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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Ligato – Luth (Ger.) (loot)

Ligato

See Legato.

Linie (Ger.) (lee-nee-eh)

Line.

Lingua (It.) (ling-wah')

Tongue; reed of organ-pipe.

Linke Hand (Ger.)

Left hand.

Lippenpfeife or Labialpfeife (Ger.)

A flue pipe-organ.

Lira (It.) (lee'-ra)

Lyre.

Lirico (It.) (lee'-ree-co)

Lyric.

Liscio (It.) (lee'-sho)

Smooth.

Lobgesang (Ger.)

Song of praise.

Loud Pedal

A name for the damper-pedal.

Louré (Fr.) (looreh)

Legato; slurred.

Luth (Ger.) (loot)

Lute.

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