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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Nach Belieben – Negligente (It.) (neg-lee-gen'-teh)

Nach Belieben

At pleasure; ad libitum. Nach und nach. By degrees; poco a poco.

Nachthorn (Ger.)

Night-horn. An organstop; large-scale closed pipes, generally 8foot tone. Naïf (Fr.), masc. (nah-if), fem. Naïve (naheve). Simple; natural; unaffected.

Narrating

A style of singing in which especial attention is given to distinctness of enunciation, rather than to musical effect.

Nasard, Nazard, or Nassat

An organstop tuned a twelfth above the diapason.

Natural Major Scale

The scale of C major.

Natural Minor Scale

A-minor; also any minor scale with unchanged 6th and 7th.

Naumann, Emil (now-mann)

Composer, writer; Germany. B. 1827; d. 1888.

Neben (Ger.) (neh'-ben)

Subordinate; accessory.

Neben-Dominant (Ger.)

The dominant of the dominant. Neben - Gedanken (Ger.). Accessory themes.

Nebensatz (Ger.)

An auxiliary theme in sonata, etc.

Neefe, Ch. G. (neh'-feh)

Organist, composer; Saxony. B. 1748; d. 1798.

Negligente (It.) (neg-lee-gen'-teh)

Careless. Negligentimente (It.) (neg-lee-gen-te-menteh). Carelessly. Negligenza (neg-lee-gent-sa), con. With carelessness. Nel battere (It.) (bat-teh-reh). At the beat. Nel stilo antico. In the antique style.

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