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Taballo (It.)
Tablature (Fr.) (tab-lah-toor), Intavolatura (It.), Tablatur (Ger.). An obsolete system of notation used for the lute principally; another…
Table Music
(1) Music intended to be sung by several people sitting around a table. (2) Music appropriate for entertainment during the pauses in the…
Tail
(I) Stem of a note. (2) The piece of wood to which the strings of the violin, etc., are attached at the base of the instrument.
Tambourin (Fr.) (tam-boo-rang)
(I) A tabor. (2) A French rustic dance. Talexy, A. (tah'-lex-ee). Composer, pianist; France. B. 1820; d. 1881.
Tambourine
A small variety of drum consisting of a hoop of wood or metal about two inches in depth, with a head of parchment. Small circular plates of…
Tanzweisen
The Tarantella (It.), Tarantelle (Fr.). A rapid dance in time; the name is derived from tarantula (the poisonous spider). The dance is…
Table (Fr.) (tahbl) – Tardando (It.) (tar-dan'-do)
The belly or soundboard. Square pianoforte.
Tastatur (Ger.) (tas-tah-toor)
Tamburini, A. (tam-boo-ree'-nee). Baritone; Italy. B. 1800; d. 1876. Tansur, Will. Composer, organist; Eng land. B. 1706. d. 1783.
Tastiera
(It.) (tas-tee-eh'-ra). Fingerboard of violin, guitar, etc. Sulla Tastiera, a direction in violin music to play with the bow near the…
Tasto Solo
Literally, "key alone," i. e., one key or note at a time. A direction in figured bass that the notes are to be played without chords, i…
Temperament
Equal Temperament. The modern system of tuning divides the octave into twelve equal parts, called semitones. Unequal Temperament (which was…
Tempo (It.)
Time. "Tempo" is universally used to signify " rate of movement." Tempo Indications- Slow Largo, Grave, Lento, Adagio. Fast { { Andante…
Tenero (It.) (teh'-neh-ro)
Tenor, Tenore (It.), Taille or Ténor (Fr.). (I) The highest natural male voice. (2) In the old system of music, the cantus or plain song…
Tenor Violin
Tenore di grazia. A "smooth-singing" tenor singer. Tenore buffo. A comic tenor singer.
Tenuto (It.) (teh-noo'-to)
Hold; a direction to sustain the notes for their full value. Sign. Tepidita (It.) (teh-pee'-dee-ta), con. With indifference.
Tertian
A two-rank stop, sounding the major 3d and 5th in the third octave above the fundamental. Telemann, G. P. (teh'-leh-man). Composer…
Text
(1) The "words" of any vocal composition. (2) The theme or subject. Tetrachord [from Gr., tetra, chordon]. Four strings; hence, a…
Teil (Ger.)
Theme, Thème (Fr.) (tehm), Thema (Ger.) (teh-ma). The subject of a fugue; one of the subjects of a sonata or rondo. The subject of a set of…
Third
An interval including three letters, and, if major, two whole tones; if minor, three half-tones; if diminished, two halftones :- 春 டி 8…
Tardato (It.) (tar-dah'-to) – Tibia Utricularis
A tenor singer; also viola player.
Tibicen (Lat.)
Tie, Fascia (It.), Bindebogen (Ger.), Liaison (Fr.). A curved line joining two notes on the same degree. The first note is sounded, the…
Tierce
(I) A third. (2) An organ stop. Tierce de picardie (Fr.). The major 3d in place of the minor in the final chord of a piece in the minor…
Tierce Position
A common chord with root in bass and third at top. Timbre, (Fr.) (tambr). Quality of tone. In German Klangfarbe, for which Clangtint has…
Time
(1) The division of music into portions marked by the regular return of an accent. All varieties of time are founded on two units-the…
Tirata (It.) (tee-rah'-tah)
Tirato (It.), Tiré (Fr.) (tee-reh). "Drawn" bow, i. e., down bow. Toccata (It.) (tok kah'-tah) [touched, from toccare, to touch]. (I) A…
Tongue
(I) See Reed. (2) (verb) To interrupt the sound of a wind instrument by raising and lowering the tip of the tongue, as in the act of…
Tief (Ger.) – Tonkunst
A rapid run or scale passage.
Tonic Sol Fa
A system of musical notation in which the syllables doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, with certain modifications, are used in place of…
Tonkünstler – Transverse Flute
Always; as, Toujours piano, always soft. A short excursion into a non-related key.
Treble
(I) The highest part in vocal music for mixed or female voices. (2) The G clef on second line. (3) The first violin in quartet, and the…
Treibend (Ger.)
TRILL Tremando (It.) (treh-man'-do), Tremolando (It.) (treh-mo-lan-do), Tremolo (It.) (treh'-mo-lo). Abbreviation Trem. The rapid…
Très (Fr.) (tray)
Very; as, Très vite, very fast. Triad. A chord of three sounds; a common chord, consisting of root, 3d major or minor, and 5th. If the 5th…
Trio (It.) (tree-o)
(I) A composition for three voices or instruments. (2) One of the parts of a minuet or march, etc. The origin of its application is very…
Triple Counterpoint
One so contrived that the three parts may change places, each one serving as bass, middle, or upper part. Triplet, Triole (Ger.), Triolet…
Triple Time
Tristezza (It.) (tris-tet-za), con. With sadness; sadly. Tritone [Lat., tritonus, three tones], Triton (Fr.), Tritono (It.). The interval…
Trois (Fr.) (tro-a)
Trois temps. Triple time. a tr Troll [from Ger., trollen, to roll about]. (I) (verb) To sing a catch or round. (2) (noun) A catch or round.
Trombetta (It.)
Trombone, Posaune (Ger.). (I) A brass instrument with a sliding tube, by means of which the pitch may be varied. Three trombones are used…
Troppo (It.)
Too much. Allegro non troppo, "Allegro," not too much. Tschaikowsky, P. I. (chi-kow'-skee). Com poser; Poland. B. 1840; d. 1893.
Trauermarsch (Ger.) – Trumpet
An old English dance in time. 8
Tuba (Lat.)
(I) Trumpet. (2) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family, frequently used with, or in place of, the bass trombone. A reed-stop in the organ…
Turn
(Abridged from Russell's "Embellishments of Music.") The Turn partakes in its delivery somewhat of the character of the composition in…
Tutti (It.) (too-tee)
In scores, a notification to all the performers and singers to take part. VALUE Tuyau à bouche. Flue pipe.