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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Malinconicamente

Melancholy; in sad, melancholy manner. a Mancando (It.) [from mancare, to want; fail]. Decreasing; dying away in loudness and speed.

Manche (Fr.) (mansh), Manico (It.) (mah'nee-ko). Handle; neck of violin, etc. Mandola (It.), Mandora. A large mandolin.

Mandolin, Mandolino (It.) (man-do-lee-no).

A string instrument of the lute family, strung with eight wire strings tuned in pairs; the tuning same as the violin; played by means of a small plectrum; fingerboard fretted like the guitar.

Mandolinata (It.). dolin in effect.

Resembling the man- Manichord [from Lat., manus, hand, chorda, string]. Supposed to be the earliest form of a string instrument, with keyboard, possibly the same as the clavichord.

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