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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Natural Pitch

The sounds produced by flute, clarionet, etc., without overblowing.

The flute, oboe, and bassoon overblow at the octave above their fundamental. The clarionet at the 12th.

Naturale (It.) (nah-too-rah'-leh), Naturel (Fr.) (nah too-rel'). Natural; unaffected.

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