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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Jarvis, Ch. H

Pianist; U. S. A. B. 1836; d. 1895.

J Jeu demi (deh-mee). Half power; mezzo forte.

Jeu doux (doo). Soft stops.

Jeu forts (fort). Loud stops.

Jeu grand. Full organ.

Jeu plein (plane). Full power.

Jig [It., Giga; Fr. and Ger., Gigue; comes either from Geige, an obsolete variety of fiddle, or from Chica, a rapid Spanish national dance). Now a rapid rustic dance of no fixed rhythm or figures. In the classic suite the jig is the last movement, written in time and often very elaborately treated in fugal form.

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