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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Molle (Lat.)

Soft; mediæval name for B2, B being called B durum (hard). The German words for minor and major (moll, dur) are derived from these terms, also the French and Italian names for the flat sign, viz., French, bémol; Italian, bemolle.

← Minor Chord – Moll-AkkordMonferina (It.) (mon-feh-ree'-nah) →