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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Piva (It.) (pee-vah)

A bagpipe; also a piece of music in imitation of the bagpipe.

Pizzicato (It.) (pits-e-cah'-to), Pincé (Fr.), Gekneipt (Ger.). Lit., "pinched." A direction in music for bow instruments to pluck the strings with the finger, as in the guitar. (Abbr., Pizz.) Placidamente (It.) (plah-chee-dah-men'teh). Placidly; quietly.

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