-ree)
- Sesqui-altera
- Sestole – Slargandosi (It.) (slar-gan-do'-see)
- Seventh
- Sextuplet
- Seyfried, J. X
- Sharp
- Sherwood
- Shift
- Signs
- Simile (It.) (see-mee-leh)
- Singspiel (Ger.) (sing-speel)
- Sinistra (It.)
- Sixth Minor – Solemnly
- Slentando (It.) (slen-tan'-do) – Spianto (It.) (spe-an-to)
- Slide
- Smaniante (It.) (sma-ne-an'-teh)
- Soave (It.) (so-a'-veh)
- Solenne (It.) (so-len'-neh) – Spalla (It.)
- Solmization
- Solo (It.) (plural, Soli)
- Sonata (It.) (so-nah'-tah)
- Sopra (It.)
- Sordino (It.) (sor-dee'-no)
- Sortita (It.) (sor-tee'-ta)
- Sound-board
- Sound-box
- Sound-hole
- Sound-post
- Spanischer Reiter (Ger.)
- Spanish
- Spasshaft (Ger.) – Staudigl, Jos. (stow'-digl)
- Spiel (Ger.) (speel) – Stark (Ger.)
- Spinet
- Staccato (It.) (stac-cah'-to)
- Staccato, Vibrato
- Staudigl, Jos. (stow-digl) (son of J.) – Stimmbildung
- Stave
- Step
- Sternberg, C
- Steso (It.) (stay-so) – Stürmisch (Ger.)
- Stimme (Ger.) (stim-meh) – String
- Stimmungsbild
- Stop
- Streabog
- Streng (Ger.)
- Stretta, Stretto (It.)
- Stridente (It.) (stree-den-teh)
- String Band – Sung
- String Instruments
- Ständchen (Ger.)
- Stück (Ger.) (stick)
- Suave (It.) (soo-a'-veh)
- Sub-dominant
- Sub-mediant
- Sub-principal – Symphonic
- Suite (Fr.) (sweet)
- Sujet (Fr.) (soo-zhay)
- Sul, Sull, Sulla (It.)
- Super-dominant – Syren
- Super-octave
- Sweetly
- Swell Organ
- Symphonic Poem
- Syrinx
- Södermann, J. A. (sood'-er-man)
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